Skyline Restaurant 1313 NW Skyline Boulevard Portland, OR 97229 503-292-6727 Map It! Rating: Foodies around the world know the name James Beard, one of the most acclaimed American chefs of all time, so it’s a little odd to see a browned-with-age newspaper clipping framed on the wall at Skyline touting Beard’s professed devotion for this [...]

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Rose’s Restaurant and Bakery (Lloyd Center location) 1200 NE Broadway Portland, Oregon 97232 503-954-2758 Map it! Rating: On a recent rainy, dreary Portland day, my lunch partner and I were looking for some hearty comfort food to get us through the bleakness that is fall in the Pacific Northwest. We took off toward Lloyd Center [...]

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Fire on the Mountain 1708 East Burnside Portland, Oregon 97214 503-230-9464 Map It! Rating: Wings, oh, lovely wings! Who doesn’t love a great wings place, right? Sure, you could trek out to the lone Hooters left in Oregon at Jantzen Beach, but for a great local wings place, you really should visit Fire on the Mountain—which [...]

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No Fish! Go Fish! 3962 SE Hawthorne Boulevard Portland, Oregon 97214 503-235-5378 Map It! Rating: I woke up today feeling a little under the weather, but I managed to make it to my lunch appointment with friends at No Fish! Go Fish! Lucky for me the restaurant specializes in comfort food like soup and stuffed [...]

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  Virginia Café NEW ADDRESS: 820 SW 10th Avenue Portland, OR 503-227-0033 Map It! Rating:     [Editor's Note: It's official, the Virginia Cafe has moved to 820 SW 10th Avenue, just across from the library. We are planning to check out the new digs and let you know what we think very soon!] Over the [...]

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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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Portland City Grill 111 SW Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor Portland, OR 503-450-0030 Map It! Rating:     This is THE happy hour experience you must do at least once if you are in Stumptown. That is, if you can get a table! My best advice: come early. The lunch menu at Portland City Grill is [...]

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