c c North-Northeast
John Street Cafe
8338 N. Lombard St., 503-247-1066
Cuisine: Sophisticated Northwest diner
Price: Moderate
Meals served: Breakfast and lunch
Bottom line: Consistently excellent breakfast and lunch options and gallery-worthy local art
Bagel Land
4118 N.E. Fremont St., 503-249-2848
Cuisine: Bagels and soups
Price: Inexpensive
Meals served: Lunch
Bottom line: New York-style bagels in a dizzying array of flavor permutations boiled and baked daily
c c Southeast
Taqueria Tres Hermanos
3360 S.E. Division St. (no phone)
Cuisine: Eat-with-your-hands taco stand
Price: Inexpensive
Meals served: Lunch
Bottom line: Don't be deterred by the funky bus and makeshift awning Ñ this rolling kitchen is the real deal
Ginya Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant
4615-A S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., 503-231-8364
Cuisine: Japanese grill
Price: Moderate to expensive
Meals served: Dinner
Bottom line: Dining is do-it-yourself; each table sports a sleek grill for cooking vegetables, pristine seafood or the ridiculously expensive (but delicious) Kobe beef
c c Southwest
Humdinger Drive-In
8250 S.W. Barbur Blvd., 503-246-8132
Cuisine: Burgers and fries
Price: Inexpensive
Meals served: Lunch and dinner
Bottom line: 48 kinds of milkshakes, four kinds of potatoes and terrific corn dogs
Goose Hollow Inn
1927 S.W. Jefferson St., 503-228-7010
Cuisine: Soup, salad, sandwich
Price: Moderate
Meals served: Lunch and dinner
Bottom line: A Reuben and a cold one with Bud Clark? Whoop, whoop!
c c Northwest
Marco Polo Garden
19 N.W. Fifth Ave.; 503-222-1090
Cuisine: Northern Chinese
Price: Moderate
Meals served: Lunch and dinner
Bottom line: Splendid old favorites such as sesame beef or kung pao chicken and high-octane cocktails in a dining room that time forgot
Escape From New York Pizza
622 N.W. 23rd Ave., 503-227-5423
Cuisine: Pizza, just pizza
Price: Inexpensive
Meals served: Lunch and dinner
Bottom line: The best thin-crust New York-style pie in town. So the pizza can be greasy and the staff a little lippy Ñ you got a problem with that?
