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May 7, 2010

Genoa Restaurant, Portland

Genoa Restaurant 2832 Southeast Belmont St Portland, OR 97214-4024 Okay, enough about California, let's talk about a Portland restaurant! Recently, jwa & I went to Genoa to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. We hadn't been to the new one yet and were both very excited to give it a try. Wow, what a great meal. …

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March 22, 2010

Comune Accanto for Brunch

2838 SE Belmont St. Portland, OR 97214 (503) 235-4900 We finally tried Accanto for brunch Sunday and wow, we both really enjoyed it. It's the place on the corner of 28th & Belmont, right next to the new Genoa. Actually, Accanto is to Genoa, like Cafe Castagna is to Castagna, I believe. Anyway, I love …

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July 8, 2009

Dinner at 23 Hoyt

My albacore sandwich with ginger mayo, picked onions and avocado. So good! jwa recently planned a 'date night', which was really very sweet of him. We went to dinner at 23 Hoyt and then to voicebox to sing. We even hit the end of happy hour at the restaurant which meant $5 cosmos, $1 salted, …

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June 19, 2009

Tabla Mediterranean Bistro

jwa and I went out for a nice Thursday night meal and FINALLY tried Tabla Mediterranean Bistro. So good! Excellent deal with the three courses for $24. We did the wine pairings for an extra $16. I'm kind of sleepy so this post will be mostly pictures. Just for fun, we both started the meal …

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June 5, 2009

Summer Side Dish: Grilled Zucchini with Garlic and Lemon Butter Baste

This was a side dish that worked really well with some grilled albacore tuna steaks. For the fish, I made a quick topping of kalamata olives, green olives, cherry tomatoes, red onion, olive oil, lemon juice and feta cheese. So, it was a Mediterranean kind of a thing (one of my favorite kinds of things). …

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