Comments on: Portland Bleg http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15 Peter Sagal is an author, playwright, screenwriter, essayist and the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lisa Boyle http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-103 Lisa Boyle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:28:30 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-103 Hello webmaster...Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Tuesday Hello webmaster…Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Tuesday

]]> By: YLlama http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-91 YLlama Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:48:30 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-91 Echo Mother's. Echo Mother’s.

]]> By: becca (and brian) http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-89 becca (and brian) Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:20:44 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-89 Since my comment still hasn't come through (it's probably the bad links making it stick) the places were: Byways Cafe (Pearl District) Besaws Cafe (Northwest) St. Honore Boulangerie (Northwest) Mother's Bistor (Downtown) J&M Cafe (1/2 mile south of convention center. Byways: featured on Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives as a PDX diner with real personality. All prepared from scratch huge yummy breakfasts and desserts with more kitsch and memorabilia on the walls (and View-Finders you can play with) than you can count Besaws: neighborhood institution St. Honore: Best french bakery in town (you can taste the stick of butter in each croissant). Also have yummy sandwiches (croque monsieur, pear/brie/ham, etc.) and salads (nicoise, etc.) Mother's Bistro: more upscale, fancy comfort food. well known for its brunch J&M: "normal" place where PDX folks go. Tasty food, few frills Hope you're enjoying Portland. Break a leg tonight. Becca (all except J&M have a website if you want to check them out) Since my comment still hasn’t come through (it’s probably the bad links making it stick) the places were:

Byways Cafe (Pearl District)
Besaws Cafe (Northwest)
St. Honore Boulangerie (Northwest)
Mother’s Bistor (Downtown)
J&M Cafe (1/2 mile south of convention center.

Byways: featured on Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives as a PDX diner with real personality. All prepared from scratch huge yummy breakfasts and desserts with more kitsch and memorabilia on the walls (and View-Finders you can play with) than you can count

Besaws: neighborhood institution

St. Honore: Best french bakery in town (you can taste the stick of butter in each croissant). Also have yummy sandwiches (croque monsieur, pear/brie/ham, etc.) and salads (nicoise, etc.)

Mother’s Bistro: more upscale, fancy comfort food. well known for its brunch

J&M: “normal” place where PDX folks go. Tasty food, few frills

Hope you’re enjoying Portland. Break a leg tonight.

Becca

(all except J&M have a website if you want to check them out)

]]> By: becca (and brian) http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-82 becca (and brian) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:43:09 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-82 (and there's a currently a post with 5 more recommendations sitting in moderator queue purgatory) (and there’s a currently a post with 5 more recommendations sitting in moderator queue purgatory)

]]> By: becca (and brian) http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-81 becca (and brian) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:16:17 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-81 And evidently I don't know how to make web links. Sigh. Sorry. And evidently I don’t know how to make web links. Sigh. Sorry.

]]> By: becca (and brian) http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-80 becca (and brian) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:12:28 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-80 You could also try (in no particular order) Besaw's (http://www.besaws.com/)in Northwest (long time institution in great neigborhood) St. Honore Boulangerie(http://www.sainthonorebakery.com/) in Northwest (best French bakery in town that also has sandwiches, salads, etc.) Mother's Bistro (http://www.mothersbistro.com/) in downtown (more upscale, but GOOD brunch) Byways Cafe (http://www.bywayscafe.com/) in the Pearl (featured on Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives as a PDX diner with real personality. All prepared from scratch huge yummy breakfasts and desserts with more kitsch and memorabilia on the walls (and View-Finders you can play with) than you can count J&M cafe (http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=26205&category=22214) on the east a 1/2 mile or so south of the convention center (a sort-of diner with frou-frou food). This is the least fancy of them all but real people grab food there. You could also try (in no particular order)

Besaw’s (http://www.besaws.com/)in Northwest (long time institution in great neigborhood)

St. Honore Boulangerie(http://www.sainthonorebakery.com/) in Northwest (best French bakery in town that also has sandwiches, salads, etc.)

Mother’s Bistro (http://www.mothersbistro.com/) in downtown (more upscale, but GOOD brunch)

Byways Cafe (http://www.bywayscafe.com/) in the Pearl (featured on Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives as a PDX diner with real personality. All prepared from scratch huge yummy breakfasts and desserts with more kitsch and memorabilia on the walls (and View-Finders you can play with) than you can count

J&M cafe (http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=26205&category=22214) on the east a 1/2 mile or so south of the convention center (a sort-of diner with frou-frou food). This is the least fancy of them all but real people grab food there.

]]> By: becca (and brian) http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-79 becca (and brian) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:59:21 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-79 More food commentary from Adam's crew. I'll try and think of a good breakfast/brunch place. If you're around for lunch/dinner try Pok Pok (http://www.pokpokpdx.com/)on SE Division and 32nd. Started out as a little shack serving food straight off the streets of Vietnam/Thailand and now has a funky little restaurant attached. Won Restaurant of the Year for not just being another cookie-cutter joint but really staying true to his vision of transporting you to those locations. If you close your eyes and smell as you pass the cooking shack, you'd swear you were at a night market in Chiang Mai or Hanoi.... Back with more mid-day alternatives. Becca bummer... Pok Pok may have to be saved for your next trip anyway. It's not open for lunch on Saturdays and it's closed Sundays More food commentary from Adam’s crew.

I’ll try and think of a good breakfast/brunch place. If you’re around for lunch/dinner try Pok Pok (http://www.pokpokpdx.com/)on SE Division and 32nd. Started out as a little shack serving food straight off the streets of Vietnam/Thailand and now has a funky little restaurant attached. Won Restaurant of the Year for not just being another cookie-cutter joint but really staying true to his vision of transporting you to those locations. If you close your eyes and smell as you pass the cooking shack, you’d swear you were at a night market in Chiang Mai or Hanoi….

Back with more mid-day alternatives.

Becca

bummer… Pok Pok may have to be saved for your next trip anyway. It’s not open for lunch on Saturdays and it’s closed Sundays

]]> By: matt http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-64 matt Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:21:39 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-64 Say hello to Gordon (Grunow) for me. Say hello to Gordon (Grunow) for me.

]]> By: fi http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-62 fi Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:36:35 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-62 you really only want to go to the doug fir for drinks and a show. very neat looking, but the food isn't consistently good. also, it isn't downtown. i recommend the bijou cafe on sw 3rd and pine. if you're really looking for something else that is "very portland", just stop in at voo doo doughnuts around the corner... you really only want to go to the doug fir for drinks and a show. very neat looking, but the food isn’t consistently good. also, it isn’t downtown. i recommend the bijou cafe on sw 3rd and pine. if you’re really looking for something else that is “very portland”, just stop in at voo doo doughnuts around the corner…

]]> By: Dave von Ebers http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-61 Dave von Ebers Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:34:48 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-61 I know nothing about Rip City (other than that it’s sometimes called “Rip City”), but I do have a suggestion: I’d leave that 1992 Bulls Championship t-shirt at home if I were you. Just a thought. I know nothing about Rip City (other than that it’s sometimes called “Rip City”), but I do have a suggestion: I’d leave that 1992 Bulls Championship t-shirt at home if I were you.

Just a thought.

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