Garden State is a food cart located in NE Portland at Mississippi & Skidmore specializing in Italian street food. They also have another location in SE Portland at 13th & Lexington. Their menu: Burger – Highland Oak beef, provolone piccante cheese, pickled red onion, chili aoli – $8 I ordered the burger, gave my name, [...]
New Seasons Market is a Whole Foods-esque grocery store (think: the increasingly popular “local, sustainable, organic”/expensive tagline) with nine locations in the Portland metropolitan area. They have a fairly impressive deli, complete with an online ordering component of their website. It should be noted, however, that the one time I submitted an online order, my [...]
Humdinger is a classic burger & milkshake type drive-in located in SW Portland on Barbur Blvd. The “deluxe” burgers here come with your choice of french fries, tater tots, chili, or cole saw as a side item, or you could get a non-deluxe burger for about a buck less. For being such a tiny place, [...]
Hot Cake House is a 24-hour diner in SE Portland at Powell and 10th serving up standard diner fare – breakfast and burgers. They have a tiny parking lot and a fantastic neon sign. I feel like I should mention the ordering process, as it is somewhat unusual. You walk up to the left of [...]
Piper’s Pub offers a selection of Irish, Scottish, and British food and drink, using “A Taste of the British Isles” as their slogan. The beer selection is pretty extensive and supposedly changes weekly, though I would consider the prices a little high. Moving along, here’s the menu description of the burger: Create A Burger With [...]
The outside of Wild Abandon is really weird, and you’d probably never guess it was a restaurant if it weren’t from the sandwich board sitting in front of the door. The indoor decor is supposed to be cozy/romantic (also referred to as “The Red Velvet Lounge”) but comes off as kind of cheesy due to [...]
This was my first visit to the Harris Grill, home of “Bacon Night”. I was seated on the second floor facing the window, which had a great view of a run-down building and a few other restaurants across the street. After a while, I was shock’d and awe’d at the ridiculous number of runners going [...]