Portland’s most unique lunch spot is an intimate little kingdom of French-Norwegian fervor, antique dishes, baking joy, chanteuse music, and seasonal excitement. It comes together in a daily à la carte menu from the talented Kristen Murray. Portland’s most finicky eaters come for quality seafood, a true French quiche with a custardy jiggle, or cloudlike polenta clafoutis capped with a gorgeous poached egg. Make a meal of dessert, black pepper cheesecake or lemon soufflé pudding cake tangy enough to win the French Legion of Honor. The cone-shaped chocolate capuchin cakes are insanely good—their tops dipped in Magic Shell, cacao nib crunch, and smoky lapsang souchong tea. Just a whiff is intoxicating.