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Portland Monthly Magazine: Winner Chef’s Choice Award

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Chef’s Choice Award Best Latin American-Cuban 2004, 2005

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Willamette Week’s “Restaurant of the Year 2002”

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…The pre-Castro-sized portions are enough to make anyone question the indulgences of a free-market society, but the beyond-reasonable prices for many of the dishes put the shine on capitalism…”

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Mexicana de Aviacion

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‘’… Uno de los mejores restaurants de Portland, El Pambiche...”

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The Oregonian’s A&E: Feeling Sweet on Cuban Coffee

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“… Pambiche’s cuban coffee is the requisite first ritual of the morning..."

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American Heritage Magazine

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“…A surprisingly authentic, always packed, and deeply wonderful Cuban joint…”

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A&E Restaurant Guide 2001

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… The postres –or desserts at Pambiche are an embarrassment of richness, mingling traditional Latin American dishes such as flan and rice pudding with original Pambiche postres creations."

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The Hispanic News: “El Arte del Buen Comer”

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“...Pambiche, tiene sus muros saturados con color y cultura. Arte de Cuba y de México generan estimulos para los ojos en la compania de los frutos traidos por los estandares culinarios cubanos tales como empanadas, maduros, y deliciosos y creativos postres...”

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Willamette Week’s Restaurant Guide 2001: Our Top 100 Favorite Restaurants

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“A trip to Pambiche can mine the depths of one’s sensory fields. Cross the threshold and you are instantly steeped in Latin rhythms, vibrant hues, piqued aromas. But it is after you are seated, nestled with familial coziness, that the final sweep occurs, as plates of earthy orchestrations stir one’s yearning for “BIG”

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The Columbian: Pambiche Sizzles with Taste of Cuba

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“......owner-chef John Connell-Maribona has styled the menu after his family recipes. His grandfather came to Portland as Cuban consul general under Fulgencio Batista and while here, Fidel Castro overthrew the government. Because the family couldn’t return home, they stayed. Cuba’s misfortune, our gain.”

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Zagat Survey 2001-2002

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“… The best reason to establish diplomatic relations with Castro…”

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The Oregonian: A&E: A Taste of the Tropics

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"... it is a place that takes dessert very seriously"

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Willamette Week: The Buena Fiesta Social Club-New Cuban Restaurant Pambiche Goes Back to That Country’s Delicious Roots

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"Pambiche provides a taste of what Cuban cuisine once was and could be."

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