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Karen Brooks
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Karen Brooks eats, drinks and thinks about food for Portland Monthly, as the magazine's trend-spotting food critic. Karen's reviews and think pieces ferret out the restaurants, food carts, and maverick thinkers defining Portland's food voice. In 2017, Karen won one of the food world's most prestigious titles: the James Beard Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviewer Award. She's penned nine books on food and drink, and in 2020 guest-starred on Hulu's food series, Eater's Guide to the World.

Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Best of the Rest

Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Comforts

Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: Asian Adventures

Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Ultimate Feast

Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: Best New Restaurants

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The New Nuvrei

FOOD CART WATCH
Garden State’s Last Stand

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Café Velo + Lauretta Jean’s = Pie Heaven

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Boke Bowl to Open a Restaurant

Expansion Plans
Little Big Burger in SE!

Review
Field Studies

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Castagna’s Matt Lightner Moving to New York

INTRODUCING
Wild Goose Farm: Hot Homestead Feasts

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Bluehour Hires Spago Alum Thomas Boyce

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Cathy Whims and ChefStable Team Up at New Oven & Shaker

FOOD NEWS
Café Castagna’s Lunch Finds

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Little Big Burger Gets Bigger

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Wings of Victory

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Bamboo Sushi to Open NW Branch

Review