By David & Susan Greenberg Beside the mighty Columbia River, overlooking gargantuan ships circled by tugboats like remoras, Coffee Girl sits within a chamber of what had once been an enormous cannery…
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ARDENT GOURMET: Fedé Trattoria, Astoria
OIOpublisher By David & Susan Greenberg Astoria started as a fist-fighting harbor town. There were steam rooms for Finnish sailors. Finnish was a dominant second language. There were canneries galore to steer…
ARDENT GOURMET: Hapa Pizza
Hapa Pizza By David & Susan Greenberg Hapa Pizza, one of the thirty best pizza restaurants in the United States according to the New York Times, serves mainly pizzas with Asian toppings….
THE ARDENT GOURMET: Din Tai Fung, PDX
By David & Susan Greenberg Like alien seed pods, Din Tai Fungs are landing and sprouting dumplings (and noodles) everywhere. They’re in Seattle, Times Square NYC, one is in downtown PDX, another…
ARDENT GOURMET SMALL BITES: Yuubi Sushi and Bar June
By David & Susan Greenberg Yuubi Sushi is located within a house-like structure in Beaverton. It’s been rated as one of the ten best sushi restaurants in the Portland area by Eater….
ARDENT GOURMET: Hearth & Table, Lincoln City
By David & Susan Greenberg David recounts, “On the day of my bar-mitzvah, my older brother ran away with a friend (for several hours) and the adults solemnly gathered to chart a…
ARDENT GOURMET – SMALL BITES: Decarli in Beaverton
By David & Susan Greenberg Mediterranean Decarli restaurant is where to go when you’re weary of keeping up with novel cuisines like food native to Pitcairn Island or Neptune. This is classic…
ARDENT GOURMET “Small Bites”: Ate Oh Ate
By David & Susan Greenberg Ate Oh Ate serves Hawaiian food with a funky-monkey, laid back, beach-shack vibe. The food is vaguely Asian and several dishes unashamedly include Spam, possibly Hawaii’s favorite…
ARDENT GOURMET “Small Bites”: Afuri Ramen & Dumpling
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is a series of quick reviews from our Ardent Gourmet, out and about the Portland Metro area. By David & Susan Greenberg Afuri Ramen & Dumpling is a Japanese…
ARDENT GOURMET: A SWEET STAY IN SALEM, OREGON
By David & Susan Greenberg Past filbert orchards, past long fences over which horses hung their heads, past a gamboling lamb, past rhododendrons lit by pink blossoms, past farmhouses built when manual…