#114 - eating out

since i've placed a restriction on eating out for the month of june, all i want to do is eat out. the oregonian (newspaper) recently put out a 2008 restaurants of the year list which can be found here. so of course i want to eat out even more. some of the restaurants i have tried, and enjoyed, but there are many i haven't. i've compiled a list of places i want to try. many of these places are pretty spendy but probably worth it. my favorite type of food is probably italian so i've got a lot of italian joints on my list. i've also got quite a few that i put into the "portland" category where menus change with seasonal ingredients and what is available, sometimes everyday. i think i will organize this list according to quadrant and i automatically took out restaurants that were far (lake o, beav-ton). i am sure they are good but i'm going to eat closer first. i'm sure this list will take me awhile to eat through. many of these restaurants are leaning more toward fine dining or spendy so it might have to wait for a special occasion or lunch.

SOUTHEAST - 12
iorio (italian) - 912 se hawthorne blvd.
apizza scholls - 4741 se hawthorne blvd.
castagna (italian) - 1752 se hawthorne blvd.
genoa (italian) - 2832 se belmont st.
3 doors down café (italian) - 1429 se 37th ave.
ken’s artisan pizza - 304 se 28th ave.
masu east (japanese) - 310 se 28th ave.
nuestra cocina (mexican) - 2135 se division st.
lauro kitchen (mediterranean) - 3377 se division st.
biwa (japanese) - 215 se 9th ave.
vindalho (indian) - 2038 se clinton st.
simpatica dining hall - 828 se ash st.

NORTHEAST/NORTH/EAST - 19
ciao vito (italian) - 2203 ne alberta st.
lovely hula hands - 4057 n. mississippi ave.
miss delta (southern) - 3950 n. mississippi ave.
navarre - 10 ne 28th ave.
podnah’s pit (BBQ) - 1469 ne prescott st.
screen door (southern) - 2337 e. burnside st.
beast (restaurant of the year) - 5425 ne 30th ave.
e’njoni (african) - 910 n. killingsworth st.
trebol (mexican) - 4835 n. albina ave.
acadia (new orleans) - 1303 ne fremont st.
toro bravo (spanish) - 120 ne russell st.
le pigeon (restaurant of the year) - 738 e. burnside st.
lemongrass (se asian) - 1705 ne couch st.
little red bike cafe - 4823 n. lombard st.
fire on the mountain (wings) - 1708 e. burnside st.
flavourspot (waffles) - 2310 n. lombard st.
hama sushi - 4232 ne sandy blvd.
queen of sheba (african) - 2413 ne mlk blvd.
autentica (mexican) - 5507 ne 30th ave.

SOUTHWEST - 11
murata (japanese) - 200 sw market st.
higgins - 1239 sw broadway
east india co. (indian) - 821 sw 11th ave.
new taste of india (food cart) – sw 4th at hall
alexis (greek) - 215 w. burnside st.
veritable quandary - 1220 sw 1st ave.
karam (lebanese) - 316 sw stark st.
la jarochita (food cart) - sw 5th ave & stark st.
blueplate (soda fountain) - 308 sw washington st.
saucebox (pan-asian) - 214 sw broadway
mother's bistro & bar (brunch) - 212 sw stark st.

NORTHWEST - 14
caffe mingo (italian) - 807 nw 21st ave.
bluehour (mediterranean) - 250 nw 13th ave.
giorgio’s (italian) - 1131 nw hoyt st.
hiroshi (japanese) - 926 nw 10th ave.
good taste restaurant (chinese) - 18 nw 4th ave.
bewon (korean) - 1203 nw 23rd ave.
paley’s place - 1204 nw 21st ave.
wildwood - 1221 nw 21st ave.
23hoyt - 529 nw 23rd ave.
andina (peru) - 1314 nw glisan st.
fratelli (italian) - 1230 nw hoyt st.
carlyle - 1632 nw thurman st.
park kitchen - 422 nw 8th ave.
tanuki (japanese) - 413 nw 21st ave.