Moody's Donuts 2511 SE Belmont Street, Portland OR 97214 (at 25th Avenue; map) Hours: Sunday, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. A persistent whir comes from the small red-and-white shed in the back garden of the Rocking Horse Cafe. Every 30 seconds (yes, I timed it) there's a small, squeaky groan. You walk up to place your order at Moody's Donuts and—genius!—you see what's been whining away. On the back counter, one leg balanced on paperback book, a small automatic donut fryer is churning out sweet, hot rounds of deliciousness. Its funnel-like reservoir drops batter (a rice- and wheat-flour blend) into a narrow channel of oil, and, like clockwork, little flippers rise from the oil, turning the cake donuts and sending them...
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Forget 30 minutes. Serious Eats's resident pizza freaks, Ed Levine and Adam Kuban, take overnight UPS delivery on a pizza from
Apizza Scholls, one of the most popular pizzerias in Portland, Oregon.
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If you find yourself in Portland, Oregon, make your way to Voodoo Doughnuts after 6 p.m. and congratulate yourself on your good luck and good timing, because you'll be in the right time and right place to taste their famous Bacon Maple Bar. a) The name is misleading, it's more doughnut than bar, b) it's maple-glazed and topped with two strips of crispy bacon, c) it's about a dollar, d) it's delicious. As Yay Hooray user CowboyX says: "haven't you ever had pancakes and your syrup gets all over your bacon? it's a handful of Yes."...
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