Screen Door – Portland

The Screen Door

Ooooof.

Chicken and waffles!!

I could not turn down the opportunity to try the chicken and waffle. Oooof.
Four fried chicken breasts on a waffle.
Oooof.
I ate one.
I gave away the second at the table.
The third was breakfast at the airport.
The fourth was lunch at the airport, wedged into a small loaf of sourdough bread. And it sure as hell beat the best airport food that SFO could offer.

A small group dined there easter sunday. We were sat within 35 minutes. Of all the meals, the fried oysters benedict and the chicken and waffle were the impressive ones at the table.

Fried oysters benedict Corn dog

The breakfast corndog with maple syrup was good, but totally upstaged by all the other food, including the hot sausage scramble, the beef hash, and bacon.

Hot sausage scramble Beef hash
Bacon Ramos gin fizz

Everyone loved the gin fizz. “Propa!” seemed to be the word at the table on the gin fizz.

Extra props for uber nice people sitting around us. I was caught by another diner with my “omg” face looking at his praline bacon and he responded by handing me a slice.

Screen Door (NE)
2337 E Burnside St
Portland, OR 97214
www.screendoorrestaurant.com

Magnolia Pub and Brewery – Haight-Ashbury

Peepin' at Magnolia Magnolia menu

Getting into late afternoon, we were migrating away from food and towards beverages.  Magnolia was our last food stop, although it was primary to sample the beverages. One thing was certain, though, this place won the award for the best designed menu. The prize…was getting its picture taken. Um, not that you can see it in the small version. Since these are not my photos, I do not have the easy flickr links to the larger images. You’ll just have to trust me, or simply ignore this rambling sentance.

beer!   Lovely oysters  root beer and ram

The boys had some lovely beers that were fragrant and flavorful, I had a root beer, which they also brew in-house, and we shared a small platter of oysters that we nearly cried over, because we were so full from all our feastings earlier, yet could not stop eating because they were so delicious.

the aftermath

Please, admire the carnage.

(photos by Ted Mills, of course)

Magnolia (Haight-Ashbury)
1398 Haight St. (between Central Avenue and Masonic Avenue)
San Francisco, CA 94117
www.magnoliapub.com