New to Portland - Relaxed, good food?
My husband and I just moved to the Portland area from New Orleans and we're really missing our good, neighborhood restaurants. I'm having a hard time finding the equivalent here. We like good food, but also a relaxed atmosphere - the kind of place that doesn't try too hard to impress, just has good, real food. We like all kinds of cuisine, don't care about the area... Any suggestions?
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There are a couple of pubs we like to go to that have good food and casual, friendly atmosphere...The County Cork on about 13th and NE Fremont has decent food, Broadway Grill on NE Broadway is fairly new (expansion of the original restaurant John's Market Pub in SW PDX) and the food has been consistently good and everyone really friendly.
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All I can think of at the moment is Pho Van on Powell, Wong's King on Division, Saburo Sushi in Sellwood on Bybee, Navarre in the North East, Nostrana on Morrison, Park Kitchen on the Park Blocks. I know what you mean, you go into these restaurants with these great expectations, but to often they are trying to serve you something eclectic and trendy. It is to bad, b/c they don't even have the basics down. Let me know if you think there are some locations we are missing.
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extramsg
Apr 9, 2007 10:39 PM
That seems odd because Portland is almost entirely populated with relatively casual, quality eateries with a strong neighborhood clientelle. What we're missing are the truly fancy places, imo.
Where are some of the places you've tried that were too uptight? What neighborhood are you in?
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