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Delta Cafe

4607 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97206
503/ 771.3101

Located in: Southeast Portland
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BarFly's Review of Delta Cafe

Forgetful of task, rewarding of conversation, bristling upon command - Delta servers are best regarded as great-aunts, really. The diffident languor of staff and fantastical nature of the entire enterprise - soul food sold to Reedies? - nevertheless set aflame a thrice expanded restaurant/lounge built upon a perhaps overrated soul cuisine, house-infused alcohol (Monopolowa comes in Earl Grey, carrot, jalapeno and about a dozen other flavors), and extravagant objets d’kitch veering from indoor fountain to voodoo shrine. Like the Savannah parlor of that great-aunt, should she drop things into her liquor on purpose.

Reader Reviews of Delta Cafe
Love the Delta!
LococitoI have been a regular for ten years, and I am never disappointed. Great food, all fresh and hot and the drinks are AWESOME! Seriously, two Manhattans or two Margaritas and you will be good for the night. Avoid the restaurant, always too crowded and noisy, hit up the bar instead after 9pm M-F. Yes, it has some hipster attitude at times, but the staff is always friendly (luckily they got rid of that stinky British fuck w/ the smelly and hairy asshole). Cheese grits, fried catfish and awesome mac n cheese!
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by Lococito on December 20, 2007, 10:48 pm
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No Service
After waiting nearly two hours for a table for two we get seated on a pair of bar stools with a table barely large enough to fit the small menus on. Then after being passed by four waitresses for 20 minutes we just got up and left. Also for a place named in WW as a cheap eat, I would hardly call $11-$14 a cheap eat. Now the Chinese place where we ordered two dishes and four drinks for $30 is a true cheap eat. Having lived in the South I really wanted to try the food but with such poor service I guess I will wait to travel down South where I can not only get real Southern food but also get true Southern service.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by David on April 14, 2007, 7:38 pm
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fantastic atmosphere
this place has a kickass atmosphere, though not for sensitive, stuffy people. definitely not a dive, there is good art everywhere, including a tribute to frida kahlo. old style diner seating and friendly, interesting servers abound. it's like a truck stop, only with the most interesting vodka drinks you'll find in southeast. definitely worth a try.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by remedy on September 23, 2006, 11:41 pm
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Delta Cafe: chicken gravy
I recently dined at the Delta Cafe for the first time. I was immediately intrigued by an item on their menu called "Pups in a Puddle," which are hush puppies(deep fried dough balls!) resting in a pond of chicken gravy. Sounds delicious, eh? Who doesn't love deepfried dough? I can't think of any one. Who doesn't love gravy? Well, if we're talking about the chicken gravy offered up by the delta cafe, then I can think of no one, who has taste buds, that could possibly enjoy the tasteless, coagulated lard spread, that this restaraunt tries to pass off as the heavenly condiment known as chicken gravy. It truly was that bad. I even went so far as to ask the waitress if it was to late to request that this "gravy" not be poured onto my side of mashed potatoes. She implied that it was too late, and I accepted her unaccomadating waiting skills with disbelief and hatred. The potatoes ended up being quite tasty once the Sauce that tastes like nothing was removed. My chicken sandwhich was fine. The salad did not have cucumbers. The refills were not free. My personal experience at the Delta Cafe was supremely dissapointing... Perhaps I should have ordered the mac and cheese.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Anna Wallis on June 14, 2006, 4:49 pm
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PBR 40s
cmon. hush puppies and a 40 of good ol' pabst blue ribbon served as though it were champagne. for 3 bucks no less. where better to satisfy two seemingly polar opposite fantasies: hipster + southern belle = happiness.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by MrParker on December 22, 2005, 5:51 pm
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Mixed bag
Food is okay. Not the best ever, but certainly not the worst. The drinks are pretty sweet, though, particularly the Bloody Mary, which contains enough vegetables to meet your recommended daily allowance of all your vitamins and minerals.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Bizzazzle on October 3, 2005, 9:49 pm
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down home
Food is overpriced and sucks. Occaisional Reed hottie stumbles by.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by MasterPdx on September 27, 2005, 1:23 pm
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Overrated food/atmosphere
So I married a Cajun and figured this place would rock our tummys like back home...wrong.
The "best friend chicken in town" tasted like it was in shake and bake. It was not good. Not horrible but not even tastey or moderately ok. The wife had jambalaya and said boxed Zataran's was comperable - mind you she is a tough judge.
Worst part was the waitress had the worst BO I have ever experienced in a restaraunt - and we've been to Europe. Wow. It was so bad we both held our breathe when she'd check in on us.
May be you have to be a rich snotty Reedie in dress down and not bathed for a week to get into this place. Can't imagine we'd ever go back.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Walker on September 13, 2005, 2:43 pm
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