Gold Coin was chineese. Very thin. Was the Polo Room for awhile afterwards. I often wonder what happened to the chandelier when they tore the place down. I hung out at both places 1968-70. I couldn’t believe it! Delicious.Best ravioli I have ever eaten.
His name (and mine,) is Sam Hayden. My brother worked at several of his places, Inn at Spanish Head, Hood River Inn, Davies Locker on Broadway, his motel / restaurant on East Burnside, and the commissary, the main kitchen on SE Powell where they made all the salad dressings, BBQ sauces, his laundry and bakery. He ran it until he died in 2006, and it has closed. True cabaret….great food and beverage offerings, great ambiance. salad dressing. They were a couple. Thank you! The Chinese Food by way of a Lumberjack motif was fantastic!.of all the restaurants mentioned, no one has mentioned what was probably one of the greatest around and that was NENDELS on canyon blvd. Near downtown. I wish I could remember what was in it. No waffle and green river. He described it as “a pit stop for vindictive old ladies”.In reply to Marks comment about knowing the waiter Val in teh mid-70’s, I worked there with Val for several years. I always enjoyed the burger on the long french loaf that had dill pickles…not sure what kind of sauce they used but I really miss it.I frequented the LIttle King’s down at Portland Center? Almost. with Seafood Mama, Rindy Ross, Salmon Dave, Nu Shooz, Flash Cadillac, etc. That was in 1954. Loved Pettygrove House, Crepe Faire, Pot Sticker and Delevans! The cookbook I referred to isn’t really a cookbook per se, it’s more like a 3-ring binder with typed and hand written recipes and notes. Creamed spinach was served with dinners—–if you didn’t it, the waitress would pull out the cap gun out of her holster and shoot you!anyone remember the name of the restaurant in Sylvan Hills next to Big Red’s location, now John Scott Realty occupies the spaceIt was Bob’s Donuts. The almost permanent entertainment was Georgie Hormel, of the meat packing family, playing piano . I got to ride in an “giant” DC3 and another time we went to Timberline for a day of skiing. And YES I think they will thrive if revived.Ross, that is good news for sure! Amazing.Don’t know of the shop you speak to but Sam Spangler’s Pizza en Regalia 70’s and 80’s Saturday market cart then subsequent brick and mortar 9th Ave put NY style pizza on the Ptown map. LOL. He died a few years back. My mom bought her clogs there in the early 40s when she was at Jefferson High School…what a great time to be in Portland. Dates me, huh?
: )Did you say you had the Boss Sauce Recipe? It featured Northern Italian cuisine and was the last Last Call at the bar in town. It was in a row of shops just past Bread & Ink cafe, I think next to a bookstore (I’m sure now long gone) called The Catbird Seat Bookstore. I think that’s where it was. The only one around that I can think of from my childhood 60 years ago is the Canton Grill which is right across from where New Cathay was from the 50s to the 80s. I was able to get a job there that paid well and met my husband there, as well! Thanks!Seems to me that was the Victoria Station, a chain started by some college guys from Berkeley. The owner of this place was Isaac Neuberger.I worked at the Bohemian in the late 40’s at that time the owner was Mr. O’neil and a partner probably the former owners wife, they opened a second restaurant up in the avenues that is now a Botique lunch and Deli, I know because I was there 2 years ago on a nostaglia trip, and the manager was kind enough to let me roam inside the kitchen.Just surfing and saw your post on the Bohemian Restaurant. He always worked hard to put out quality products and said that the health inspector told him his was the only restaurant in town that didn’t have cockroaches! They are pretty far from us. Hilaire’s Encore and Hilaire’s Coffee Shop were well known for a reason. There just might be we oldies sitting around wondering what all the fuss was about, or ranting on about how superior MM is through our sentimental taste buds.I remember a little deli in Morgans Alley called (I think) Piknik In the mid 70’s. They made the best cheeseburgers ever. I know you need a “snap” hot dog. Also, those were the years of the transit mall being constructed downtown and that really hurt businesses beyond Sixth Avenue, too. One reason was we lived a few blocks away & did not own a car. I don’t know if you kept in touch with Karen. Darts. At that time, The restaurant was just called Asparro’s, not the Union Avenue Social Club. When I visited a couple of years ago, I was glad to find Goose Hollow Inn, Stepping Stone Café, Accuardi’s Old Town Pizza, Jake’s, Bijou (same location, expanded and remodeled), and Huber’s.Hubers!! Tibor LOVED the Goulash and as much, the atmosphere. ), and found an obituary for Andre (Edmunds). Went there as a kid while my dad had his oil changed. In subsequent visits, they often ‘piled it on’ when I ordered lunch, knowing my 4 hour bus trip home would be better on a full stomach. It was hard on them on sure. then Silver Garden and Digger O’Dells across Burnside Bridge. True story, the ONLY place that even came close to having good seafood in those days was the Pixie Kitchen in Lincoln City. My mom [Connie McCready, former mayor of Portland] knew her. I also remember Jazz Banjoist Monte Ballou playing in restaurants all over Portland.I believe that Nagel’s Big Apple was on Sandy Blvd at Columbia/99th st. Their original eatery was not uptown, which was considered anything west of 18th. Chef at The Odyssey in Lake Oswego, were good ones. I will be there in a month to visit family. When I was there we only had soft ice cream, but I do remember as a child having a Summer Girl there, which was made with hard ice cream. he remarked it was one of the best Szechuan-type menus he had tried the whole USA. It was a wonderful place. Wanted to mention there was a Little King in the Hollywood District in the 1970’s in strip mall next to where Baskin-Robbins is now.
You know, I loved the Silver Garden. They were successful and re-opened as Be Bop USA. Also served biscotti for dessert.
His name (and mine,) is Sam Hayden. My brother worked at several of his places, Inn at Spanish Head, Hood River Inn, Davies Locker on Broadway, his motel / restaurant on East Burnside, and the commissary, the main kitchen on SE Powell where they made all the salad dressings, BBQ sauces, his laundry and bakery. He ran it until he died in 2006, and it has closed. True cabaret….great food and beverage offerings, great ambiance. salad dressing. They were a couple. Thank you! The Chinese Food by way of a Lumberjack motif was fantastic!.of all the restaurants mentioned, no one has mentioned what was probably one of the greatest around and that was NENDELS on canyon blvd. Near downtown. I wish I could remember what was in it. No waffle and green river. He described it as “a pit stop for vindictive old ladies”.In reply to Marks comment about knowing the waiter Val in teh mid-70’s, I worked there with Val for several years. I always enjoyed the burger on the long french loaf that had dill pickles…not sure what kind of sauce they used but I really miss it.I frequented the LIttle King’s down at Portland Center? Almost. with Seafood Mama, Rindy Ross, Salmon Dave, Nu Shooz, Flash Cadillac, etc. That was in 1954. Loved Pettygrove House, Crepe Faire, Pot Sticker and Delevans! The cookbook I referred to isn’t really a cookbook per se, it’s more like a 3-ring binder with typed and hand written recipes and notes. Creamed spinach was served with dinners—–if you didn’t it, the waitress would pull out the cap gun out of her holster and shoot you!anyone remember the name of the restaurant in Sylvan Hills next to Big Red’s location, now John Scott Realty occupies the spaceIt was Bob’s Donuts. The almost permanent entertainment was Georgie Hormel, of the meat packing family, playing piano . I got to ride in an “giant” DC3 and another time we went to Timberline for a day of skiing. And YES I think they will thrive if revived.Ross, that is good news for sure! Amazing.Don’t know of the shop you speak to but Sam Spangler’s Pizza en Regalia 70’s and 80’s Saturday market cart then subsequent brick and mortar 9th Ave put NY style pizza on the Ptown map. LOL. He died a few years back. My mom bought her clogs there in the early 40s when she was at Jefferson High School…what a great time to be in Portland. Dates me, huh?
: )Did you say you had the Boss Sauce Recipe? It featured Northern Italian cuisine and was the last Last Call at the bar in town. It was in a row of shops just past Bread & Ink cafe, I think next to a bookstore (I’m sure now long gone) called The Catbird Seat Bookstore. I think that’s where it was. The only one around that I can think of from my childhood 60 years ago is the Canton Grill which is right across from where New Cathay was from the 50s to the 80s. I was able to get a job there that paid well and met my husband there, as well! Thanks!Seems to me that was the Victoria Station, a chain started by some college guys from Berkeley. The owner of this place was Isaac Neuberger.I worked at the Bohemian in the late 40’s at that time the owner was Mr. O’neil and a partner probably the former owners wife, they opened a second restaurant up in the avenues that is now a Botique lunch and Deli, I know because I was there 2 years ago on a nostaglia trip, and the manager was kind enough to let me roam inside the kitchen.Just surfing and saw your post on the Bohemian Restaurant. He always worked hard to put out quality products and said that the health inspector told him his was the only restaurant in town that didn’t have cockroaches! They are pretty far from us. Hilaire’s Encore and Hilaire’s Coffee Shop were well known for a reason. There just might be we oldies sitting around wondering what all the fuss was about, or ranting on about how superior MM is through our sentimental taste buds.I remember a little deli in Morgans Alley called (I think) Piknik In the mid 70’s. They made the best cheeseburgers ever. I know you need a “snap” hot dog. Also, those were the years of the transit mall being constructed downtown and that really hurt businesses beyond Sixth Avenue, too. One reason was we lived a few blocks away & did not own a car. I don’t know if you kept in touch with Karen. Darts. At that time, The restaurant was just called Asparro’s, not the Union Avenue Social Club. When I visited a couple of years ago, I was glad to find Goose Hollow Inn, Stepping Stone Café, Accuardi’s Old Town Pizza, Jake’s, Bijou (same location, expanded and remodeled), and Huber’s.Hubers!! Tibor LOVED the Goulash and as much, the atmosphere. ), and found an obituary for Andre (Edmunds). Went there as a kid while my dad had his oil changed. In subsequent visits, they often ‘piled it on’ when I ordered lunch, knowing my 4 hour bus trip home would be better on a full stomach. It was hard on them on sure. then Silver Garden and Digger O’Dells across Burnside Bridge. True story, the ONLY place that even came close to having good seafood in those days was the Pixie Kitchen in Lincoln City. My mom [Connie McCready, former mayor of Portland] knew her. I also remember Jazz Banjoist Monte Ballou playing in restaurants all over Portland.I believe that Nagel’s Big Apple was on Sandy Blvd at Columbia/99th st. Their original eatery was not uptown, which was considered anything west of 18th. Chef at The Odyssey in Lake Oswego, were good ones. I will be there in a month to visit family. When I was there we only had soft ice cream, but I do remember as a child having a Summer Girl there, which was made with hard ice cream. he remarked it was one of the best Szechuan-type menus he had tried the whole USA. It was a wonderful place. Wanted to mention there was a Little King in the Hollywood District in the 1970’s in strip mall next to where Baskin-Robbins is now.
You know, I loved the Silver Garden. They were successful and re-opened as Be Bop USA. Also served biscotti for dessert.