Gotham Building Tavern Alumni
Posted by: kmikeym
It's hard to spin the closing of Gotham Building Tavern into a future awesome for the City of Portland because it seems like I had just settled into a weekly argument of whether to go the Gotham Building Tavern or Colleen's for Sunday Brunch, and then they both closed. With my two favorites gone I went back to eating cereal at home and watching Loonatics Unleashed.
When the Colleen's space was invaded by someone else it felt like a slap in the face followed by a thrown drink. How dare you! I want Colleen's back! But as I came to grips with my new options for brunching I started to see the silver lining... Colleen's Bistro is now run by Gabriel Rucker, formerly sous-chef at Gotham Building Tavern, and the place is called Le Pigeon.
I also heard a rumor (overheard at a restaurant naturally) that the former chef from GBT who got hired at Apizza Scholls will be opening a new Italian style deli with the Apizza Scholls owner! Exciting!
Now I am just waiting for the news of Colleen French opening a new place and everything will be even more awesome than it was in the first place!
World's Longest Hot Dog
Posted by: kmikeym
I've always liked the Franz Bakery, with it's spinning loaf sign and windows displaying the conveyer belts of roving bread. Today Franz Bakery solidified their place in Portland history by displaying a world record 100 foot long hot dog and bun in Pioneer Square.
Just to give some perspective here, the previous records I found while searching online consisted of a measly sixteen footer in Chicago in 2003, which beat the previous Pennsylvania record of fifteen feet three inces. The Guiness Book of World Records says the longest hot dog measured 17.5 m (57.5 ft) and was made at Bally (USA) on August 14, 2005. There is also mention in Wikipedia of an Austrialian hot dog that was 65.6 feet long.
Meanwhile, back in Awesome-Town Portland we are now home to a 100 foot long hot dog. We are the champs. The All Stars. Wear it with pride Portland, and thank you Franz Bakery.
