What’s that flavor? How do they make this? What’s in that sauce? When every dish makes you exclaim with wonder and delight, an ambitious kitchen has done its job. Aviary, an eclectic contemporary bistro on Portland’s hip Northeast Alberta Street, is just such an ambitious, and accomplished, restaurant. My husband Alan and I sampled Aviary […]
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La Jarochita Mexican Food Cart in Portland
Don’t stop at La Jarochita if you want just a little snack. The portions at this Mexican food cart are big! Take the huarache (above). It’s a dinner-plate-sized crispy tortilla ($5.50) piled high with your choice of meat and/or beans—we opted for the savory carnitas—plus lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, cheese, and a squirt of sour cream. […]
The WanderFoodie Eats Portland: Clyde Common
Communal tables and an open kitchen in a cavernous loft-like space. Check. A long list of bourbons and creative cocktails. Check. Picked grapes. Pickled fennel. Pickled cauliflower. Check. If Portland’s Clyde Common seems like a marketer’s dream of hip culinary trends, well, it is. But the food is ambitious and (generally) delicious, and this downtown […]