Paradox Cafe

3439 SE Belmont Street Portland, OR 97214

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 — View Comments

The Paradox Cafe is an organic restaurant offering “great food prepared fresh for your mind & body.”  I was initially going to order breakfast, but seeing as it was nearly 1pm, I decided I might as well try out the burger.  Plus, the menu description seemed pretty appealing; 100% Oregon Country Beef – All of [...]

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Stanich’s

4915 NE Fremont Street Portland, OR 97213

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 — View Comments

Walking in the front door of Stanich’s is like walking into a time warp.  The entire place is filled with vintage sports pennants, college and professional, covering every wood-paneled wall.  That’s fine by me, but Pittsburgh was only represented with a single pennant… come on!  Nevertheless, it was cool to see pennants for teams that [...]

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Kaya

2000 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 — View Comments

After hearing lots of good things about Kaya, I finally made it a point to try it out.  They offer Caribbean-influenced cuisine and are located in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.  Cutting directly to the chase, here’s the menu description of their burger: Kaya Angus Burger: pickles, avocado, bacon, tomato, Manchego cheese, local sunny side up egg, [...]

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McCormick and Schmick’s

2667 Sidney Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 — View Comments

Let me first preface this review by stating the following:   I am one for deals.  I love value, especially in these trying economic times.  So when I found out about McCormick and Schmick’s happy hour menu, I planned on checking it out as soon as possible.  The menu listing: $2.95 – Classic Cheeseburger with [...]

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