PETITE PROVENCE (Grade A)

* Date: Feb 2009 and Sept 2009 and other dates in between again Nov 2010
* Address:  4834 SE Division
* Phone:  503-233-1121
* Hours: Open 7 days a week at 7am for Breakfast
* Link:   Petite Provence

* Comments of Decor:  this is a bakery and a restaurant. It leans heavily toward French fare and a Paris sort of feeling is in the room.  It is an all around wonderful place.  The entrance is odd--up a ramp and through a curtain. There is limited indoor seating for those waiting for a table.  One side is the bakery.  The other side there are lots of tables packed into the room.  You can count on bumping around through the chairs to get to your table.
* The Food Was--and always is... spectacular.  They just don't offer anything that isn't fresh and delicious. You just can't pick out a favorite because there are too many good things. You might have to wonder why we go anywhere else.
* You Ought to Try -- anything --and then get some more goodies at the bakery to take home
* The Service Was --always friendly and knowledgeable about the food

* Of special note --oh my, that Bakery does call --the place is a little more expensive than some breakfast joints--but not much more--and there is plenty of bang for your buck here..you get wonderful food.  Also,  I've heard that they have a second place on NE Alberta. We've not been there but it is probably equally wonderful.
* We will go back? as often as possible
UPDATE: The service at our last visit was a little wild--the waiter must have been new and/or he was just having a bad day--but so what .... the food, the coffee -- the everything is so good here that it is just a delight to think about the place.