Step aside, muffins, coffee cake, and scones.
The best breakfast pastry in the world is, without a doubt, the chocolate croissant. At least, thatâs my opinion, as well as
PoMo managing editor Margaret Seilerâs. We both discovered our shared fondness for chocolate-stuffed laminated dough after also realizing we share the same birthday. (Shoutout to all the Capricorns!)Â
So one rainy Thursday,
we gathered together a whole crew of chocolate croissant taste testers on a porch: me, Margaret, deputy editor Fiona McCann, and arts director Mike Novak (who also took some glamour shots of the croissants). What we looked for: even layers of flaky dough, neither too dense or bready nor too airy; a good ratio of chocolate to pastry, as well as the quality of the chocolate; a buttery-tasting dough that nails the sweet-salty balance; and layers that crackled and flaked upon biting into them.
Where to find a New Orleans-style Mardi Gras king cake in Portland
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
Bonne Ward Strauss with Gris Gris Kitchen shows her traditional New Orleans-style king cake, and the smaller galette des reines, which she s offering for Mardi Gras 2021.
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Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 16, and this year, public partying is not recommended.
Portland’s annual Mardi Gras parade, typically held along North Mississippi Avenue, won’t happen this year due to conoravirus concerns, though a smaller celebration is planned for Pioneer Courthouse Square. Even the parades in New Orleans have been canceled, and residents there have taken to celebrating “Yardi Gras” by decorating their homes and lawns.
New butcher shop, restaurant from heritage pig farmer opens in NE Portland
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
In addition to its butcher shop and restaurant, Piccone s Corner has a walk-up sausage window at its Northeast Sandy Boulevard location.Courtesy of Piccone s Corner
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A long-awaited butcher shop and restaurant from a heritage pig farmer in Sandy has opened on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.
Piccone’s Corner opened quietly last week near the Petite Provence at 3434 N.E. Sandy Blvd., with pork from farmer Austin Piccone (Wallow & Root) as well as lamb, steaks and poultry from other local farms, Portland Monthly first reported.
A set of new COVID-19 restrictions for restaurants started Thursday in Oregon. Author: Bryant Clerkley Updated: 7:02 PM EST December 3, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. New COVID-19 restrictions for restaurants started throughout Oregon Thursday, but they differ by county.
The three counties that make up the Portland metro area, Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington, are all in the extreme risk category.
That means indoor dining is banned, and outdoor seating is allowed, but for only a maximum of 50 people. Only six people can sit at a table, and that s limited to two households. Closing time is at 11 p.m. and take-out is highly recommended.
Kimberly Palmer, the manager at the Daily Feast in downtown Portland, said the restaurant has lost a lot of revenue and customers because of the pandemic. She said she hopes to bring back more of the staff now that outdoor seating has reopened.