Papaya King ~ Hollywood 1645 N. Wilcox Avenue Hollywood, California 90028 323-871-8799 Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily Website Map It! Twitter: @papayakingla We waited and waited and waited for the infamous Papaya King to arrive in our former Hollywood neighborhood for sooooo long. So when we learned (via Twitter) that the only location [...]

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Thai Food Café 833 N. Killingsworth Street Portland, OR 97217 503-285-8745 Map It! Rating: Oh how I miss living in my old neighborhood. Not only did I live in the cutest of cute lil’ bungalow, but I was just a short walk or even shorter drive from all the hotspots of North and inner Northeast [...]

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La Vang Restaurant 17790 SW Pilkington Road Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035 503-697-6253 Map It! Rating:    It might be tucked away on a quiet Lake Oswego side street, but if you are craving good Vietnamese food then La Vang Restaurant is definitely worth the trip. And don’t let the strip mall location fool you; the [...]

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  Pine State Biscuits 3640 SE Belmont Street Portland, Oregon 97214 (503) 236-3346 Map It! Rating:     Who doesn’t love warm flaky biscuits? I certainly do, and one of my favorite meals of all time is biscuits and gravy. So when I heard about Pine State Biscuits, I knew I had to try it [...]

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Muchas Gracias Mexican Food (Lake Oswego location) 3970 Mercantile Drive #180 Lake Oswego, OR 503-675-7400 Map It! Rating:     Wow. I really wonder why it took me so long to discover the cheesy goodness that is Muchas Gracias Mexican restaurants. There are actually more than 30 locations dotted across Oregon and Washington, but until yesterday [...]

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Mercato 904 NW Couch Street Portland, OR 503-219-9966 Map It! Rating:     UPDATE: Mercato is now closed. Wow, I think the Lunch Lady has a new favorite lunch spot in the Pearl. From the big screen TVs behind the counter (when we were there three were displaying the menu and the other was tuned [...]

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Kauai Island Grill 811 NW Murray Boulevard Portland, OR 503-643-4820 Map It! Rating:   A little bit of Hawaii is the perfect pick-me-up during a rainy Stumptown lunch hour; so, today I trekked to the Westside to sample some tasty teriyaki treats. But Kauai Island Grill’s menu goes way beyond teriyaki, they offer traditional Hawaiian fare–where [...]

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Bellagio’s Pizza (Goose Hollow location) 1742 SW Jefferson Street Portland, OR 503-221-0110 Map It! Rating: Most of us have been there, that day when you really just struggle to get out of bed because maybe you stayed out a little too late the night before and, just maybe, had a few more cocktails than you [...]

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E-San Thai Cuisine 133 SW Second Avenue Portland, OR 503-223-4090 Map It! Rating:       As Rachael Ray would say, Yum-o! When I stopped by E-San Thai Cuisine I was starving, so I probably would have devoured anything they put in front of me. However, the food was outstanding–so I pretty much ate until [...]

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Café Le Delice 3970 Mercantile Drive Lake Oswego, OR 503-635-6866 Map It! Rating:     I wanted to love this place. I really, really did! But, when I know that the Mediterranean fare at Nicholas Restaurant (review coming soon) is just a short trip up I-5 and the Mezze Platter at Sapphire Hotel is available [...]

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Bandito Taco 13565 NW Cornell Road Portland, OR 503-643-2304 Map It! Rating: Today I was craving a little Mexican (no, not like comedienne Chelsea Handler), so I ended up at Bandito Taco in Cedar Mill. This little strip mall-type shop has been around since 1990, serving up quality Mexican grub at very reasonable prices. The [...]

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Ford’s on Fifth (renamed Theo’s) 121 NW Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 503-226-2828 Map It! Rating: To be honest, I discovered the deliciousness that is Ford’s on Fifth very late one night when several friends and I were in great need of some greasy grub before calling it a night. But I was happily surprised to [...]

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