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August 1, 2008 1:22 PM
From Portage to Pig -- Just Whistle!
Posted by Nancy Leson
What happens when a "a great opportunity" falls into your hands? You take it and run with it, says Vuong Loc, owner/chef of Queen Anne's Portage, who's given new life to Greenwood's long-lived Pig 'N Whistle.

Vuong Loc, at Portage on Queen Anne. [Seattle Times/Thomas James Hurst]
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August 1, 2008 7:48 AM
Thai food shout-out
Posted by Nancy Leson
Today in my Ticket roundup, I offered a small taste of the many great Thai restuarants in and around Seattle. At Thai Tom -- a ridiculously popular hole-in-the-wall on the Ave -- I sat at the counter this close to the action:
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