#70 Aaron Barnett - St. Jack and La Moule

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We think you'll really enjoy this interview with St. Jack and La Moule's Christopher Aaron Barnett. You'll hear from his days as a boy cheering for Mark Messier with the Oilers, to his days as a cabana boy in Palm Springs to not doing much in college but being great at girls and drugs.  Somehow, he parlayed that into opening one of the country's best Lyonnaise restaurants without ever having been to Lyon.  He'll talk about how arrived at the Jewish grandmother approach to running a busy kitchen.  The hard way.

www.stjackpdx.com

www.lamoulepdx.com

 

Soundbite - Eater PDX's Mattie John Bamman's Anticipated New Places in 2016

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Mattie John Bamman, Eater PDX's editor-in-chief, discusses the places coming in 2016 that excite him most.  Mattie also blogs at http://www.ravenoustraveler.com

Mentioned in this episode:

http://www.besaws.com/#welcome
http://www.thesoloclub.com/
http://180pdx.com/
http://chesapdx.com/
http://www.pinestreetpdx.com/
https://www.facebook.com/century.bar.pdx/
http://www.chkchk.com/
http://americanopdx.com/

Intro Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#69 Cana Flug - Besaw's, Wildwood & The Solo Club

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Cana Flug had quite a journey in the Portland restaurant world since her last appearance on Right at the Fork.  Weeks after the show was recorded, Wildwood, one of Portland's best known restaurants, which had touched the careers of many chefs, closed suddenly after lease negotiations failed.   About a year later, Flug's other restaurant, Besaw's, Portland's oldest restaurant, became embroiled in controversy when the owner of the building claimed he owned the rights to the Besaw's name. Flug talks candidly about those newsworthy controversies, and also the reopening of Besaw's and The Solo Club.

#68 Gregory Gourdet - Departure

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Chef Gregory Gourdet of departurepdx.com has rapidly become of one of Portland's most well-known chefs. He had an exciting long run on TV's Top Chef on 2015. Then he was tapped to develop a second Departure in Denver for the Sage Restaurant Group. In this podcast, Gregory talks about his trajectory from Jean-Georges in NY to Portland, where he now runs one of Portland's highest and largest restaurants. We also talk about Chefsweekpdx.com and how that came to be three years ago.

Intro Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis. 

Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#67 Kurt Huffman - ChefStable

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Kurt Huffman is a home-grown restaurant entrepreneur, who operates some of Portland's best restaurants.  His ChefStable Group is behind successful spots like Ox, Lardo, Grassa, St. Jack, PREAM, Loyal Legion, Oven & Shaker, Hamlet, and now some properties outside of Portland.   Kurt takes about the state of the food biz in Portland, as well as the current legal controversy surrounding Lardo.

#65 Maya Lovelace - Mae

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Maya Lovelace is on a roll.  She's generating attention with her Mae North Carolina cooking pop-ups, after working in the kitchens of Husk in Charleston, Beast, Bollywood Theater and Tanuki here in Portland.  We talked to her about her trajectory and her Grandma.

Mentioned in this podcast:
http://www.maepdx.com/
http://www.huskrestaurant.com/
http://tanukipdx.com/
http://kachkapdx.com
https://lovelysfiftyfifty.wordpress.com/
http://www.bithousesaloon.com/
http://purespicerestaurant.com/
http://www.mekharestaurants.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pho-Hung-82nd/111003915629494

#64 Abram Goldman-Armstrong, CiderRiot

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Soundbite - Dive Bars

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Wanna drink? No one better to imbibe with than Natalia Toral. She's been a big part of Portland Cocktail week, Raven & Rose, Multnomah Whisky Library and Nostrana, not to mention a ton of great events at places. So, Natalia knows where to get a good cocktail, on the way, or during a hangover. She's cluing us in on some of Portland's best dive bars on this week's Soundbite.

https://twitter.com/natkayt
https://www.facebook.com/Joes-Cellar-120993017916521/
http://www.docksidesaloon.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lowbrowlounge/
http://www.rennersgrill.com/
http://virginiacafepdx.com/
http://marysclub.com/
http://thesanteria.com/
http://gils-speakeasy.com/
http://portlandfoodadventures.com/fried-chicken-fryer-tuck-vs-reel-em-inn/

#62 Aaron Adams, Farm Spirit

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Chef Aaron Adams shares his "coming to veganism" story, and the inspiration behind Farm Spirit, Portland's hottest plant-based restaurant.

Mentioned in this episode:
http://farmspiritpdx.com/
https://homegrownsmoker.wordpress.com/
portobellopdx.com/
harvestatthebindery.com/
andcafepdx.com/
blpdx.com/
www.biwarestaurant.com/
departureportland.com/
www.prasadcuisine.com/

#61 - Stacey Givens, The Side Yard Farm & Kitchen

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In which a good Greek girl comes to Portland, opens The Side Yard urban farm & ktichen, and  kicks ass on "Chopped." 

Mentioned in this episode:
http://www.thesideyardpdx.com/
www.nedluddpdx.com/
http://www.cocottepdx.com/
www.renatapdx.com/
swiftandunion.com/
tabortavern.com/
podnahspit.com/
barlowtavernpdx.com/menu
www.veritablequandary.com/

Soundbite - Fall Food Carts Update

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Cooler weather doesn't mean you have to abandon the carts.  Our "cart correspondent" extraordinaire Brett Burmeister tells you how to get the best out of the season.

Mentioned in this episode:
http://www.foodcartsportland.com/
pdxpicnic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/PiedmontStationFoodCarts
https://www.facebook.com/Grandpa-Jimmys-482716598554754/
hapapdx.com/
umaipdx.com/
http://www.olelatte.com/
www.kabobpdx.com/
www.savorsouphouse.com/

#60 - Sarah Minnick, Lovely's Fifty Fifty

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There is nothing not to love about pizza, ice cream, and the lovely woman behind Lovely's 50-50. Photo: Aaron Lee

Mentioned in this episode:
www.lovelysfiftyfifty.wordpress.com/
www.apizzascholls.com/
www.handsomepizza.com/
www.kensartisan.com/
www.nostrana.com/
www.pyropizzacart.com/
www.avagenes.com/
www.romancandlebaking.com/

Soundbite - Group Dining

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