{"id":4989,"date":"2011-01-21T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T22:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2011-01-21T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T22:58:31","slug":"portland-or-little-bird-son-of-le-pigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4989","title":{"rendered":"Portland, OR – Little Bird, Son of Le Pigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arguably, in many people’s opinions, Portland’s Le Pigeon <\/strong><\/a>is one of the finest restaurants around.\u00a0 When the chef decided to open outlet # 2, ‘son of Le Pigeon” he called on his culinary skill to make a downsized, casual version, “<\/strong>Little Bird Bistro<\/strong><\/a>,” across from the US Bank Tower in Portland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Featuring a wide variety of traditional bistro foods, Little Bird also delights with rarities like bone marrow.\u00a0 (Mrs BDB will be pleased.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

But my burger companion, <\/strong>Portland Attorney William Du Val<\/strong><\/a>, and I, went for the burgers, of course, tho I will (spoiler alert) be back many times to cruise thru the rest of the <\/strong>menu<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Described on the menu only as “Le Pigeon Burger”, the meat (I don’t know the supplier, asked, got\u00a0 a vague answer), comes perched between and betwixt a fantastic roll from Ken’s\u00a0 – I almost didn’t get to the burger, the table bread (Grand Central) was so nummy, and has a light cheese, bacon, pickled onion, greens\u00a0and house sauce.\u00a0 Your choice of fries or greens with that, for $12.\u00a0 It’s a \u00a0hefty patty, maybe 1\/3 pound, so thank goodness the roll the picked can support it.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we were both inclined to cut ours in half to tackle them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bun? Excellent.\u00a0 Meat?\u00a0 Excellent.\u00a0 Condiments? Excellent. Fries?\u00a0 Excellent.\u00a0 Fry sauce?\u00a0 Excellent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This guy hits the mark, and will surely be the new standard for Portland burgers, where we seemingly have a five-way tie for “best of”, in my own opinion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of some locales, they say “don’t like the weather, wait an hour, it will change!”\u00a0\u00a0 That’s certainly not true here, where it has been raining for 72 years straight.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

But we have our own little miracle.\u00a0 Think that burger is the best you’ve ever had? Wait a week, there will be another great one!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take your loved one to a romantic evening out at Little Bird.\u00a0 S\/he will love you forever.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Incidentally, we got there at 11:38 and could be seated right away.\u00a0 By straight up noon, there was a wait list.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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