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PDX Restaurant Index

By Ali Moran October 11, 2010 Published in the November 2010 issue of Portland Monthly

1

Approximate number of restaurants for every 1,000 Portlanders in 1910

5

Approximate number of restaurants for every 1,000 Portlanders in 2006

1

Price in dollars of a New York cut steak at Kelly Restaurant in 1932 ($22.74 in 2010 dollars)

59

Price in dollars of a New York cut steak at El Gaucho in 2010

13

Approximate weight, in pounds, of James Beard when born in Portland in 1903

7

James Beard Foundation Award–nominated Portland chefs between 1990 (when the awards began) and 1999

17

James Beard Foundation Award–nominated Portland chefs since 1999

$15,700

Average annual salary of an Oregon restaurant worker

10

Percentage of employed Oregonians who work in the restaurant industry

1,500

Estimated number of customers at Portland indie Little Big Burger in its first weekend of business

39

Number of nationwide locations of Portland chain Old Spaghetti Factory

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