Restaurants according to the Oregonian which is a bullshit newspaper but aren't they all mostly.
Mostly good choices though. A few are surprising l absent. I've been to more than half. Post your cities.
https://expo.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/07/cfc9b36d2f3422/portlands-40-best-restaurants-ranked.html
ill give you my cities top 5.
1. mr dominics at the lake
2. nick tahou's
3. ldr char pit
4. schallers
5. tk's pizza
shout out to the charlotte tavern for the best fish fry in the city and the summerville grill for being an awesome place to get fucked up at the bar and leave with some killer takeout.
There's lots of good food in Long Beach but one noteworthy place is Thai Curry Pizza. The two primary fusion items are the curry pizza and the tom yum pizza. The latter is pretty spectacular in spite of the puffy fast food style crust. They'll make it Thai Hot for you if you ask.
(https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/d1Glj1PlptGbgOj5IfUVfw/348s.jpg)
So we got Rochester and Long Beach Ca.
Tahous is the garbage plate place and Summerville Grill doesn't bother with plating aesthetics but I'd smash that calamari. Fuck yeah.
I'm intrigued with the Tom Yum pizza. List a few more. Thai food and pizza is......... different.
Beer Belly is a great opportunity to clog your arteries. My favorite thing on their menu is the Death By Duck: fries tossed in duck fat + duck confit and raspberry mustard. Memorably good house pickles. Deep fried twinkies for desert if you're really psychotic. Used to have some sort of Korean baby back rib dish but no longer I guess.
http://www.beerbellyla.com/beer-belly-lb
Panxa Cocina has a creative southwestern/mex menu and the food is very well prepared
https://panxacocina.com/menu
The Attic has a goofy mac n cheese + hot cheetos gimmick that people love, I don't fuck with that stuff but their Monte Cristo makes me want to cry it's so good
https://www.theatticonbroadway.com/pages/menu
Claire's is attached to the Long Beach Art Museum and is situated on the bluff overlooking the ocean. They've been improving the kinda underwhelming food, but their bloody marys are the best in town. I stick with the original, the missus likes the bacon / shrimp monstrosities. Has like, finely minced (not pureed) cucumber in it or something. Really special stuff
(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/gazettes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/2b/d2b3dada-3473-11e8-b844-bfff24067afc/5abecb597f90c.image.jpg)
(https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Jki4fGYWLOsu5h6fN1yOQA/348s.jpg)
The sushi scene is unfortunately kinda garbage. The emphasis on the fake crab mayo salad and shrimp tempura in seemingly every goddamn roll isn't what sushi should be about. Consequently the raw fish isn't consistently fresh enough to make the sashimi or simple nigiri/maki's very enticing. The poke fad is in full swing. Meh.
There are quite a few Indian options but I don't particularly adore any of them.
Im a bloody mary expert. Those look so fucking good.
I really dig them; they garnish one of the recipes with a sprig of charred rosemary and it works so fucking well. I could seriously use one right now...
Fucking poke. Everywhere.
Those bloodies look awesome.
How about this place for duck.
The Duck Stack at Canard. Pancakes fried in duck fat, duck gravy, duck egg and seared foie gras
(https://i.imgur.com/YC7Zgnn.jpg)
Mother of god...
I found the consistency of bloody marys to vary from place to place. I personally do not like thick bloodys. I prefer them to be a little watered down.
Do you like a lot of bullshit in them? Or just some celery?
Quote from: RAGER on August 02, 2019, 10:44:10 PM
Do you like a lot of bullshit in them? Or just some celery?
i can go either way. If the base is made properly the skys the limit. Depends how hungry i am. When i make them its vodka (titos), ice, bm mixer (i never use tomato juice or v8), dash of tobasco, speck of horse raddish, fresh lime slice, celery stalk. I usually keep it simple. I apply bass player rule number 1. Less is more.
I made these awhile back. They got a few cilantro leaves in them. I also hit it with a dash of black pepper.(https://i.ibb.co/6ydzP3d/20190310-175353.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6ydzP3d)(https://i.ibb.co/vsYqzXW/20190310-175255.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vsYqzXW)
Remember I told you Clamato? You gotta try it.
No salt on the rim?
Im due to re up on the mixer. Maybe i will get some clamato. Ill let you know. No rim jobs for me. Too complicated.
Tajin.
Its been awhile since i had summervilles calamari and since you mentioned it rager, i had to go. I just got back from splitting an order with my gf. It was fantastic. Heres a few pics. (https://i.ibb.co/sJtSmgN/20190803-134728.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sJtSmgN)(https://i.ibb.co/PcbF9Vb/20190803-135016.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PcbF9Vb)
Man that looks delish except the Bud. I'd have a French bier de garde or a Belgian strong ale with that.
Not on Portland's forty but it should be. I keep raving about Lardo and their sandwiches and dirty fries. There's none dirtier. I got the monthly Chefwitch. Char siu Cubano. Fuck yeah.
(https://i.imgur.com/NS0cMjA.jpg)
That stuff on the pickle is a furikake sachimi togarashi mix.
And the dirty fries.
(https://i.imgur.com/JVzLgHP.jpg)
jesus fuck that looks so good. whats the seasoning on the pickle?
Looks like a furikake sachimi togarashi mix to me.
Great looking food for sure!
Agree... I was just about to guess it was furikake sachimi togarashi mix.
you guys really know your seasonings.
Actually, I make my own. Nothing beats homemade.
I love homemade food.
It's also Portland Burger Week. I usually have a couple burgers but I'm not sure I have time this year. Here's the list.
https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/burger-week
Have one of each. They all look pretty good.
As far as West Coast "Big City" cuisine goes, i reckon PDX has been running in the rear of the pack for a long time.
Lol.
As far as West Coast "Big City" cuisine goes, i reckon PDX has been running in the rear of the pack for a long time.
What ever happened to the Yankee Pot Roast? It was like going to the country for a country diining experience, out on NW St Helens Rd, w/extra gravy.
edit. long gone as are several taverns/strip clubs that replaced it.
Looks like it's a strip club now. Don't really get over to that area.
Portlands Eater top 38 for the winter list is out. Not surprisingly about 1/3 are carts/trucks. There are several on the list I've never been to or heard of and few that are old standards. And one that I won't yo back to.
why wont you go back? i actually ended the ban on the pizza place. it was way to far into 'cut off your nose to spite your face territory.' wasnt practical to keep the ban.
I'm not one to complain about the price of a dish usually but I do have a breaking point. I know the prices beforehand. But when I pay double for something to be elevated and it comes out with brown stems and untrimmed core intact, that's lazy as fuck. That's not what I'm paying for.
untrimmed core is completely unacceptable. 0.0000000000001 on yelp. would not recommend.
Quote from: mortlock on January 23, 2023, 09:58:57 PM
why wont you go back? i actually ended the ban on the pizza place. it was way to far into 'cut off your nose to spite your face territory.' wasnt practical to keep the ban.
welcome back
I don't often participate in restaurants. We have one we go to on Wednesdays with some friends. A biker bar that has cheap beer and good wings that are .75 on Wednesday. The kids don't like it, because it isn't much fun for them.
Problem is at 6:30 there's always a solo acoustic act that sets up right behind our table and plays loud whether we like it or not. And since I live in the birthplace of country music... everyone thinks they're Tyler Childers or Sturgil Simpson. Wtf with live music in a legit sit down restaurant? Who said they wanted that? What restaurant manager is even paying attention to the rolling eyes and people trying to shout across the table when they went out to eat and socialize?
I don't often participate in restaurants.
Lordfinesse told me about his trip to the beach this past summer. He feels the same I do about live music in a restaurant. His event involved someone else deciding where to eat. Once they got there, only tables that could accommodate their party was on the patio outside. Fine. They walk out and his oldest kid turns around and smiles at him. Fucking Reggae DJ. Loud. And all alone but for their family. He was miserable for the next 90 minutes.
Free music is always bad. Especially free live music.
Quote from: RAGER on January 24, 2023, 09:35:19 PM
Free music is always bad. Especially free live music.
you have to remember bands like mine pave the way for the bands that make it.
Haha. True.
I get weird looks when someone suggests we go to such and such bar cuz they have live free music on Tuesdays and I say that sounds terrible. No thanks.