Everybody loves a secret menu. How else can you explain Oregonians’ fixation on the day they can enjoy animal-style fries without a drive to Woodburn? And yet, do we detect a hint of class envy in the responses to the news that Micah Camden, longtime king of the Portland drive-thru, has turned his attention to curating snack time at an upscale preschool in Dunthorpe (“Happy Meals,” WW, Jan. 21)? It’s not just “Micah’s muffins” on the $2,500-a-month menu at Pinecone Childcare. The pre-K campus includes an apple orchard, a tropical fish tank, and a sandbox filled with sand from the Oregon Dunes. Multnomah County doesn’t subsidize that. Here’s what our readers had to say:
pony pony huckabuck, via Bluesky: “Could hardly read this article because my eyes were involuntarily rolling every other sentence.
“It’s cool that your 3-year-old can set the table because you paid $2,500 (!?) a month for that. My 2.5-year-olds can set the table, and I taught them that for the low price of $0, but I guess I’m just built different…