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Super Deluxe is Portland’s answer to In-N-Out from Blue Star Donuts firebrand Micah Camden and partner Matt Lynch. It’s also the great fast-food equalizer, drawing one of the city’s most varied crowds. The secret formula? Super Deluxe taps into the cultishness of beloved regional burger chains, the allure of using responsibly raised Northwest meat and eggs, and the bottom line ($5.75 Read more...
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Pearl owners Joey Harrington (famed Ducks star and NFL quarterback) and Chefstable’s Kurt Huffman hired talented bar man Ryan Magarian and fromer Bluehour chef Thomas Boyce to to craft a tavern menu with skill and thoughtfulness. Expect stripped-down, considered tavern/pub fare, Caesar salad to steak frites to blue cheese burgers, rooted in technique and good ingredients.The room hasn’t changed much from its previous Read more...
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Loyal Legion is no Hofbräuhaus. This Oregon beer hall takes a different inspiration altogether: our love of beautiful spaces, of all things local, of simply gazing into space and people watching. Here, the exhaustively curated, 99-tap, all-Oregon beer list encourages methodical choosing and deliberate drinking. The food menu is dominated by beer-soaked Olympia Provisions bratwursts, frankfurters, and Käsekrainers. The cheesy, gooey, Read more...
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Once a solar-powered vegetarian food cart, Off the Griddle is now a brick-and-mortar diner on Southeast Foster. The meatless menu is packed with burgers (five vegan and five vegetarian options), and also boasts a selections of salads, sandwiches, snacks, and fancy mac & cheese bowls. Flip the menu over to find a wealth of cocktails and boozy floats; the Cinnamon Toast, Read more...
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There are plenty of monstrous, fancy burgers in town, but Don Salamone’s sweet cart, nestled under a grand old tree in the Hillsdale cart pod, gets the humble sandwich right. He pairs a well-seasoned patty of custom-ground Pioneer Ranch beef, griddled for crunchy bits but still crazy juicy, with chunky onions, tomato, lettuce, sweaty Tillamook, and classic sauce on an Read more...
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The title brewmaster may be an understatement for the man behind Ecliptic. John Harris’ 30 years in the beer business include being a founding brewer at Deschutes Brewery and spearheading Full Sail’s brew master reserve program. His astronomy inspired brewery’s tap choices rotate yearly, and the seasonal menu is rewritten every six weeks. Read more...
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Pearl district’s game-time go-to. Here are the stats: two dart boards, 20 TVs, 1 pool table, 30 craft beers on tap, and six hours of happy hour daily. Read more...
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This American bistro/bar and grill, formerly known as Charley’s on Grand, operates out of the Courtyard Marriott in Northeast Portland. Of the menu, expect beefed-up diner classics with an Italian twist—like caesar salads, bleu cheese and bacon burgers, and pepperoni flat-bread pizzas. Read more...
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The talent behind this Lloyd District sports bar—the same guys who did Ace Hotel, Clyde Common, and Olympic Provisions—could probably give the White House a successful relaunch. Their version of the Great American Sports Bar is a tribute to the basketball team whose only NBA championship inspired the bar’s name. Food-wise, Spirit sticks to the playbook, with wings, nachos, fried chicken, Read more...
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Country Natural beef patties. Marionberry milkshakes. Eastern Washington russet potato French fries. This is seasonal, local fast food. Is it as satisfying as McDonalds? Not quite. But when that pumpkin milkshake comes into season, we’re waiting in the drive-thru. Read more...
