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Restaurant Portland

Olympic Provisions: Balancing Rich Food + Lighthearted Fun

It was a good sign when we entered Olympic Provisions, the surprisingly airy butcher shop/café near Portland’s Willamette River, and saw a sushi case…full of sausage, bacon and ham. That kind of playfulness translated...
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Charcuterie Portland

Olympic Provisions Chef’s Choice

It was a good sign when we entered Olympic Provisions, the surprisingly airy butcher shop/café near Portland’s Willamette River, and saw a sushi case…full of sausage, bacon and ham. That kind of lighthearted playfulness...
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Hamburger San Francisco

Mission Bowling Club: Racking Up Strikes in San Francisco

Steeeee-rike! Ring up another one at Mission Bowling Club, a fun new concept in a massive corrugated metal structure from Sommer Peterson and Molly Bradshaw. The owners could have settled for the kind of...
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Biscuits Los Angeles

Baco Mercat: “Hair of the Dog” Brunch [CLOSED]

Some chefs are just never satisfied. Two meals a day won’t do, and neither will the constraints of the printed page. At Lazy Ox Canteen, Josef Centeno filled a blackboard with nearly as many...
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Sandwich Los Angeles

Fundamental LA: Moving Beyond Basics in Westwood [CLOSED]

For the past few years, we’ve bemoaned the lack of next-level sandwich shops in Los Angeles. Mendocino Farms has been the most ambitious (and consistent) of the bunch, along with stand-bys like Langer’s and...
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Fish Los Angeles

Ray’s and Stark Bar: Adding Culinary Cache to LACMA

Museum restaurants have long been considered the domain of institutional dining, at least in Los Angeles, where cafeteria-style service, uninspired sandwiches and salads, and a quick finish are de rigueur. That kind of model...
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