To chronicle—not to review—how a restaurant can maintain its favorable standing in Portland’s restaurant community, one has only to look at Empire Chinese as a paradigm of consistency. Since opening in the fall of 2013, they have maintained a standard rarely achieved by restaurants in Greater Portland over so long a period. Most places have their ups and downs; even our best Eurocentric restaurants can have a bad night. But in my countless visits to Empire since Day One, I’ve yet to have a meal that wasn’t superb.
Scene stealers at Empire
