Izakaya is becoming all the rage in Portland, much to our glee. Not only do we have the authentically divey bars like Tanuki and the accessible, clean places like Syun in Hillsboro, but now there is a smart, modern, upscale version. Where those other two serve inarguably delicious and transportive dishes that call to mind foggy stumbles at midnight through Okinawan streets, Biwa answers Portland’s yearning for all the comfort foods from its latitudinal neighbor, noodles, kimchi, yaki, and all.

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The Pacific Northwest coffeeshop is an image burned deep in the minds of people everywhere (wherever Singles was released, anyway). It’s hard not to think of concrete floors that are strewn with papers, threadbare couches you don’t want to inspect too closely, skinny and beautiful baristas, and the sound of grinding beans and sizzling foam wands absorbed by an endless array of local art mounted on exposed brick walls.

Although Little T is more of a bakery than a coffeeshop, it… [More]