Portland Culinary Podcast

Michael Russell Restaurant Critic for the Oregonian – Episode 3 Great Food Great Stories Podcast Episode 3 of the Great Food Great Stories Podcast is here! In this episode we visit with Michael Russell and you will learn what brought him to Portland, and about his first job at the Oregonian. Michael talks with about his journey as a restaurant critic and what led him to recently shed his anonymity - http://www.oregonlive.com/editors/index.ssf/2016/06/restaurant_critic_michael_russ_1.html. Michael also gives us the 411 on the Oregonian’s annual restaurant guide, and tells what he looks for in a restaurant when he is doing a review. The week that this interview took place Michael had just released his list of Portland’s 10 best new Food Carts for 2016 and Portland’s 15 Best Food Foods (see links below) and during this podcast we have a delightful extended chat about the Portland food cart scene. Some the Food Carts mentioned in this podcast include Burmasphere, Burger Stevens, Matt’s BBQ, Tiffin Asha (Note - Ti