Could You Take Down The Smothered Badass?!
Portland restaurants fall into two camps as far as I'm concerned: So seasonal and healthy that it's almost jokey (see Portlandia episode when Carrie needs to know more - and more - about the chicken) and greasy hangover grub. Stepping Stone Café, a neighborhood diner that has been around forever according to locals, fits the latter. Reading the menu makes you hungry and puts you in a food coma at the same time. We stopped by for its most famous menu item: the Smothered Badass.
The Smothered Badass means serious biz: It's an omelet that's stuffed with, wait for it, chicken fried steak, THEN "smothered" in a sausage breakfast gravy. It will might induce a heart attack, it will definitely cure a hangover, and it's totally delicious.
That's the craziest thing to eat there, but not the biggest: Stepping Stone also serves Mancakes -yup, giant (and kinda sexist) plate-size pancakes. Not only will they get tons of likes on Instagram, they're also so addictive and buttery I almost finished the entire plate ... almost.
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