We first saw this little restaurant a few months ago on the Food Network’s show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, affectionately called Triple D.  Per usual, Chuck and I gather at the water cooler and talk about our previous day’s food experience, either on TV or at the dinner table.  We both happen to catch Triple D the night before and decided that this would be the destination for lunch.  SO glad it was.  What an experience!  This place is just off 39th on Belmont in SE Portland, Oregon.  If you aren’t looking for it you might miss it were it not for the line of people out the front door waiting to eat the famous biscuits, fried chicken breast, or the fried green tomatoes. 

3640 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214-4326
(503) 236-3346
PineStateBiscuits.com

So when I saw Pine State Biscuits on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives – one of my favorite shows by the way – I knew we’d have to check them out. I love fried chicken! So on the hottest day in Portland’s history (temp hit 107) we took off to experience what is called the Reggie.

The Reggie is a chicken cutlet that is dredged in flour and special spices (including some cayenne pepper) then deep fried. Place between a split biscuit with its friends – bacon, cheese, and sausage gravy – and you’ve got the Reggie. Any single component of this sandwich can easily stand on its own.

Bacon – delicious. Chicken – fantastic. Sausage gravy – to die for. Biscuit – moist and flaky. Together, however, you’ve got a sandwich that could quite possibly be one of the best in recent memory, and certainly the most creative.

Just how good is this sandwich? Pine State doesn’t have air conditioning and it was probably 97 degrees in the tiny place. Yet Jason and I sat and ate our slightly spicy sandwiches with smiles on our face and sweat on our brow… and didn’t complain one bit!

4.5 out of 5 tomatoes

 
Thinking back to my earlier childhood I have fond memories of Pepsi, fried bologna sandwiches, ramen noodles, and spam & eggs, but I don’t have any memories of food this GOOD.  (Sorry Mom!)  Am I sad about that?  A little maybe, but I think it’s probably more interesting and funny to reminisce about spam & eggs than biscuits. I’m not sure why I mentioned all that other than to setup that fact that my sandwich at Pine State Biscuits, The Reggie Deluxe, was one of the best I’ve ever had.

“Look up “comfort food” in the dictionary and you won’t see any words, just a picture of The Reggie Deluxe.”

Look up “comfort food” in the dictionary and you won’t see any words, just a picture of The Reggie Deluxe.  From the light, flaky biscuit, spicy fried chicken breast, and fried egg, to the buttery sausage gravy…ok, need I say more, really?

With a small dining room, about 4-5 tables with some of them only seating two, you should plan on getting there a bit earlier than the lunch crowd, or get it to go.  If it’s hot outside plan on being hot inside as they have no air conditioning.  As Chuck mentioned it was over 100 degrees on the day we went.  Fortunately these sandwiches were so good the heat only mildly phased us.

You probably noticed Chuck and I ordered the same thing, ‘cept mine with egg, and you’re probably wondering why we do that sometimes?  Well, in this case, The Reggie is just too dang good to pass up.  They have other good menu items, don’t get me wrong, but just look at this sandwich, really LOOK at it.  Are you going to order anything else?  I didn’t think so.

I give The Reggie Deluxe a 5 out of 5 and truly say that this sandwich is Dude, Sweet!

The last thing we’ll say is, follow the rules…I’m thinking about posting this sign at my house!

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