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| - It was a Thursday night when my friend and I decided to stop at Portland's for a bite and a glass of wine. We walked in to an empty restaurant, which made me nervous. We were greeted and told we could sit wherever we would like. We chose to sit in a window seat. A friendly waitress came over and asked us if we'd like something to drink. We decided on a few glasses of wine after some suggestions from her.
My dinner partner went to the restroom to wash his hands and when he came back he said "This place hasn't been top to bottom cleaned in a LONG time. Probably since they opened!" He said that there was built up dust on the air vents. Don't ask me why he was staring at the ceiling, he just happened to. The news made me wonder about the top to bottom cleanliness of their kitchen.. hmm... We chose to proceed with ordering food.
We chose the Tommy burger and the Alfredo burger. The Tommy burger had Applewood-smoked bacon, Stilton blue cheese, lettuce, tomato & mayo. The Alfredo burger had roasted poblano peppers, jalapeno mayo, lettuce and tomato. You have to order the fries ala carte. They don't come with the burger, which was kind of silly. We went with an order of Parmesan fries and an order of Cajun fries.
While waiting for our food, I asked the waitress why the place was so empty. She said "It's Downtown Phoenix at night!" Um...has she spent any time in Downtown Phoenix lately? I told her that we had just come from another, larger establishment that had just opened and the place was packed. She said "I'd like to see them when all of the buzz has died down." She may be right, but it makes no sense that a restaurant that is connected to a LARGE apartment complex, next to a hotel, right on the light rail is almost empty on a Thursday night.
Our food arrived and I was surprised by the burgers. They were served on plain ol' Wonderbread hamburger buns. Yeah, those. I took a bite into my burger and it was good! Not stellar, not amazing, just good! I didn't mind the plain ol' bun after a while. Honestly, sometimes the bun overpowers the burger. The fries were ok. Again I wasn't blown away. They were just fine.
The bill came and that's when I minded the plain ol' bun. I remembered that the Tommy burger was $11 and the Alfredo burger was $9. The cups of fries were $4 each. Well that puts a different spin on things. For the quality of food we had, we were definitely short-changed. What do you expect out of an $11 burger? Think about it.
Portland's has SO MUCH potential, but they give off a bar-fly attracting vibe instead of a Downtown Clientele vibe. Would I go back? Yeah, maybe during a burger special night, but I don't know if I would seek out Portland's for a nice dinner again. We'll see.
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