As the New York Times obsession with Portland wanes, Time Magazine gamely enters the fray with an impressive contribution: Why Portland Is America’s New Food Eden.
Food writer Josh Ozersky opens the article with gusto:
When I found myself heading to Seattle for business recently, all I could think about was Portland. The Oregon city is America’s new food Eden, a confluence of every fertile trend in contemporary gastronomy. Locavorism, the New Naturalism, food trucks and so on — they’re all there.
Elliot Smith, Modest Mouse, and The Decemberists are all mentioned in the very next sentence – this article is a Portland pandering tour de force.
The restaurant talk starts with celebrity restauranteur Naomi Pomeroy’s Beast, followed by visits to Nostrana, and Olympic Provisions. Clyde Common, The Country Cat, and The People’s Pig all garner pork laden mentions too. Ozersky highlights Portland’s small culinary community and it’s apparent lack of internecine warfare. At the Skyline Tavern he experiences a Double Rainbow moment surrounded by the raw and natural scenery.
And he’ll be back – he missed his chance to dine at Beast (the blame goes to Bunk).
