LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — Portland restaurant diners choosing to skip downtown and instead head to the ‘burbs are creating quite the change in Lake Oswego. The once sleepy town is now embracing an ever-changing culinary scene, and word is getting around.
Restaurant-goers “want what they had in Portland,” according to Eric Mann, owner Mann’s on the Lake. It’s one of Lake Oswego’s newest restaurants and hosted its first lunch Wednesday. Mann described it as the only restaurant truly on the lake.
“I just knew this was a hidden gem,” he said. “Kind of a gold mine.”…