I read a few years ago that Portland has more restaurants per capita than any other large city west of the Rockies. That means more than LA, San Francisco and Seattle. There is a lot of ethnic diversity represented in the restaurants in Portland. Portland has large Asian and Mexican populations so those types of restaurants are very common. Besides ethnic restaurants there are a lot of fish and seafood restaurants due to the proximity of the Pacific ocean.
I started thinking the other day about the food options where I live, Milwaukie which is a suburb of Portland. Within two miles of my house there are four Mexican, three Chinese, three Thai restaurants and one Hawaiian. Of course there are the standards fast food places as well. If I want to go out to eat I usually think ethnic and I have lots of choices.
For my birthday dinner the other night we went to Pambiche. This is an authentic Cuban restaurant located about 7 miles from where I live. It was great.
Michelada, Cuban red beer
Ropa Vieja
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Looks Yummy! You’re very lucky to have such a choice close by.
Lots of good choices. Sometimes it is hard to decide where to go.