Laughing Planet Café

Since opening their first space on Belmont Street in 2000, the folks at Laughing Planet Café have fanned out across greater Portland, offering PNDs (Portable Nutrition Devices, or burritos) at locations north, south, east and west of the city center. And now, they've taken over a space in the modern and abundantly lit Cyan building downtown, which puts them in the same universe as the city's administrative offices, PSU's campus and the someday-to-be-occupied Oregon Sustainability Center. As always, you'll find, in addition to PNDs, a variety of rice bowls, soups, salads, smoothies, sodas, beer and wine. Of course, all the meat is hormone-free, and all the ingredients are, when possible, locally grown, making it an indiscriminately friendly place for carnivores, vegetarians and vegans alike. Chad Walsh, 1/1/11