Featured Restuarants
Life of Riley
We wouldn’t label Todd Miller a sentimental man, but he does take the experience and wisdom of his elders to heart. His father taught him to live by the George Bailey (It’s A Wonderful Life) philosophy: If you do a bit for your community, and you’re nice, you’ll be respected and, most important of all,… Read More
Micah Camden
It’s easy to envy Micah Camden as he’s launched several successful restaurants in Portland, he’s young, smart and good looking. I first met Micah when he was opening Cobra’s and Matadors with Steven Arroyo of Los Angeles. Steven was running several successful outposts in the southland and Micah was heavily involved with the opening… Read More
Little Bird – Projex Deux
Gabe Rucker is an interesting character and thus draws interesting characters to his second restaurant adventure, Little Bird. Gabe attracted national attention when he opened Le Pigeon on E. Burnside a few years ago. He’s that young, good looking, overly tattooed, trucker cap wearing, scotch swilling total sweetheart who got to be on the cover… Read More
The American Dream of Alexis Bakouros
Alexis Bakouros came to the United States at age 15. He was penniless and didn’t speak the language but he is the epitome of the American Dream. He’s now quite well off, spends his summers in Greece, and lives in a big house with his beautiful wife. He started his empire washing dishes in… Read More