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Portland's East side - Four star food, painless prices

VIA magazine
July/August 2008
By Jennifer Reese

Excerpt

Few things in this world, or at least in Portland, are more delicious than the warm Egyptian flat bread topped with honey, ground hazelnuts, and thyme at Lauro Kitchen, chef David Machado's Pan-Mediterranean restaurant on a once moribund strip of SE Division Street.

The east side of Portland is having a culinary moment, and anyone who loves food should take notice.Today it's one of the hottest dining scenes in the city. In 2003, David Machado opened his lofty Lauro Kitchen here, serving everything from paella to artisanal pizzas.