Portland Poutine » Restaurant

Message from Montreal

Dave — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:33:19 +0000

Friends of the blog Len and Sue, who blog at The Squid’s Nest, send a message from Montreal.

Poutine for @DaveKnowsPDX – we joined the line out the door that apparently is always at La Banquise in Montreal, open 24 hours, serving 25 different kinds of poutine. It did not disappoint.

Foster Burger

Heather — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:58:54 +0000

You know what makes a poutine even better? When you don’t have to share it. Among the half dozen selections on Foster Poutine’s new menu (pdf), I was happy to just get the original, no frills poutine with fries, curds and gravy.

Dave got the Arleta Poutine, Foster Burger’s take on the traditional poutine Galvaude with roasted chicken and peas. I’m sort of not into peas. But Dave will pretty much put peas on anything. ANYTHING. So he was in pea poutine heaven. We each had our own plate and I ate every last bite.

Foster Burger’s poutine has everything you could want in a poutine. Perfect fries, great gravy, which we learned takes three days to make. It’s because they add magic or something to make it super delicious. Three day magic. My one tiny quibble was that the curds were still chilled by the time the plate got to our table and they never really melted into a gooey mess. But they were fresh and springy and tasty.

We’re already planning future visits to dive into the varieties we didn’t get a chance to try: Brooklyn Poutine (curds, gravy, smoked pastrami), Woodstock Poutine (curds, mushroom gravy, mushrooms, onions, and garlic), and Clinton Poutine (curds, gravy, pork belly, bacon, pastrami, sauteed onions!).

It’s fantastic to see a Portland restaurant finally devote significant space on their menu to a variety of poutine concoctions. Foster Burger does not disappoint.

Foster Burger
5339 SE Foster Road
Portland, OR 97206
Phone: 503.775.2077
Web: www.FosterBurger.com

Vera’s Burger Shack Bringing Authentic Canadian Poutine (and Burgers) to Portland

Dave — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:42:17 +0000

Eater PDX reports today that Vancouver, BC based Vera’s Burger Shack plans to expand to Portland.

Make way for more burgers, folks: The Vancouver, BC-based chain Vera’s Burger Shack, which operates 16 locations in BC (and one in Ottawa), has announced plans to open its first two U.S. expansion locations right here in Portland — with one slated for the Pearl District, providing direct competition to red-hot burger chain Little Big Burger.

The report indicates Vera’s plans to open the first of the new Portland branches in the Fall.

Vera’s online menu promises Poutine, The Quebecqois favourite, so on Twitter I queried if they’d be bringing poutine to Portland.

@VerasBurger’s response?

Of course!!!!

So stay tuned – a Fall review is forthcoming!

Poutine Challenge at The Original

Dave — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:44:45 +0000

The Original: A Dinerant (300 SW 6th), local purveyor of fine poutine (and a breakfast version too!), presents the Poutine Challenge:

With a fanfare of trumpets and tympanic rolls, The Original invites Portland’s dining public to take The Poutine Challenge.

The goal is to fully eat five full pounds of French fried potatoes, cheese curds and brown gravy. And you have just 30 minutes to clean your plate.

Think you’re up to it? Visit The Original blot for details.

Breakfast Poutine at The Original: A Dinerant

Dave — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:51:46 +0000

The very first poutine we reviewed here at Portland Poutine, back on October 26, 2009, was that from The Original: A Dinerant:

Despite the horked up name of this establishment (dinerant? really?), The Original: A Dinerant, cooks up crispy fries, stirs up an interesting gravy, and hides orange cheddar cheese curds beneath it all.

And at breakfast you can order that same poutine with two perfectly poached eggs on top! That’s what I did the other day, and I must say, it was fantastic, if way too much food for one person.

The Original: A Dinerant
300 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: 503.546.2666
Web: www.originaldinerant.com