First Look
Chicken adobo, barbecue pork skewers, and peach mango pie are reimagined for a new generation.
09/24/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton
Review
Plus a whole island of farm-fresh produce, impeccable pastries, and serious French fries.
09/09/2021 By Karen Brooks
Grandma-style thick-yet-airy pizza crust is the canvas for toppings like peach and sausage or ricotta and hot honey.
09/07/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton
Eat This Now
This food writer visits this Vietnamese shop weekly for tofu salad rolls, meat tofu, and green pandan cake.
09/02/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton
Once again, acclaimed chef Kevin Gibson makes a burger for the record books—heavenly meat included.
08/31/2021 By Karen Brooks
An LA baker jumps into Portland's singular pizza scene, backed by whole-grain baking, seasonal handpies, and one rollicking chocolate chip cookie.
07/19/2021 By Karen Brooks
Chef Taylor Daugherty goes all in on pine nuts to create the great new Portland sundae.
06/10/2021 By Karen Brooks
Restaurant Review
The menu hearkens back to happy memories of Contreras's grandmother, with antojitos like flautas and gorditas at the center.
05/27/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Thomas Teal
Breaking News
You’ve tried panuchos, but what about brazo de reina, relleno negro, and kibis?
03/11/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton
Pop-Up Pick
There's nothing fishy about these rolls.
03/03/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton
Food News
Yes, food critic Karen Brooks is dying on the hill of a pepper-cheese bagel.
03/02/2021 By Karen Brooks
Restaurants
The lines at the Hawaiian food destination snake down the block—and it’s worth the wait.
02/26/2021 By Jordan Michelman
Food Review
Ecuadoran chocolate maker Sebastian Cisneros reprises his ungodly hot chocolates and cookies in Southeast Portland.
02/25/2021 By Karen Brooks
New Wave Okinawa
Tonari invites us in, if only for a few moments, to soak in not just joy but reflection.
08/01/2020 By Karen Brooks
Apocalypse Chow
Through hell and high water, Nodoguro, Coquine, and Gado Gado have morphed into makeshift takeout hot spots.
06/16/2020 By Karen Brooks Photography by Michael Novak
Hit List
Takeout treasures we can't recommend enough.
06/01/2020 By Julia Silverman and Ben Tepler
The Comeback Kids
The best thing about Communion Bakehouse? Its realness.
04/02/2020 By Karen Brooks
Otherwise known as vegan, hard-core, and rotten good.
02/25/2020 By Karen Brooks Photography by Stuart Mullenberg
Love Shack
At the veg-centric restaurant, protein dishes still shine.
01/21/2020 By Karen Brooks Photography by Stuart Mullenberg
Guerre de Brunch
From pain perdu to croque madame, we test two Portland French restaurants’ morning mettle. Who will come out on top?
11/26/2019 By Karen Brooks
September 2021
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