February 20th, 2010 at 09:34 pm
THE DINING REPORT – ACADIA
Privates Flashing Through The Darkness
Yes, the is the Restaurant Roulette Dining Report, not a porno blog, but you’re going to have to wait until later to find out just what this edition’s title means (I’ve got to force people to read this stuff somehow.)
Three years ago,
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January 26th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
The Dining Report – Castagna
The Agony (Paying) and the Ecstasy (Yeast Rolls)
As anyone who has been in our group for any amount of time knows, I am usually drawn to the new places more than the established venues. People are always suggesting those old standards to me, or saying we should go back to a [...]
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January 11th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
The Dining Report – Davis Street Tavern
Attack Of The Killer Croutons!
Most of the time I keep up pretty well when decent restaurants open in Portland, through reading various publications and the internet I try to find the interesting and well reviewed new places to take our group. For some reason, I have no idea wh
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January 10th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
The Dining Report – Beaker and Flask
Don’t Forget To Mail In Those Reservations
It’s interesting the places the local newsrags select as their restaurants of the year. Last Spring the Oregonian surprised everyone by selecting Navarre as their restaurant of the year, Navarre being a totally oddball place
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December 28th, 2009 at 09:29 pm
THE DINING REPORT - A Second Look at del Inti
This was a private event, not a Restaurant Roulette dinner, but a return to a restaurant we had visited earlier this year.
Every once in awhile something good comes my way because I labor over this blog, usually free food or even a free meal. In this [...]
December 1st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
The Dining Report – The Red Onion
What’s With All This Dang Food? A Menu You Can’t Refuse!
As everyone knows, Portland has been inundated with Thai restaurants over the last 10-15 years, 90% a cookie cutter mold of the one down the street. It’s like people from Thailand come here and say, okay, Ame
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
The Dining Report – MetroVino
Great Food, But Don’t Forget Your Asbestos Oven Mitt
This dinner took place October 24th
It was strange for me to visit MetroVino, as I remembered the place that was in this space before, the unfortunate DF (good margaritas). As far as dinners in the P.District go, I must say I appr
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
The Dining Report, Nuestra Cocina
A Night of Spicy Food and Freaky Infants
This dinner took place October 9th, 2009
Okay, I’ll admit I’m not great with children, especially babies. This baby, though, was straight from a horror flick, and was totally freaking me out. It’s not that this baby was ugly by any means, it wa
October 8th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
The Dining Report – Indish
Where’s Lassi When You Need Her?
First of all, I hate to disappoint you all, but this will be a rare review, one where I can’t begin by going on and on and on infinitive about the history of the Indish, or its neighborhood, or the space it occupies, because I really [...]
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September 12th, 2009 at 05:11 pm
THE DINING REPORT – Laurelhurst Market
First Class Dining At The Convenience Store
Yes, it’s true that Laurelhurst Market has existed for many years now, but boy, has it changed. For eons it existed as a gritty little grocery store across the street from Music Millennium, a place I occasionally parked along the
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