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FRESH FROM THE FARM If you’re passing through Corvallis, make a detour to the little town of Philomath and stop by the farm stand at Gathering Together Farm. Well known for the amazing produce they

Tried this place today. One of the cleanest and most immacuately kept carts I've ever seen the inside of. There's a standard menu and then a specials board. There was one special today, steamed fish in banana leaf with curried vegetables for $6.75. Otherwise there were several dishes, including chicken curry (kare ayam)

Kinara Thai Bistro It seems like there are hundreds of Thai restaurants in Portland, with little to differe

[www.oregonlive.com]QUOTEComing soon: Eating at Evoeby Michael C. Zusman, special to The OregonianTuesday August 05, 2008, 1:27 PM

The Lunch Lady is exhausted from a full weekend of walking, eating, people watching, live music and more eating at the Bite, but it was a wonderful event and we are sad to see it end. Enjoy all of the photos! Cheers!

If summer is fading as fast as your hopes for getting away for a tropical vacation, get yourself o

With the new interest in Oregon City restaurants I think it is time for me to post my experiences here.I finally made it out to the Stone Cliff Inn. Getting there was a pleasant drive along highway 213. Hewn out of large logs, the Inn makes the most out of it's sylvan surroundings. The staff there were friendly

A Year Later, a Cease-Fire in a Brooklyn Pizza War. (NY Times) Last summer, John Miniaci Jr., a second-generation pizzamaker, learned that a Papa John’s franchise was opening — right next door to the restaurant his father started

We had a nice break from the heat with some cool, 70’s and sunny weather. What a great time to reintroduce myself to the oven. Hi oven Remember me? Let’s do something! Oven agrees! Hooray. This is so very go

Pad Thai Kitchen Brief Review Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 6.75 7 6 6 8 Location: 2309 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97214 Hours: lunch & dinner Times Visited: 2 Our friend Karla of Veganshizzle has been talking up the vegan-friendly Thai food at Pad Thai Kitchen for a co

The first time I had a macaron from Ken's Artisan Bakery, it was a

 Who else is super excited for the Bite of Oregon? It runs from August 8 to 10, and this year seems jam-packed with cool stuff–not to mention all the food! The Lunch Lady is going on both Friday and Saturday (follow our live Twitter coverage), then not planning to eat at all on Sunday! We are [...]

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From Binh Minh. Binh Minh Bakery & Deli 6812 NE Broadway St Portland, OR (503) 257-3868

Went for lunch yesterday. Anyone been or know anything about it? Decent but not great. Nice patio with what looks like a large fire pit. Rooftop seating as well. Seems to be a very large space and wasn't busy. We passed on Tin Shed because there was a wait and just 5 or so blocks away at Radio Room there was 4 tables

Give Pizza a Chance cart Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 5.5 8 4 6 4 Location: SW Stark and SW 5th Ave parking lot Hours: lunchtime Times Visited: 3 Three Chances. Two Stumptown Vegans. Two Calzones, One Pizza, and Breadsticks. The verdict… One Stumptown Vegan happened to stop by th

Photo by Leah Harb YOUR PERFECT PICNIC Here are three simple ways to make your alfresco dining even more relaxing and delicious this year. Find an Oasis Avoid the crowds at Multnomah Falls and Washington Park and head over to the more seclu

This weekend I attended the PPK Vegan the Gathering Version 2.0, and had a blast there and at the pre- and post- activities. Vegans and arcades and karaoke and booze and wanderings and gossip, oh my. Just what I needed. I love being around these people. Fellow bloggers included Sarah

Looks like there is one less place to get wings at lunch in the Portland area! The Lunch Lady got word of the closing of the Beaverton Hooters location via the Conan O’Brien Show just tonight (including a lame Beaverton-related joke). Sadly, upon further research, it sounds like the employees pretty much got screwed over

House of Louie 331 NW Davis Street Portland, Oregon 97209 503-228-9898 Map It! Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars   House of Louie has been around for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until a rebellious night during my freshman year in college that I actually visited the Chinatown restaurant. Being that was more than

I'm going to give Sanchez Taqueria its own thread. Been a while since I'd eaten there. Hit it today for lunch on a quick trip to H-Mart with Sauce. I just got carnitas and carne asada tacos. Both were very good. The meats were nice. The carne asada was pounded thin and seemed to be grilled. It tasted like

I had heard from the folks over at Portland Hamburgers that Muu-Muu's had a pretty good and unique burge

A friend recently said she saw evidence on this blog that going out for lunch is an activity I p

I’m finally back from New Orleans. Although the Tales of the Cocktail ended on Monday, I stayed to visit with friends and take a quick side trip to Austin to visit some relatives. It’s good to be back in the cooler weather of Portland. A few more observations: Absinthe was all over the place this year,

When I moved back to Portland in the mid-90's and the dining scene wasn't what it is now, one of the better places I loved to eat was at Rafati's. It was down on SW 1st and Salmon, if I'm not mistaken in the building where PGE is. They eventually closed, much to my chagrin, and focused on a catering business not far from

It's nice to break up any journey into bits. And any trip is made immeasurably better by the inclu

We are working to fix some problems that surfaced when we upgraded the system last weekend. Hopefully things will be back to normal by this weekend. The Lunch Lady has been happily surprised at how well the Web site is doing, and our numbers continue to go up! Thanks to everyone who comes to visit! While we [...]

As any self-respecting, self-indulgent food blogger would hope, after some time a few perks trickle in. Locally here in Portland, granted they aren’t that many, but somehow I’ve found myself on the list of a few publicists in town who send me invites to new restaurant pre-openings. Besides being shakedown run

Biscuits Café 460 SW Miller Road Portland, Oregon 97225 (503) 297-3880 Map It! Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars       What do you order at a place called Biscuits Café? Biscuits, of course! Even though it was definitely lunchtime, I decided to opt for a little bit of breakfast for my midday meal. I ordered the biscuits an

As any self-respecting, self-indulgent food blogger would hope, after some time a few perks trickle in. Locally here in Portland, granted they aren't that many, but somehow I've found myself on the list of a few publicists in town who send me invites to new restaurant pre-openings. Besides being shakedown runs for the kitch

From a press release for the new restaurant in the Hotel 50:H5O50 Southwest Morrison Street Portland OR[www.H5Obistro.com](503) 484-1415Guests at H50 bistro & bar will get a taste of “New Americ

Tiger Bar 317 NW Broadway Portland, Oregon 97209 (503) 222-7297 Map It! Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The first time I visited Tiger Bar also happened to be the night of SantaCon, so I won’t mention all the debauchery that I saw go down there that night. Let’s just say the patrons got to see a lot more drunken [...]

Rose's (next to newport Bay, you have to look hard) on NE broadway opens on Tuesday. They were training on Saturday, but let people in to look around. The first thing you see is the pastry case, with frosted cakes of Everestian height. My cholesterol level spiked into the red zone just looking at them. They must deliver

Papa G's opened several months ago, a few blocks east of Seven Corners. I lived nearby at the time, had just begun this blog, and was very excited about a new vegan dining option as well as the potential for a new reuben. It's a deli, right? And a reuben is a traditional deli standby. I investigated Papa G's

First off, this recipe had a lot of pressure on it. I was opening a package of pork tenderloin so that I could slice it up and marinate it all day while I was at work. Note to self — do not use knives at 7 AM. I slic

Chef Crush sent me to Lucca. I confess, I do follow the site. The nex

Holy shit! It's been a while, but over the past few weeks, I've managed a few meals at home - or at least throwing things together to dish out at work for lunch. And hit up the farmer's markets, of course.Grilled BBQ tempeh, steamed kale, grilled zucchini and short grain brown rice.

Slow Bar has been getting a lot of good press recently in regards to the Slow Burger, and although it's not my fa

Ever eat meat that was seasoned in such a way, you can still "taste" it several hours later? In a good way. I've been getting lunch at La Superior on 2727 N Lombard. I think there was a fairly popular taco joint here previously too. Tacos are $1.15 and burritos are $3.99. And they have a lot of combo plates priced diffe

I saw tater tots mentioned on this board now and then. I shuddered, remembering some 1960's Swanson TV dinner horrors. Liked those aluminum trays and covers, though. Kept an entire industry humming. So, the other day I had lunch at Kennedy School, and tried their tater tots. Zounds! It was like somebody c

I dropped by there last weekend intending to sit at an outdoor table and have a cheese plate for lunch. They had a sign posted about the closing, citing economic conditions etc. Too bad. They had a great selection of fancy cheeses.

Photos courtesy of Food Alliance HAND PICKED ROW BY ROW, DAY AFTER DAY Zoë Bradbury For Summer 2008 “Strawberries are too delicate to be picked by machine. The perfectly ripe ones even bruise at too heavy a human touch. It

Even the skin is really good.

Anyone have info on this place yet? Drove by to try for lunch, but only doing dinners. Prices looked alittle steep for this area's taste. But, it smelled really good. Also, I see there is a liquor permit request on the old Black Point Inn. Any ideas on this one also?

Blue cheese-thyme burgers (New Seasons) on Grand Central rusti

For me, going out for lunch isn't usually about the food. It's a chance to meet a friend for a nice quie

As you all know I never hesitate to feed my food fixation. Self-indulgence and immediate gratification are two of my favorite things. Every now and then certain things just grab my mind, and I think about them probably too much. But they taste so good, and my will is weak. Three of my current favorite obsessions here in PDX

Sometimes I'm really in the mood for straight up, wholesome food. Like steamed kale with a sprinkle of sea salt or baked yams, plain and simple. There are even restaurant dishes I can think of that are on the plainer side of things that I crave - like the Incan bowl at

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI!!!Yes, that's right folks, this Tuesday, the 8th of July, just so happe