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These Portland Classics Gave Many Locals Their First Taste of Korean Cuisine

Long-standing Cameo Café, Du’s Grill & Taste Tickler aren’t strictly Korean restaurants, but they’ve been bringing the bulgogi for years.

11/29/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Thomas Teal

Eat This Now

Best Thing I Ate This Week: Italian Beef from Sammich & Treats from the Gastro Obscura Vending Machine

I might end up doing some of my holiday gift shopping from ... a vending machine?

11/24/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Gift Guide

Holiday Gifts for the Portland Food Lovers on Your List

We’ve got recommendations, from spicy sambals to beautiful books.

11/19/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Grocery Stores

Every Portland-Area Trader Joe’s, Ranked

Think every Trader Joe’s is the same? Yep, they are. And also, they’re not, from mascots to parking-lot masochism. We break it down.

11/19/2021 By Cami Hughes, Margaret Seiler, and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Best Restaurants 2021

Pizza Hits Peak Pie Time in Portland

Three newcomers bolster the case that Portland is America’s best pizza city.

11/19/2021 By Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants 2021

República Is Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year

Ingredients from flying ants to corn truffles weave through a heartfelt, ambitious Mexican-forward tasting menu.

11/17/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Drag

Darcelle Turns 91 with a Plaque from the National Park Service

The legendary Portland drag queen’s 52-year-old nightclub first joined the National Register of Historic Places last year.

11/16/2021 By Conner Reed

Eat This Now

Nepali Kitchen Offers Rainy Day Respite with Momo and Chai

Enjoy dumplings, parathas, appetizer platters, and chai in your own private hut in the front yard of a house on NE Fremont.

11/16/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Gluten-Free Food

The Top-Tier Gluten-Free Bakeries in Town

From cinnamon rolls to cupcakes to donuts, here are the bakeries with the best gluten-free pastries.

11/12/2021 By Cami Hughes

Eat This Now

Best Thing I Ate This Week: Pani Puri from Desi Bites

This Indian grocery store-meets-restaurant helps make a Beaverton strip mall destination-worthy.

11/11/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Interview

Q&A: Chef Sam Smith, Your New Go-To for Restaurant Recs and Food Memes

The Sweedeedee chef has long been a go-to source of restaurant recommendations for friends. Now he’s a valuable resource for everyone on Instagram.

11/09/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Sunshine Noodles Is Opening in a Slabtown Brick-and-Mortar

Diane Lam’s contemporary Cambodian pop-up is taking over the former XLB space. Get a sneak preview on Sunday.

11/05/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Reflection

The Last Days of Paley’s Place

Parting thoughts on the Northwest bistro icon, one of the last pioneers of Portland's farm-to-table fever dream

11/05/2021 By Karen Brooks

Pop-Ups

Best Thing I Ate This Week: Duck Tlayuda at For Esme

Chef Luna Contreras and bartender Michelle Ruocco team up for a cocktail and Mexican snack-filled pop-up at Magna.

10/29/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Openings

Cafe Olli Is Portland's Next Great Pizza Place

An all-day, worker-owned cafe is rising soon in the former Ned Ludd—everything handmade, major cakes included.

10/28/2021 By Karen Brooks

Nightlife

The Best Portland Events for Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women

Femmes to the front (and the people who love them).

10/26/2021 By Karly Quadros

Pop-Up

Joel and Emily Stocks’s JEM Supper Club Is Coming to Magna

The frequently sold-out spring and summer pop-up from the former Holdfast chef is getting a new home.

10/26/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food Events

Chef Carlo Lamagna Comes to República for a One-Day Collab

Plus, our picks for Halloween food and drink events

10/25/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Eat This Now

5 Essential Portland Rainy Day Dishes

Time to break out the rain boots, umbrellas, mittens, curries, noodle soups, and stews.

10/25/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton and Karen Brooks

First Look

Why Mole Mole Mexican Cuisine Is Alberta’s New Must-Try Cart

Come for restaurant-quality mole, soups, and salads that feel like home.

10/25/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton