Pine State Biscuits, Portland/by Shelley Lance and Robyn Wolfe
On our first morning in Portland (where we attended a few days of the IACP conference) we took a cab to Southeast Portland for breakfast in this sweet little space, Pine State Biscuits. What a simple, delightful concept: just biscuits, biscuit sandwiches, and a few sides and extras. You order at the counter (right behind the counter you can see a cook rolling out biscuit dough and cutting biscuits, photo bottom), find a spot to sit (if you’re lucky), then bus your dishes when you’re done. Knowing we were in for a few days of constant eating we kept it relatively light- just the fried chicken biscuit sandwich (photo top left). (Doesn’t sound light to you? Well we didn’t get cheese, gravy, or fried green tomatoes!) Really good biscuits with a light texture and that baking powder tang. The fried chicken was tasty (though I lusted after the fried egg with braised greens and hot sauce biscuit sandwich at the next table) especially after we drizzled some honey over the top (Robyn had to ask for the honey, though it seems a natural addition.) Photo top right is a neighboring diner’s plate of the Pine State Fried Club which means trio of fried grits cakes topped with fried chicken, pimento cheese and fried green tomato, and country ham and white cheddar. Everything we could see on everyone else’s plates looked good, and there was the steady buzz of a good natured, relaxed crowd.
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