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  1. Moya writes:

    Mmmm, nothing like quality latkes! Reminds me of the Carmel Jewish Food Festival (coming up in August--eeeee!) where I annually binge on latkes and knish. Delish.
    Now I know where I'm heading the next time I'm in P-land.

    29 July @ 4am
  2. Janine writes:

    We really should start a list of must-eats for you two, mustn't we?

    29 July @ 10am
  3. Jessica writes:

    Kenny and Zuke's was my last restaurant stop on my trip to PDX. I only had take out but the breakfast sandwiches and bagels w/ lox etc were delicious and a perfect cure for our hangover!

    29 July @ 11am
  4. Janine writes:

    So, for the record, since writing this I've been back to K&Z's twice for lunch, and my recommendation can only get more emphatic. Eat here! Sheesh.

    9 September @ 8am

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  • 28
  • July
  • 2009

Kenny and Zuke’s

My experience at the delicatessen at SW Stark and 11th is admittedly limited. I have been to breakfast there only three times but was three times very, very pleased.

Breakfast number one: Potato latkes and housemade applesauce, hold the sour cream. Best danged latkes of my life, seriously. I figure they must be deep fried as they came out a bit more round than flat, and perfectly—perfectly!—golden and crunchy all over. The applesauce, too, sort of blew my mind. It's almost creamy and not too sweet. I'm salivating as I remember this.

Breakfast number two: Granola, also housemade, and yogurt with fresh fruit. Orange juice. The granola was pleasantly toasted and neither it nor the ample serving of yogurt was too sweet. Seasonal fruit complimented nicely, though I could have done without the honeydew.

Breakfast number three: Challah french toast, maple syrup. No powdered sugar, no fruit, no garnish, nothing to distract a girl from what's important here: three inch-thick slices of pillowy challah bread in unobtrusive egg batter and perfectly (there I go with that word again) cooked. It was, without question, the best french toast I have ever had.

I have also witnessed the consumption of bacon, eggs, potatoes (well seasoned, brown on the outside and creamy within), bagels (chewy and delicious, no nonsense—or sweet flavors—here), scallion cream cheese (replete with fresh scallions; obviously made fresh), and rye toast at Kenny and Zuke's. Every plate was clean; ever diner happy and sated.

I can't wait to try lunch.

Kenny and Zuke's Delicatessen
1038 SW Stark St
Portland, OR 97205
503.222.DELI (3354)