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Serving delicious lunches &■ dinners
from Monday through Saturday
at 1408 SE 12th (between Hawthorne & Madison)
503.232.5358
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Salt Lick City
ummer is here, and so is the frequency of
working up a sweat and dispensing precious
ltxxdily fluids—without even disrobing. You
need lots of water in this season of sunny
delights, but did you know your salt levels
might need a bcxist, too? Here are a few spots
around town to replenish your inner salinity
(and quench your thirst).
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Colosso • 1932 N.E. Broadway
YUKI
his queer-friendly tapas bar is darker and
mtxxlier than the sunny Mediterranean,
but it sure is sexy. The cocktails are divine:
Try the Kirkpatrick, a pomegranate margarita
made with black pepper-infused tequila
(rimmed with salt, of course). For more salt fix,
start with the acetunas (mixed olives) or the
Ensalada Manchego, made with the best cheese
ever invented. Meal-size tapas include the
exquisite Berenjena con Granada (seared egg
plant and goat cheese) and Polio Marroqui
(Moroccan chicken tangine on couscous)—
order either or both with Arroz con Verde.
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Tuscany Grill «811 N.W. 21st Ave.
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This romantic dining room on Italian
Restaurant Row is for only the most hard
core salt lovers. Despite repeated customer
complaints, the chefs are inured to liberal salt
shaking. I once ordered Spaghettini Puttanesca
that made my mouth pucker up like a slug.
Even the nightly fish special can be risky. For a
safer bet, stick with the Spinaci Ravioli or
Risotto del Giomo. Or, wiser still, drop by for
dessert. The tiramisu is by far the best I’ve ever
tasted: The ladyfingers are arranged like petals
around a champagne glassful of cream and
espresso, just begging (like so many things) to
be dipped and devoured.
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Fri-Sat ii:3oam-io:3opm
Sun i2-9:3opm
1337 NE Broadway
503.281.6804
www.pdxyuki.com
Lum Yuen • 28 N.W. Fourth Ave.
im sum is the perfect salt lovers meal
because you control your own soy saucing.
And there’s no better place in Portland for
this Chinese tradition than at Lum Yuen. Try
the shrimp and greens dumpling, the sweet
pork-filled bun, ginger shrimp dumpling and
Chinese Broccoli. Sunday brunches are crazy
here; try a relaxed weekday lunch when Port
land’s diversity is evident in the mingling of
Asian families, downtown hipsters, business
people and the occasional feminist journalist.
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AND BEWARE!
Acapulco’s GoM • 2610 N.W. Vaughn St
castagna
dinner Wednesday through Saturday
(503) 231.7373
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Expanded Lunch Menu—Full Bar
Breakfast All Day Every Day
café castagna now open
7 nights a week
(503) 231.9959
1752 se hawthorne boulevard
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Mon-Fri 6am to 2:30pm
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Sat-Sun 7am to 3pm
Now at 1801 NE Broadway • 503.287.4750
his place tries so hard to be a hip version of
white trash that it’s just trash. Overly salty
yet weirdly flavorless enchiladas coupled
with syrupy sour-mix margantas are enough to
give you a headache just inhaling the vapors.
But try ingesting one of each and you’ll go
directly from sober and hungry to dehydrated
and hung over with no in-between.
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