Restaurants, The Open Kitchen — Tuesday, June 7, 2011 12:01
Oregon Boar and Lamb Paired with Local Belgian Craft Beer
Five Course Foodies Delight with a Slavic Twist
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 12:02
Showcase PDX Invites You to Enjoy an Exclusive Slavic Feast with Chef Jesse Skiles and Pairings from Teutonic Wines May 4, 2011 (Portland, OR) – Portland-based social entrepreneurial media company, Showcase PDX brings you the latest version of its tasty food series, the Open Kitchen.
Flowers on the Mantle: Frank Byrnes’ 35 years at the Ringside
Thursday, June 3, 2010 8:48
What kind of employee grows, harvests, and brings flowers to work with him to place on the central mantle 5 days a week for 35 years? Someone who is in love, not only with his job, but with his life. Businesses need these kind of people. No good service business is successful without passionate [...]
Now that’s a Steak: Beef at The Country Cat
Sunday, May 23, 2010 14:26
What do you look for in a steak? Price? Hearty flavor? Quality of life for the cattle and a humane slaughter? A healthy feed profile? Eating isn’t simple anymore, and eating meat isn’t what it used to be. In a world inundated with corn fed, chemically dependant cattle, it is difficult to get a good [...]
The Wednesday Night Dinner Apparition
Saturday, March 13, 2010 19:47
If you happen to be walking near RonTom’s bar, close in on SE Burnside, you may just turn a corner and happen upon 40 people dining happily, almost covertly, in an amply-windowed commercial kitchen. What is this place, you wonder? Some nights it’s dark, and some it’s full of hungry people passing around family style [...]
My Two Cents on Yelp
Thursday, March 11, 2010 20:02
I appreciate the folks seeking to help the small restaurant prosper by expending the effort of posting compliments on yelp.com. I even appreciate the criticisms. However, I feel forced to add a caveat to my appreciation of yelp.com. There are no polls to support this, but I have found that a large percentage of these [...]
