Portland's Best Takeout 2008

Socially conscious pizza place is a favorite among the college crowd for thinly sliced pies with gourmet toppings.

Reviews:

• “Delicious pizza at a great price.”
• “Lots of pizza in Portland but Hot Lips is the best”
• “Usually awesome pizza”
• “Average but interesting choices”
• “Great Pizza!”

Tips: Hot Lips ships soda, salsas, tee shirts and other products around the country and even the world on a regular basis. Check out their website for more information.

Hot Lips Pizza

Reviews:

• “Authentic Chinese, GREAT meats”
• “If you love olive garden, panda, and typhoon – stay away”
• “The best Chinese food in town”
• “Cheap and good”
• “Hong Kong in Portland”

Good Taste Restaurant

Middle Eastern noshing fare that won’t drain your pocketbook.

Reviews:

• “Amazing! If a resauraunt can keep me coming back for over 8 years like this, it deserves 5 stars!!!”
• “Great food, but no room to eat it”
• “Terrible Service! Don’t go with more than 4 people, ever!”
• “Great food if you can get through the door.”
• “Up Close”

Nicholas’ Restaurant

Still pumping out soulful pasta for appreciative Irvingtonites and the too-beat-to-cook white-collar crowd.

Reviews:

• “They charge for bread!!!”
• “Great food for a great price”
• “They live up to their name – authentic Italian bistro!”
• “They aren’t even trying”
• “They don’t skimp on the scampi :)”

Tips: Pastini delivers orders of $75 and more for a 10-percent delivery fee; call ahead.

Pastini Pastaria – NE Broadway or email Pastini Pastaria – NE Broadway

Festive taqueria in the Pearl offers a variety of tacos and other traditional dishes.

Reviews:

• “Cha Cha Cha…highly recommended”
• “go to byways nextdoor instead!”
• “que delicioso”
• “Always enjoy my Relleno Burrito”
• “What the heck?”

Tips: Try a variety of Mexican beer or a Jarritos, a super-sweet Mexican soda, bound to cut the hottest of salsas.

Cha! Cha! Cha!

Tasty and affordable Chinese cuisine in a popular Northwest location.

Reviews:

• “Free quick delivery.”
• “Easy to find and super friendly”
• “Chinese Take-Out”
• “Authentic – those who lived in Chna would recognize the food”
• “Where have you been all this time!”

Tips: Free delivery is offered within a two-mile radius for lunch, 11am-2pm, and dinner, 5pm-9:30pm. No lunch delivery on weekends.

Ling Garden Restaurant

Taqueria a few blocks west of North Interstate serves up fresh, first-rate Mexican food in plentiful portions.

Reviews:

• “Tasty Mexican goodness”
• “Best burritos in Portland.”
• “Get burrito’s to go. "
• “great tacos at great prices”
• “10am-10pm EVERY DAY!”

Tips: The restaurant is casual. Diners pick up their food from the counter when their number is called and then pick a table.

El Burrito Loco

Perfectly perched on a downtown corner, this NY-style deli delivers the goods.

Reviews:

• “Pastrami is great although not traditional”
• “You call this deli food?”
• “Ok. Not NY or Chicago style”
• “Give me a break”
• “Still Searching for a good Reuben”

Tips: Breakfast (served all day) offers egg dishes, challah French toast and pastrami scrambles; lunch mostly offers sandwiches and dinner has a few large plates and nightly changing specials like stuffed cabbage, fried chicken and more.

Kenny & Zuke’s Delicatessen

Inventive New York-style pies tossed in funky, fun digs.

Reviews:

• “Ugh eventful pizza”
• “Fun decor, mediocre pizza”
• “Bad experience, but cheap”
• “Mm… Schmizza”
• “Schmizza slices the competition”

Pizza Schmizza

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