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The MagoGuide Pantelleria Mobile App Is Now Available
We love the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria: the dammusi, the rocky beaches, the hikes, the history, and the wild solitude. We love Pantelleria so much that we've built an entire iPhone/iPad app just to show off what we know about it.
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Best of MagoGuide Featured Post Pantelleria
La Moule Has Brunch Devine
La Moule is now serving brunch on both Saturdays and Sundays... and this is a really good thing. Their brunch menu is interesting and delicious. Plus, there's no line right now either early or late. Go and eat one of the best brunches that Portland has to offer.
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No More Brunch at Accanto – So Let’s Do Dinner
Although we are gong to miss that killer brunch, Team Mago is here to tell you that no matter how Van Kley and Accanto evolve, you should grab the chance to watch a maestro plying his art at the chefs counter. The food at Accanto, Italian or not, neighborhoody or not, Van Kleyish enough or not, is outstanding.
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Featured Post Restaurants Southeast
The MagoGuide Barcelona Mobile App Is Now Available
We believe that Barcelona is one of the very best cities to visit not only in Spain, but in all of Europe. We find ourselves drawn back there year after year to enjoy the history, the architecture, the beach, and of course the wonderful food. We love Barcelona so much that we've built an entire iPhone/iPad app just to show off what we know about it.
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The Best Spots For A Night Out In Montréal
Team Mago loves Montreal, Canada, so we were delighted when John Levy asked to write a guest post for MagoGuide about his favorite nighttime spots in that great city. Enjoy.
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Bars Featured Post Guest Post Montreal Restaurants

The Canadian: Luxury with a Purpose

February 12, 2017 Morgan Hart 1

Unlike most luxury train voyages, which are essentially rail cruises for well-heeled tourists, Via Rail’s Canadian provides genuine luxury for travelers on a year-round scheduled route between Vancouver and Toronto. Team Mago was surprised and delighted to find that Via’s Prestige class lived up to the hype and then some.

Amtrak Can Suck, But Not Nearly as Bad as Flying

July 15, 2016 Morgan Hart 0

Night Trains I Have Known

August 30, 2014 Morgan Hart 1

A NOLA Dust-Up: MagoGuide vs. Saveur in the Big Easy

March 9, 2013 Morgan Hart 0

MagoGuide Map of NW Montana

February 2, 2018 Patti Hart 0

We’ve been in NW Montana for decades and have found all sorts of places that we want to share. Now all of our favorite restaurants, markets, and hikes from Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Kalispell, Bigfork, Missoula and the North Fork are listed on this map. They are also provided in an alphabetical list below map.

MagoGuide Map of Portland

January 24, 2016 Patti Hart 0

MagoGuide Map of Rome

January 23, 2016 Patti Hart 0

MagoGuide Map for Hadrian’s Wall

January 23, 2016 Patti Hart 0

MagoGuide Map of Pantelleria

January 1, 2016 Patti Hart 0

MagoGuide Map for the UK

January 1, 2016 Patti Hart 0

64 Taphouse and Growler Station
Aug 6, 2018
Hood River’s first growler fill station is a nice venue with thirty taps, four of them cider and the rest beer. The venue is tricked out primarily in reclaimed wood with both indoor and outdoor seating. It’s a good stop on a Hood River craft beer crawl or to fill a growler for a picnic […]
Bottle Rocket
Aug 6, 2018
When the owners of the Chicken and Guns and Potato Champion added Bottle Rocket to the Cartopia food cart pod, they wittingly cast future patrons upon the horns of a delicious trilemma involving killer chicken, fantastic fries, or bitchin’ burgers. At Bottle Rocket they give great flat top and fryolator. Burgers are the heart of […]
Double Mountain Brewery and Tap Room
Jul 30, 2018
Double Mountain is owned by Matt Swihart, a former assistant brewmaster at Full Sail Brewing just a few blocks away. Swihart brews better beer than his old employer and serves better food (although that is not saying much, see below). In contrast to Full Sail’s sports bar with views, Double Mountain is a nice somewhat […]
Palomar
Jul 29, 2018
Palomar is a a classy Cuban bar patronized by a mainly young crowd. It can be quite LOUD. The mezzanine may be the best seats in the house, but the solar loading from copious amounts of windows in the establishment makes them very warm on hot summer daze. You come here for cocktails in general […]
Full Sail Brewing Co
Jul 29, 2018
Full Sail’s brew pub comes off as a sports bar with amazing views of the Gorge. Their beer has won many, many awards — all meticulously catalogued on their slick professional website. Full Sail may well have been an early adopter in the craft brewing revolution, but these days their beer is like that brewed […]
Clay’s Smokehouse
Jul 29, 2018
Clay’s has been an institution on SE Division Street since 1998. Team Mago knows this because Clay’s says so right on their website, and the social media/professional reviewer echo chamber has amplified this to the point that you would think there is some merit to the claims that Clay’s serves “old-school saucy barbecue done right” […]
The Hazel Room
Jul 29, 2018
The Hazel Room may not be the hidden Hawthorne District gem as portrayed by social media, but they do specialize in brunch seven days a week as opposed to relegating one of Portland’s great gastro-pastimes to the weekend. The Hazel Room does tea, coffee, and cocktails very well and a decent job with food. The […]
The Island of Pantelleria
Jul 24, 2018
Ahhhhh, Pantelleria. Pantelleria is without a doubt one of Team Mago’s favorite places to visit when we’re in the Mediterranean. This jewel of an island is really at the far reaches of Sicily, making it the perfect for folks who like a bit of solitude combined with adventure. Pantelleria is a volcanic island located at […]
Il Dammuso
Jul 24, 2018
One year we were staying at a villa on the northern coast of Sicily when a friend recommended a visit to Pantelleria. We had never heard of the place, but we were persuaded to fly to a small island located at the western end of the Strait of Sicily (actually closer to Tunisia than Sicily) […]
Udon Born
Jul 17, 2018
The Udon chain of ramen joints has spread far and wide across the Iberian peninsula since their first shop opened in the Born neighborhood some twenty-five years ago. That is no reason to visit it or any of its vile siblings. Team Mago endured the worst Japanese meal of our careers so that you do […]

MagoGuide Travel Guide

The MagoGuide Pantelleria Mobile App Is Now Available

La Moule Has Brunch Devine

No More Brunch at Accanto – So Let’s Do Dinner

The MagoGuide Barcelona Mobile App Is Now Available

The Best Spots For A Night Out In Montréal

The MagoGuide Pantelleria Mobile App Is Now Available

The MagoGuide Barcelona Mobile App Is Now Available

MagoGuide Portland Has New Places!

MagoGuide Mobile Apps – We Just Keep Getting Better All The Time

MagoGuide UK iPhone/iPad App has been Released!

MagoGuide’s Travel Compatibility Quiz Actually Works!

La Moule Has Brunch Devine

No More Brunch at Accanto – So Let’s Do Dinner

The Best Spots For A Night Out In Montréal

Nimblefish: Love the Sushi, Hate the Staff

Accanto: The Next Act for Erik Van Kley

Photo Gallery for La Medusa 73

Battlesteads Hotel and Restaurant: Mine’s a Pint

Newport’s Cnapan Restaurant with Rooms: Sadly but Understandably Downshifting to a B&B

Hotel Le Bleu: Great Location but Otherwise Mediocre

The Archer Hotel: Superior Staff but a Small, Spendy Room

Hotel Gault: Luxury by Design

Our Worst B&B Experience Ever

Mago Tip: Plan ferries to and from Sicily carefully

Mago Tip: Weather experience on the Seabourn Quest

Traveling by freighter

Seabourn Quest: Crossing with Cruisers

Nanci Brooks – travel agent extraordinaire

Crystal Serenity