New York Times Piece, 09/26/2007, on the Portland Dining Scene - Page 3

Black Box · #41 Posted: **Sep 28, 2007, 6:36 PM**

^By the way, Seattle has a river that runs through it. Well, it's not as large, but just so you know. Okay now, shall we move on? This can go on forever and get pretty exhausting. We obviously have our strong point of views and they're not going to change much. Okay Portlanders, which of these restaurants would you recommend an out of town visitor try first? Like, say me. What do you like best about your food scene?

rsbear · #42 Posted: **Sep 28, 2007, 7:27 PM**

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^ Okay Portlanders, which of these restaurants would you recommend an out of town visitor try first? Like, say me. What do you like best about your food scene?

For a 'liquid' meal I always take out-of-town visitors to Huber's Cafe on S.W. 3rd (between Stark and Washington) for a Spanish Coffee. The place is about 100 years old and the inside doesn't look like much has changed in all those years. And they make this huge production out of making the Spanish Coffee; very memorible. Warning - the drinks are potent. Great spot to stop while siteseeing downtown, and the coffees are especially nice on a wet winter day. Huber's is also known for their 'homemade' turkey dinners - just like grandma used to make for Thanksgiving. Certainly not haute culture and not a place the NY Times would cover, but I love it. No matter how much Portland changes, you can count on Huber's to stay the same.

sopdx · #43 Posted: **Sep 28, 2007, 10:15 PM**

Dude, you've had too many spanish coffees

Who mentioned torre bravo - it's wondeful. Anybody tried sel gris???

horatioalfonzo · #44 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 12:34 AM**

http://www.portlandmenuguide.com/

That site has a lot of good restaurants, although I think a few from the list are no longer around.

I'd also add the Bombay Cricket Club and the Hush Hush Cafe.

zilfondel · #45 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 8:44 AM**

lol you guys just never give up.

Seems like I'm the one who has to crash the party, as there are no Bond posts here.

Portland has crappy food! Go away, we don't want our prices to go up!!!!

Nutterbug · #46 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 11:26 AM**

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Perhaps if you were to go back and read all the negative comments from the folks self-identified as being from Seattle, and the negative comments from yourself (you don't disclose your location) you would understand why the people in this forum that are from Portland are a little pissed. Portland gets nice press from the NY Times and you folks can't deal so you have to post a bunch put-downs to make yourselves feel better. Classic symptoms of insecurity.

One other thing.

Instead of starting a pissing match between Portlanders and Seattleites over what is said in a NY paper, ask yourselves how much New Yorkers would care about what is written about them in the Oregonian (or the Seattle Times/PI for that matter).

PDX City-State · #47 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 4:18 PM**

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One other thing.

Instead of starting a pissing match between Portlanders and Seattleites over what is said in a NY paper, ask yourselves how much New Yorkers would care about what is written about them in the Oregonian (or the Seattle Times/PI for that matter).

Good point. They wouldn't care. Though I read this the other day...

http://www.wweek.com/wwire/?p=9379

It's funny that Pacific NW cuisine is suddenly hip and exportable. I'm also told that Willamette Valley and Columbia wines are all the rage at NYC restaurants these days.

MarkDaMan · #48 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nutterbug

One other thing.

Instead of starting a pissing match between Portlanders and Seattleites over what is said in a NY paper, ask yourselves how much New Yorkers would care about what is written about them in the Oregonian (or the Seattle Times/PI for that matter).

course the Oregonian and the Seattle Times/PI altogether don't equate for even half of the NYT's national audience.

Nutterbug · #49 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 11:50 PM**

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Good point. They wouldn't care. Though I read this the other day...

http://www.wweek.com/wwire/?p=9379

It's funny that Pacific NW cuisine is suddenly hip and exportable. I'm also told that Willamette Valley and Columbia wines are all the rage at NYC restaurants these days.

I'm sure the West Coast has always been hip to them in a small, pretty and refreshing place to vacation sort of way, but will always be a backwater overall to those haughty New Yorkers.

alexjon · #50 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 11:56 PM**

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Our port is bigger actually.

Dry tonnage 2005 (2007 World Book Almanac, page 77)
Portland 29,995,641,000
Seattle 23,501,372,000

Is that grain shipping?

alexjon · #51 Posted: **Sep 29, 2007, 11:58 PM**

Okay, we'll put an end to this.

Portland has better bear events, but Seattle has a better scene.

PacificNW · #52 Posted: **Sep 30, 2007, 12:32 AM**

⬆ What does that mean? Bear events?

alexjon · #53 Posted: **Sep 30, 2007, 12:37 AM**

It means cheap beer and (usually) fun guys you've probably seen everywhere

PacificNW · #54 Posted: **Sep 30, 2007, 12:41 AM**

⬆ If you mean "Bear" like I think you are suggesting I don't hang out at the Dirty Duck when in PDX but inexpensive "good" beer=bring it on.

Drew-Ski · #55 Posted: **Oct 2, 2007, 6:28 AM**

I reserected this old artical.......seems that the NYT is not the only media powerhouse to proclaim Portland's great culinary scene. Check this out!

Food Network Awards 2007: Delicious Destination of the Year!

The Food Network's chef Emeril Lagasse has just announced the cable network's first-ever awards to honor the people, places and products that are making a delicious difference in our world today. Portland, a 'rising city with a fast-growing food scene,' was selected as the 2007 Delicious Destination of the Year.

The awards will be presented at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Feb 22-25, 2007.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show..._61089,00.html
Source: The Food Network, Apr 16, 2007.

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PDX City-State · #56 Posted: **Oct 2, 2007, 5:23 PM**

Whoa...check out this post from veteran magazine journalist Kevin Allman.

http://kevinallman.com/

PacificNW · #57 Posted: **Oct 2, 2007, 5:39 PM**

Very interesting.. definitely could be a "conflict of interest" going on here...It will be interesting to see how this plays out....

tworivers · #58 Posted: **Jun 1, 2008, 7:29 PM**

The NYT published it's "places to go this summer" travel issue today and Portland is #11. The short blurb mentions only the food scene, and drops Clyde Common specifically. Two other Oregon places get listed: the Owyhee River and Hwy 101. Not bad.

downtownpdx · #59 Posted: **May 11, 2009, 6:10 AM**

The New York Times continues a love affair with our fair city, on the front page of the travel section ...

http://travel.nytimes.com/