kristin "Eleven. Exactly. One Louder" e.'s Profile

Mimosa in a pint glass for $6.50? Count me in! (though if it were bottomless, I'd give this review 5 stars instead)

Beat the brunch rush by a couple hours so the wait wasn't really that long. Ordered the "everything naughty" sampler which included biscuits and gravy, potato cake (hash browns), scrambled eggs and your choice of breakfast meat.

Everything was good, service included. Would I go back? Probably!

because it's colder outside now, i crave hot soups and spicy broths. Bun bo hue to the rescue! The bowl was chock full of lots of goodies (blood cubes and all) and while it had a nice spicy kick, I had to kick it into high gear with a little more sriracha.

For what I wanted, it certainly satisfied my craving though the attentiveness of the service left a little to be desired.

Luckily rain was spared yesterday to enjoy the afternoon at the pumpkin patch. The tractor hay ride was pretty fun (and bumpy!) and seeing the field of orange pumpkins brings out the kid in everyone. The pumpkins were decently priced too. We got a 3 good sized pumpkins for a whopping total of $5 dollars!

The farmers market had a lot of seasonal produce which I happily purchased though I regret not buying a pot of gorgeous orange lilies for $3

I didn't get to check out the great corn maze but I'll be sure to do it before the season ends on November 24th.

PS: wear wellies or some kind of boots that you won't mind getting muddied up. The pumpkin patch itself was a little muddy from the rain so be careful!

I'm just giving 5 stars for their "Happy All The Time" menu where you can eat on the cheap in the cheapest way possible*. Most of the bar food come in 2 sizes (small or large) and to my surprise, each small size was perfect for me. I ordered a small mac n cheese and a small croque monsieur (both dishes under $6) you can get their $10 bistro burger for only under $5 if you show up between 4-6pm or 9pm-close. How cool is that?

*Only if you order food though! The cocktails are still full price but totally worth it, at least their Manhattans were.

"No Reservations"

(and not really the Anthony Bourdain type of way either)

Arriving at prime time for Saturday night dinner, we were told it was an hour long wait...yikes. I decided take the risk and wait. Cocktails? Definitely made waiting go a lot easier. No-shows? Even better. Luckily to the ones who dropped out of the table race made our wait even shorter. I didn't even finish my Sazerac before we were seated.

Because we spent some time waiting, we already knew what to order: fried chicken, jambalaya, hush puppies and a side of mac n cheese. Midway through my 2nd Sazerac (which by the way, was deeeelicious), our food arrived. I was pleasantly surprised that the portions were huge and was even more suprised that the fried chicken came with a small side of collards. I was thinking about ordering the collards seperately just to have a vegetable but luckily it already came with the chicken.

I loved the chicken...usually I don't like eating fried chicken breast because it can be on the dry side but this was perfectly cooked and juicy. The fried crunchy outside was just salty enough to go with the mashed potatoes. The mac n cheese was good though I've had better and the jambalaya was nice and spicy (not hot spicy but spices-seasoning spicy).

Overall, it was good food and decently priced. The pear crisp dessert however, failed a little. Didn't realize it was going to be an extremely nutty dessert. Too much chewing!

(star off for not taking reservations!)

Happy October 1st! While it's off to a cold and rainy start in Portland, I'm looking forward to all things pumpkin again. Now, if I can only find me some pumpkin patches!

good brunch with a long wait if you come at hot time (such as 11:30 am). The best part of waiting is that you can order drinks from the bar area. No one will give you the evil, disapproving eve for ordering one of their crazy infused cocktails before noon...Well, in my case I wanted to make a good impression with a certain someone's parents so I ordered apple juice instead of their spicy bloody mary (which was what I've been really aching to try).

Anyway I had the vegetarian eggs benedict. Instead of sauage, you get eggs on top of ricotta cake with tomatoes and mushrooms. Pretty excellent, if you'd asked me (though it would've been 10x better with their Genie's Bloody Mary)!

Their happy hour menu has some really good deals though I missed it by 30 minutes and ordered a bottle of wine instead with a trio of ceviche (I believe it was squid, tuna and salmon). The ceviche wasn't all that excellent because there was a fishy taste to the fish...hopefully that was just an off day for them! The only saving grace of of the dish was the lime and seasonings which were nice and tangy.

At least our server was friendly and nice.

I came here a couple weeks ago for my belated birthday dinner (and I even made the reservations myself!) since I spent my birthday all alone and while I can't write a remotely useful review about this place, I just want to say that the food was good, the wine pairing was great and the service was outstanding.

I like the idea of a prix-fixe menu that changes daily and although I came here because everyone on Yelp seems to love their fried chicken (it's mentioned in 132 reviews), how do you know when to go eat it if the menu is constantly changing?

Came here for dinner during a stopover en route back to Portland after my extended trip back home.

I can see why people like this place: lots of beer, good vibe (if you're local...it's just one of those places where everyone seems to know each other) and they serve food too. I had the portobello sandwich with a side of clam chowder. The soup was good and the portobello was nice and juicy but I wasn't completely head over heels for it.

I just wished that the kitchen exhaust fan wasn't broken because all the cooking smoke filled up the entire bar and it was STUFFY and there were so many flies buzzing around us which made it hard to eat.  

Now if I just came here for beer, I'd probably up my rating so for now, 3 stars.