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Consensus: Hmmmm, what to say about Portland's. It has so much potential, it's in a great spot....with better staff, and some menu tweaks it could be good. As it stands now, its just meeeeeh. In fact, one DC member said his favorite part of the meal was his glass of wine...not a glowing recommendation.
Food: we were starving when we sat down, and ordered a cheese plate to munch on while we waited for the last few members of the DC to arrive. The arrived, but the cheese plate did not. So much for the appetizer. Moving on to the main course: 2 of us ordered the burger, which was good, however the garlic fries were awezome. The highlight of the meal and the reason why Portland managed to salvage 3 stars. The eggplant napolean dish was bad, just bad....expecially given the glowing recommendation our server gave. It would have been bearable had the side salad ordered with the eggplant dish arrived, but sadly, like our cheese plate, the side salad was not to be. Another bright spot of the meal, was the phyllo chicken (thankfully my DC partner let me eat off hers since my eggplant was such a disaster). Because dinner club has a strict rule that no DC outing is complete without dessert, we ordered the apple tart, although given how the meal had gone so far, we doubted if the dessert would actually manifest itself on our table. It did, and it was good...and since apple tarts always make you feel better, even if you just sat through a disappointing meal, we felt a little better about Portland's....maybe with a new server and different choices, it might be a good spot afterall
The breakdown:
Food: 2.5 stars
Service: 1 star
Location and Ambience: 3 stars
wine list: 3.5 stars
Overall: 3 stars with the potential to get better.
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