There’s nowhere to hide on a small menu: no place to tuck a less than excellent but high-profit-margin chicken dish, no spot for a sneaky, sad seasonal salad. Fortunately, there is no need to bury ...

Editor’s note: This week and next, we’re counting down our favorite new Portland restaurants of 2022. At No. 6: Bluto’s, a (loosely) Greek-inspired restaurant featuring hearth-grilled souvlaki, tahini ...

A gentleman does not steal horses, spit food across the table, or pee on peoples’ shoes. By that definition, John “Bluto” Blutarsky is not a gentleman, but something more extraordinary. The fictional ...

Rick Gencarelli is building a fire. The Lardo and Grassa chef, whose Greek-inspired restaurant, Bluto’s, opened quietly last Friday, has spent the past few days relearning a valuable lesson: Tending a ...

In the world of the 1978 comedy classic National Lampoon’s Animal House, we know garage rock is OK, as evidenced by John Belushi, as Bluto Blutarsky, belting out “Louie Louie.” Rhythm and blues/soul ...