Local food reviewer James Fereira visits your favorite local eateries and shares all the good with a little snark.
Christian L. Torp is an attorney, missionary, activist, urban-farmer, master gardener, foster parent and advocate for social change who lives at Justice House (facebook: Justice House) with... Read more
THE PORTLAND PALATE West End Hospitals: The Affordable Food Alternative Part 2 by James Fereira My friend Fran and I set out on a quest to check out institutional eateries right in ou... Read more
The Portland Palate Review: West End Hospitals The Affordable Food Alternative Part 1 by James Fereira My good friend Fran approached me about my WEN column. She encouraged me to review ins... Read more
The Portland Palate Ruski’s Tavern – Still a Neighborhood Bar? Sometimes it’s the patrons who best define the zeitgeist of a business rather than the business defining itself. Rus... Read more
The Portland Palate Review: Oh No Cafe by James Fereira This month I’m reviewing Oh No Café, Portland’s West End. Oh No has been a staple establishment at the corner of Brackett and Gray... Read more
The Portland Palate Bonobo Wood Fire Pizza by James Fereira Before we get to the Bonobo review… One activity I find myself in as a newly-out writer is collaborating with my handful of... Read more
The Portland Palate West End Markets Part II: The New by James Fereira I set out on a quest, visiting five local markets to ‘get my picnic on’ in the interest of invoking and welcoming a spr... Read more
Picnic, Anyone? West End Markets Part I: The Overlooked This month’s review deviates from the previous two in that, honoring WEN’s May theme of “gardening, spring and urban agriculture,” I w... Read more
The Portland Palate Artemisia ‘A Good Choice Off the Beaten Path’ by James Fereira This cozy restaurant, hidden in plain sight in Portland’s “studio district,” is a great small find. Were it... Read more
