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What’s for Lunch? Veganopolis!

By mlb, on November 2nd, 2006%

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Not a lunch cart but it’s lunch, alright!

Veganopolis Cafeteria
412 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
503-226-3400

Soup of the Day
Green Split Pea Soup with Carrots, Potatoes, Vegan Bacon and Wasabi. Adaptation of a recipe by the great chef Jacques Pepin.

Bowl with Grilled Baguette $4.50
Solo Cup with Crackers $2.50
Discount Cup alongside Your Sandwich Order $1.95

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Special Sandwich Today
Spanish Style Vegan Chikn Sandwich with Marinated Chikn Nuggets, Roasted Red Peppers, Spinach, Kalamata Olives and Vegan Saffron Garlic Aioli on Special Grilled Bianca Roll.
Sandwich Comes with Your Choice of Kettle Chips or Slaw for $6.95

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This is what I had the last time I got lunch from Veganopolis. How fitting that it is also the special today, November 2, when I’m posting this. Coincidence? I think not. Okay, maybe it is a coincidence.

Veganopolis is about three blocks from my office, so it’s pretty convenient. I just call it in and pick . . . → Read More: What’s for Lunch? Veganopolis!

Leave a comment   Downtown Portland, Lunch, Lunch cart, Vegetarian

What’s For Lunch? Thai Basil!

By mlb, on September 14th, 2006%

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Lemongrass Chicken

Thai Basil
Corner of SW Oak & 2nd Ave
Portland, OR
503-330-1010

Well, as I’ve mentioned before, I have a new job downtown and one of the nice benefits of that is the lunch choices. My last position was up on Skyline and my lunch option was…Pizzicato. I mean, that was good, but that was it. That was the only choice nearby.

But now…the possibilities are endless! So, I thought I would start a little review of lunch carts in downtown Portland. The first is Thai Basil, which is right across the street from my office building. How convenient!

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Thai Basil Menu
Chicken or Tofu Curry — a red curry, green curry and a yellow curry
Chicken or Tofu Stir Fries — ginger, garlic, veggie lovers, spicy basil and cashew versions
Chicken or Tofu Noodle Dishes — pad thai and two other varieties
Chicken or Tofu Fried Rices — comes in pineapple, spicy . . . → Read More: What’s For Lunch? Thai Basil!

10 comments   Downtown Portland, Lunch, Lunch cart, Poultry & Fowl, Pumpkin & Squash, Restaurants, Trader Joe's

Celebrating Bastille Day in the Pdx

By mlb, on July 12th, 2006%

Bastille Day

The other day I got an e-mail from the Western Culinary Institute containing a press release about their upcoming Bastille Day celebration. This made me happy because — 1. the lunch sounds really good and I totally want to go and 2. someone at WCI reads my blog and thought to send me a press release. Yay! So, I will pass this on for any Portland area people, as it sounds great and the price certainly cannot be beat.

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This year, Western Culinary Institute’s Restaurant Bleu, located at 921 S.W. Morrison, invites Portland to celebrate Bastille Day from July 11-14, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with a special three-course menu including: Chicken Vol au Vent, Halibut a la Nage and Lavender Infused Pot de Crème. Priced at $17.89 for two, in honor of the year marking the beginning of the French Revolution, meals are affordable for royalty . . . → Read More: Celebrating Bastille Day in the Pdx

Leave a comment   Downtown Portland, French, Restaurants

Art Bar + Drunk Puppets = Fun Night Out

By mlb, on February 24th, 2006%

Art Bar

Art Bar
SW Broadway and Main
Portland, OR 97205
503-432-2905

Last weekend we went downtown to Portland Center Stage to see Drunk Puppet Night at the Winningstad Theatre. It was very entertaining and a nice evening out. There were big puppets, little puppets, a whole alien/ufo/puppet/mini-series and an odd yet very humorous performance art piece involving rubber chickens, a hula skirt, a George W. Bush mask, sex toys and a big inflatable globe (I bet you can guess kind of how that went…) Anyway, before all that wackiness ensued — there were the salad rolls.

First off, I love the image with the woman and the martini and the little animated bubbles here. So much fun. While at the Art Bar, I had a couple of cosmopolitans and although I had no little animated bubbles in mine, I enjoyed it.

The menu is small with just a few appetizers: Thai Salad Roll, Garlic . . . → Read More: Art Bar + Drunk Puppets = Fun Night Out

Leave a comment   Alcohol, Appetizers, Downtown Portland, Restaurants

Argyle Wine Dinner at Oba! w/ Winemaker Rollin Soles

By mlb, on January 31st, 2006%

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Oba Restaurant
555 NW 12th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 228-6161

The evening came about as jwa’s employer gave him an Oba! giftcard a few months ago for doing some extra work. The giftcard has actually just sat around the last couple of months in the dining room until I heard about this Argyle Wine Dinner. So, that was convenient and gave us about 55% off the total of the dinner.

In the beginning…
I don’t have a picture of how the evening started, but I can say tell you that it was Dungeness Crab Crostini with house made black raspberry conserves. This was very tasty and was served with Argyle Knudsen Vineyard Blanc de Noirs 1998, a white sparkling wine. We had a couple of glasses of that one — it was good.

Going into the dinner, I was a little apprehensive of a group setting as jwa and I both like to . . . → Read More: Argyle Wine Dinner at Oba! w/ Winemaker Rollin Soles

One comment   Downtown Portland, Restaurants, Wine
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