Last week, Janet Filips, editor of The Oregonian’s Downtown Monthly, featured Ten 01 in its monthly fresh sheet. In it, she highlights the corn-bisque with Oregon crab, garnished with lemon crème fraîche and Willamette Valley chives (“M-m-m, ooh” as she put it) and Ten 01’s three course power lunch that caters to the busy professional who can now escape the office and enjoy a satisfying 30-minute, sit down lunch. Janet turned the spot light onto Ten 01’s executive chef, Jack Yoss who came to Ten 01 from LA’s chic W hotel and eight years at Wolfgang Puck’s San Francisco hot spot, Postrio, behind him.

Ten 01 in Downtown Monthly

Downtown Drinking on a Dime

Our mission: To seek out downtown happy hour destinations where we can fill our bellies for $10 or less. The good news is that there are a ton of hot, hip fantastic options. That’s right, a table for two can enjoy cocktails and hearty appetizers and drop a $20.00 plus tip. So come along the LAD happy hour trail and drink up!

Red Star Happy Hour Beer and Food Pairings Under $10!

Places we went:

• 23 Hoyt
• Basta’s
• Carafe
• Clyde Common
• Masu
• Red Star
• Rock Bottom
• Silk
• Southpark
• Ten 01

23 Hoyt:

Here’s the great thing about 23 Hoyt’s happy hour menu: it runs until 7:00. Although I really like a good happy hour, I rarely make it out of the office in time to get somewhere by 6:00 p.m., so a later happy hour always makes me, well, happy. When I first went to 23 Hoyt’s happy hour I was seriously questioning whether it would pass the $10 happy hour challenge. I was expecting small portions and large prices, mostly given the location, atmosphere and clientele. I was pleasantly surprised on all fronts.

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