Respect. This spacious bakery helped jump-start Portland’s artisan food culture way back in 2001, when bread and pizza master Ken Forkish brought serious French baking to a squooshy bagel town, paving the way for today’s flourishing bread-baking community. Forkish sold the business to longtime employees in late 2021. Rustic breads remain first-rate, toasted walnut to the vaunted boule. And though Ken’s no longer represents the city’s pastry vanguard, the iconic orange zested morning bun still holds its own. Long live the twisty, crispy goat cheese and leek croissant—best reheated for an extra toast.