Not sure where you can buy them. But, they have a real nice new oyster bar over in Mississippi district.
My favorite desert place is http://www.palio-in-ladds.com/ in Ladd's Addition. Walk around the streets and see the turn of the century 3,000 SF houses. At this toy store http://www.finneganstoys.com/ in the back they have a $1-2 wind up toy section to get a few small gifts for nieces or nephews. Here's a decent place to get oysters http://www.danandlouis.com/
didn't really dig dan and louis' when I went there. I think the oyster bar you're thinking of is EAT oyster bar. Was looking more for buying them for cooking/grilling.
I'm a huge oyster connoisseur myself. Unless your at the coast its hard to find fresh oysters. But, there's 1 place in the metro area that does have them, but it might be a drive. Its called, Pacific Northwest Best Fish Co. and its out towards Ridgefield, North of Vancouver. Its in the fish market, connected to the cafe. its bomb.com
yeah. i fucking love oysters. we usually get a bunch down by Newport at some Oyster farm whenever we do buy them in Oregon. one of my poasters on my other board reviewed EAT:
didn't get to do that much. Hit up Thien Hong for a jackfruit shake and pepper salted squid. awesome as always. Winn Perry in Southeast. VERY tiny store, but they had a nice selection of clothes and shoes. Didn't buy anything, saw a retro vintage Portland Beavers wool cap. Ate-Oh-Ate on Burnside around 24th near Laurelhurt market. Awesome Loco Moco....one of the best I've had. The rest of the menu was ok, not spectacular. nice homemade ice cream. Pine Street Biscuits. Wow. that's all I can say. Marios- no sale, so everything was overpriced. Maybe christmas time. Ultimate Electronics- near Washington Square. Basically an electronics store which is like a smaller Best Buy, even has the same colours which is kind of redic. Founded by the Hollywood Video guy who used to be out of Wilsonville I believe? Went to Powell's books too. I'll have more time christmas time, provided no snow.
If you like chocolate.... .......................................this place kind of reminds me of the place the lady ran in the Johnny Depp movie ChocoLate http://www.almachocolate.com/ Shots of liquid chocolate...drinks....many different blends of truffles and other things. Alma's icons are solid single-origin dark chocolate from our custom designed original molds. They are hand gilded with 23k edible gold leaf and they're so beautiful people say they can't bear to eat them...but go ahead (you know you want to).
Depends on how large you want them. They come in all sizes. The lady who runs the shop is really nice. Click on the link and check out the website. You can call her with any questions you have or shoot her an email. They also deliver and do mail order to pretty much anyplace.
going back on Wednesday for the rest of the year. any good Indian restaurants in Portland? Like awesome shit? In the cold weather spicy indian food is the bomb.
hit up Cargo today. Interesting chinese-themed store. http://www.cargoinc.com/ Also went to Filson. Awesome stuff there. Didn't buy but I wanted one of their jackets....don't need it though. but good quality stuff (I use a filson bag for travel).
Went to Pix Patiserre, they were out of Macaroons. ate lunch/brunch at Tasty n' Sons on N. Williams...fuck that place is good. it was crowded as fuck. there was a line just to put your name down to get on the list to eat. I'll throw some pics up soon. [video=youtube;xsYofizYhyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYofizYhyM[/video]
http://www.tastynsons.com/ OpenKitchen Croque Madam Chocolate Potato Doughnut Sausage and CousCous with an Egg French Toast with Berries Bisuits and Gravy
Today was one of those days that made me love Portland's vibe. Just going around the city, walking, hanging out...museums, shopping and eating/coffee. Was pretty impressed with some of the mens clothes store...John Helmer had some cool walking canes and ok hats. I was surprised they carried Truefit and Hill shaving stuff, which is really good stuff. Finn in the Pearl, Michael Allen and Lizard Lounge were all great little stores for clothes. Browsed a bit and liked their stuff (don't really need clothes right now) but did pick up some cologne at Lizard Lounge. Pretty focused selection of stuff. Hit up the US Outdoor Store as well and REI...bought a waxed hat over at the Filson store. Stopped by the Timbers store too...kind of bare bones right now....but whatevz. Had a fantastic "Le Pidgeon burger" over at Little Bird, which is owned by the Le Pidgeon guys (they apparantly only sell 5 of their burgers at Le Pidgeon per night but they serve them there all day). Probably the best burger I've had in Portland so far. Add to that some Stumptown and some time browsing the colored rooms at Powells, it was a great day in the Rose City!
