Restaurants in Milwaukie
Recommended Restaurants by Groupon Customers
Today’s Groupon cuts out dinner indecision with $70 worth of prepared gourmet food from What’s For Dinner for $35. Take the cuisine of a ritzy restaurant and enjoy it on the table you know and love with the trustworthy silverware that’s never let you down.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.
Our world has given rise to countless pairings, both inspired (buttered peanuts and jam) and unfortunate (construction sites and Optional Helmet Day). Today’s Groupon offers one of the better ones: $35 worth of local, organic bistro fare and beverages at Thirst Wine Bar and Bistro for $15. Thirst was Citysearch's Best of 2009 pick for wine bars.But it turns out there is actually a science to smelling wine, and a corresponding aroma wheel with a full spectrum of scents in categories both familiar (fruity, floral, spicy) and odd (microbiological, oxidized, pungent). A few smart people actually aren’t making it up when they talk smart about wine. They understand the aroma wheel. They’re tasting those amazing things they’re talking about. And that’s because a few smarter chefs know how to pair wines perfectly with food to make you taste undertones you’re embarrassed to admit vocally. Those mahogany cinnamon hues are real my friend. They taste exactly like the time you put cinnamon on your mahogany bannister and went to town. That great moment can be relived, and even topped, by the food and wine available at Thirst. Thirst understands the Aroma Wheel, Occam’s Razor, and the Pythagorean Theorem. That background has enabled it to create a simple, isosceles triangle of wine, food, and thirst-reduction.
Family owned for a little more than two decades, El Palenque treats guests to a range of regional fare, all handmade in accordance with time-tested generational recipes. Fresh ingredients populate a dinner menu crammed with savory Central American fare, such as the traditional chicharron pupusa (spiced pork, $10) and the hearty tamal (a corn dish with olives, potato, bell peppers, carrots, garbanzos, and feta cheese, $10), as well as Mexican mandible pleasures such as the palenque salad (meat, rice, beans, lettuce, avocado, and pico de gallo, $10). Many dinner items make guest appearances on El Palenque's lunch menu, mingling with creative co-stars such as the cheese and loroco pupusa (corn tortilla stuffed heartily with cheese and Loroco, El Salvador's most beloved and devoured tropical flower, $7) and the crispy chimichanga (accented with ranchera salsa, avocado, and sour cream, $10). Pair any plate with a cold glass of horchata ($3), a crisp glass of chardonnay ($7), or a well-fermented mug of imported cerveza ($4), the Spanish word for fiesta.
Though the world has been completely explored, globed, and Google-mapped, the human tongue can still discover new continents. Today's deal takes yours to places the rest of your body can't visit with $35 worth of Northeast African fare and drinks at Horn of Africa for $15. Because exploring a new continent can be dangerous, bring along three friends and combine two Groupons for $70 worth of food and drink.
Today’s Groupon invites you to eat with the dignified paradise style of a floating landmass. Enjoy the fresh flavors of $22 worth of authentic Hawaiian cooking for $10 at Aiea Grill. No longer do you have to maroon yourself on the set of Lost to enjoy the sweet and savory dishes of Hawaiian kings, island enchantresses, and digester men.
Pillars decorated with ornate Chinese dragons hold up a pagoda-style canopy and invite visitors to the Ambassador, where classic Chinese recipes and cocktails fuel nights of karaoke tunes. The lounge presents itself as a stylish karaoke haven, outfitted in jewel-toned neon that casts colorful light throughout the shadowy interior. Each song from its exhaustive library is programmed to coincide with lighting effects that amplify performances and distract belligerent cats. Singers belt out their chosen tune through the high-quality sound system on a long stage surrounded by panels of tiny star lights.
A bevy of Chinese dishes served in the adjoining restaurant helps singers recharge when offstage. Egg foo young and popular pork, chicken, beef, and seafood dishes populate the menu alongside the kitchen’s specialties. Mongolian steak is cooked in a spicy brown sauce, and the yuzi shrimp pairs large shrimp in chili-ginger sauce with baby shrimp stir-fried in black-bean sauce.
