Have you ever eaten a burger at an establishment that is listed in the Yellow Pages under the categories of Costumes and Cards & Stationery AND Restaurants? If not, you should probably check out Pattie’s Home Plate Cafe in North Portland. As soon as you walk in, you are in the diner portion of the [...]
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Garden State is a food cart located in NE Portland at Mississippi & Skidmore specializing in Italian street food. They also have another location in SE Portland at 13th & Lexington. Their menu: Burger – Highland Oak beef, provolone piccante cheese, pickled red onion, chili aoli – $8 I ordered the burger, gave my name, [...]
New Seasons Market is a Whole Foods-esque grocery store (think: the increasingly popular “local, sustainable, organic”/expensive tagline) with nine locations in the Portland metropolitan area. They have a fairly impressive deli, complete with an online ordering component of their website. It should be noted, however, that the one time I submitted an online order, my [...]
Humdinger is a classic burger & milkshake type drive-in located in SW Portland on Barbur Blvd. The “deluxe” burgers here come with your choice of french fries, tater tots, chili, or cole saw as a side item, or you could get a non-deluxe burger for about a buck less. For being such a tiny place, [...]
Hot Cake House is a 24-hour diner in SE Portland at Powell and 10th serving up standard diner fare – breakfast and burgers. They have a tiny parking lot and a fantastic neon sign. I feel like I should mention the ordering process, as it is somewhat unusual. You walk up to the left of [...]
Piper’s Pub offers a selection of Irish, Scottish, and British food and drink, using “A Taste of the British Isles” as their slogan. The beer selection is pretty extensive and supposedly changes weekly, though I would consider the prices a little high. Moving along, here’s the menu description of the burger: Create A Burger With [...]
The outside of Wild Abandon is really weird, and you’d probably never guess it was a restaurant if it weren’t from the sandwich board sitting in front of the door. The indoor decor is supposed to be cozy/romantic (also referred to as “The Red Velvet Lounge”) but comes off as kind of cheesy due to [...]