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KeepOnRollin said:
Portland City Grill according to Blazer players:

http://www.nba.com/blazers/video/2014/12/28/ATBBestRestmp4-3475875
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Remember "Dirty Dining"?

Portland City Grill was on it.


Love/Hate relationship never meant more to me than after viewing my first segment of KPTV Fox 12’s Dirty Dining. The Double-D highlights a restaurant’s antics with health inspectors and host Kerry Tomlinson. Meant to be more comedy than genuine news report, Dirty Dining takes some horrific liberties to generate negative responses towards local restaurants. Take this report from Dirty Dining host, Kerry Tomlinson visit to Portland City Grill:

Raw Calamari at 49 Degrees (Dangerous level)
Egg Batter at 50 degrees (Also a dangerous level)
Salad Prep Cooler not at a safe temperature (Bacteria could grow!)
Dirty Knives in with Clean Knives! (I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!)

Will Dirty Dining affect my desire to eat at Portland City Grill (one of my favorite places to make fun of even though I enjoy myself every time)? Of course not! I’m pretty sure the only place I ever eat raw egg batter and calamari is in the comfort of my own home. I also have been known to flirt with disaster and toss dirty spoons in with clean spoons, but not knives! What stupid restaurant would do such a thing?

For me personally, Dirty Dining really “raised some eyebrows” with their continuous visits to Cheerful Tortoise’s. Before I watched that report, a group of friends visited the Cheerful for cheap “recovery food”. A friend ordered the pancakes… and he is a no-pro when it comes to culinary experiences. After waiting 45 minutes, he was eventually served well-done, black pancakes. This North American flapjack was so burnt we tossed them across the table to test it’s sturdiness. The Double D helped me realize that Cheerful Tortoise is a gross place to eat.

It’s easy to love the hijinks that ensue on Dirty Dining. You’ll also find ease to hate its junk reporting. Dirty Dining is a horrible news gimmick to keep Portlanders fearful of area restaurants. The problem with Double D is that We already know these places are obviously craptastic and could cause post-digest stomach aches, but we still eat there. Please just don’t SHOW/TELL me why I shouldn’t. It’s like taking a black light to your hotel room.
 
I love me some Luc Lac. They have great Pho. Nostrana and Renata are two of my favorite spots. And Three Doors Down Cafe.
 
Nicolas on Grand
Escape from NY Pizza
Fat City in Multnomah Village for breakfast
Pho Van
Bar Mingo
Ringside
Pok Pok for wings
Nostrana
Luk Lak

I come from the Anthony Bourdain school of restaurants, as you can see.
 
Stevenson said:
Nicolas on Grand
Escape from NY Pizza
Fat City in Multnomah Village for breakfast
Pho Van
Bar Mingo
Ringside
Pok Pok for wings
Nostrana
Luk Lak

I come from the Anthony Bourdain school of restaurants, as you can see.
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Throw in Stammtisch and No Ho's and we're good to go.

Although, I'm not sure Prez is allowed in No Ho's. It's all in the name.
 
dviss1 said:
I never spend money on Gentrification Central.
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Your loss. Great food never depends on location.

And FWIW, almost 60 years ago my grandparents got “eminent domained” out of their home on Minnesota Ave (smack dab in the middle of current Failing St. pedestrian overpass and adjacent to currently gentrified Mississippi Ave area) to make way for I-5.......and couldn’t do a frickin’ thing about it but move. Better to be priced out than bulldozed out......at least some of those people in “Gentrification Central” owned their homes and got fair market value for them (making a choice to move) rather than a “take a lowball, lower than market price or we’ll evict you”offer. And renters usually get shit on wherever they live, so let’s please don’t play the race card. And when you look at property values, Portland proper in general is Gentrification Central. Welcome to Capitalism. Singling a particular area out is bullshit......

And a question......if you owned a house in an area being gentrified, would you hold out in a futile effort to stop the change or would you take an outrageous offer and run?
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Seems like smaller dishes, after a big thanksgiving meal, some dishes to accompany some vodka may be good. Spanish food is pretty light but honestly, I always get Spanish tapas, pretty good ones....probably would be pretty average for me.
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I discussed this with my wife, she corrected me that she liked it a lot. She liked "herring in a fur coat" like a Russian 7 layer dip. The have good dumplings and cabbage rolls.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Your loss. Great food never depends on location.

And FWIW, almost 60 years ago my grandparents got “eminent domained” out of their home on Minnesota Ave (smack dab in the middle of current Failing St. pedestrian overpass and adjacent to currently gentrified Mississippi Ave area) to make way for I-5.......and couldn’t do a frickin’ thing about it but move. Better to be priced out than bulldozed out......at least some of those people in “Gentrification Central” owned their homes and got fair market value for them (making a choice to move) rather than a “take a lowball, lower than market price or we’ll evict you”offer. And renters usually get shit on wherever they live, so let’s please don’t play the race card. And when you look at property values, Portland proper in general is Gentrification Central. Welcome to Capitalism. Singling a particular area out is bullshit......

And a question......if you owned a house in an area being gentrified, would you hold out in a futile effort to stop the change or would you take an outrageous offer and run?
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I don't feel like I'm losing at all. Just can't spend my money with people who look at and treat me weirdly for being in an area I grew up in.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Your loss. Great food never depends on location.

And FWIW, almost 60 years ago my grandparents got “eminent domained” out of their home on Minnesota Ave (smack dab in the middle of current Failing St. pedestrian overpass and adjacent to currently gentrified Mississippi Ave area) to make way for I-5.......and couldn’t do a frickin’ thing about it but move. Better to be priced out than bulldozed out......at least some of those people in “Gentrification Central” owned their homes and got fair market value for them (making a choice to move) rather than a “take a lowball, lower than market price or we’ll evict you”offer. And renters usually get shit on wherever they live, so let’s please don’t play the race card. And when you look at property values, Portland proper in general is Gentrification Central. Welcome to Capitalism. Singling a particular area out is bullshit......

And a question......if you owned a house in an area being gentrified, would you hold out in a futile effort to stop the change or would you take an outrageous offer and run?
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To answer your question, I used to be a loan officer. I have family that own a few houses in that situation right now. I tell them not to sell. It doesn't make sense to sell your house you own outright, that you're paying $1,000 a year in property taxes, to move to another house we paying 4-5K a year.
 
how crowded is the cracka barrell there in Tualatin?
 
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