Category: SE Portland

Trinket 2035 SE 39th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97214 Recently, there was a restaurant a mere seven blocks from our house that we never got around to trying -- Kingdom or Roosevelt. But, just last weekend it reopened as a neighborhood brunch spot called Trinket, and we tried it right away (well, within a week). I …

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Monday evening we went to the Portland Food Adventure's dinner at Levant. Have you ever gone to one of these? If not, you really should. There's at least five courses and the chef (in this case, Scott Snyder), will tell you about the food you're eating, the restaurant, and their favorite places to eat in …

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Sen Yai Noodles 3384 SE Division Street Portland, OR 97214 Noodles for breakfast? That's crazy-talk! Of course, it isn't really and technically, most of the breakfast menu items at Yen Sai are soups, porridges, eggs and breakfast-y what-nots. We went to a preview breakfast Tuesday and left plenty full and fairly ready to start the …

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In the last few months (year, maybe? I am bad at judging time), it seems that my stretch of SE Division street has just exploded with new places -- Ava Gene's, Xico, Lauretta Jean's, Sunshine Tavern, Cibo. And I'm sure there's more I'm even forgetting. Of this group, we've been to Cibo twice so far …

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