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January 11-20, 2014

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Monday, January 20, 2014
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Bread, crostini:

... and olives and wine kicked off our dinner at Lucca:

... where a bunch of Brussels ($9.50):

... were bedecked with crisped prosciutto, pickled onions and bits of boiled egg followed by sausage ($13.00):

... and mushroom ($13.50) pizzas:

The sprouts and the wood-fired pies were okay (but a bit on the bland side.) Not one for the rotation.

Lucca
3449 NE 24th
Portland, OR
503.287.7372

Sunday, January 19, 2014
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Voodoo Donuts is the Fisherman’s Wharf of Portland - it’s for the tourists. Long queues of stunt food fans line up outside their brick and mortar for their goofy goods. Their pink truck:

... had no such line so we decided to see if anything had changed from our last investigation years ago.

The “Old Dirty Bastard” ($2.75):

... was a raised hoop with peanut butter and Oreos. Like the cereal varieties, the cookies picked up the frosting moisture to get a stale texture. This gravel pit didn’t have any Wu-Tang but we didn’t really have clandestine hopes for these hoops...

Voodoo Donuts

Saturday, January 18, 2014
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The Coop:

... Chicken and Waffles cart didn’t have any dark meat options so we went with their "breezy" ($7.00):

... which consisted of a chicken breast on one of their cornmeal waffles. The fried bird meat was on the drier side with a crisp crust on it’s bread-estal with honey, corny syrup and butter-esque spread.

Not one for us to recoop, but still a popular pecking place.

The Coop Chicken and Waffles
8145 SE 82nd
Portland, OR
503.866.3513

Friday, January 17, 2014
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After a few false starts, Lobster finally flew past the polar vortex to our lunch at Maine Lobster Co.

A cup of the bisque ($6.00):

... had a hint of heat to this sherry enriched, creamy cradle with chunks of Maine meat mingling in this warming ‘ster soup.

The lobster roll ($14.00):

... was top loaded in the traditional fashion with a butter toasted bun sided with slaw and potato chips. This solid sando was contenting cart cuisine at the reliable Cartlandia food pod.

Maine Street Lobster Co.
8145 SE 82nd. Ave.
Portland, OR
513.777.0465

Thursday, January 16, 2014
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The “Shepherd salad” ($11.00) was a goat cheesy, bruschetta’ed bump of egg and walnuts with a kick of aged balsamic to kick off our evening at Oven and Shaker.

Boneyard IPAs washed down a pleasing pie ($16.00):

... strewn with sausage that emerged blistered from their wood burning oven.

O&S continues to deliver reliable realizations of Neapolitan nosh.

Oven and Shaker
1134 NW Everette St.
Portland, OR
503.241.1600

Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Tough pancakes ($9.00):

... touched off our breakfast at Isabel.

These blackberried boards were bypassed by good bacon and eggs ($4.00 supplement):

The avocado scramble ($11.00):

... had a tortilla to bundle black beans in a eggy amalgam to hit with hot sauce.

Isabel might not be a breakfast spot for our rotation, but it was a fortifying stop before we hit the chilly day.

Isabel
330 NW 10th Ave.
Portland, OR
503.222.4333

Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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The tart cherry pie ($4.50):

... used to be our go to gob of the crusted creations at Lauretta Jean’s:

... but today we tried their blackberry raspberry streusel ($4.50):

This flakily-fringed, fruit-filled find wedged out all other contenders with its balance of berry, acid and sweet to create a not-quite-puckery pastry pleaser.