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Little T American Baker: Pastry Panache in SE Portland

Sometimes gluttony can be a byproduct of proximity. Other times, it’s thanks to an array of tantalizing choices. Both reasons intersected at Little T American Baker, a bakery from Tim “Little T” Healea that...
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Broder: Brunching on Sweden in Southeast Portland

Sweden’s cultural impact is pretty much secure for the ages thanks to IKEA, but we were looking to dig deeper than Swedish meatballs and sofas, so we ventured to Broder, a charming Swedish cafe...
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Sterling Coffee Roasters: Caffeinated Currency in NW Portland

During our 2008 trip to Portland, the city was as close to a specialty coffee “company town” as any place in America, with Stumptown Coffee coursing through most espresso machines, Fetco batch brewers and...
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Pok Pok Noi: Authentic? Maybe Delicious? Definitely

What’s more important, that a restaurant’s authentic, or that it’s good? Francis Lam recently questioned the former facet in the NY Times, in an article titled Cuisines Mastered as Acquired Tastes. He focused on...
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Salt & Straw: Cranking Out Old School Ice Cream in PDX Parlor

These days, it’s not enough to just create good food or drink and expect people to swarm the front door. It of course helps to have some marketing prowess and social media ingenuity. For...
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Laurelhurst Market: Pulling Double Duty in East Portland

In Portland, there seems to be a push towards greater efficiency. Coffeehouses like Coava Coffee Roasters and Sterling Coffee Roasters decided that sharing space with another tenant makes more sense for their respective business...
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