Eat & Drink

Recipe

Make Shop Halo Halo’s Bright Purple Ube Crinkle Cookies

Move over, chocolate mint—purple yam jam is here.

12/01/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Novak

Best Restaurants 2022

Canard’s Steam Burgers & Duck Stack Pancakes Have a New Roost in Oregon City

Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon fame brings retro dinner party dishes to the Portland suburb.

11/30/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Thomas Teal

Best Restaurants 2022

Two Food Parties in One Space: Phuket Cafe & the New Langbaan

Thai tasting-menu destination Langbaan takes on new life inside the playful party atmosphere of Phuket Cafe in Northwest.

11/29/2022 By Karen Brooks Photography by thomas teal

Restaurant Review

Michelin-Starred Chef Matthew Lightner Seeds Oregon’s Next Food Revolution at Okta

Farm field-to-fermentation lab-to-table has landed in McMinnville.

11/28/2022 By Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants 2022

Hors d’Oeuvre, Cocktail, Entrée & Dessert of the Year—Our Dream 2022 Meal

These are our top menu picks of the year.

11/28/2022 By Karen Brooks, Katherine Chew Hamilton, and Matthew Trueherz

Best Restaurants 2022

At Tercet, a Scrappy Trio Proves Downtown Portland Can Do Fine Dining

The former staff of Roe is shaking things up in the old downtown space, bringing fine dining without the fussiness.

11/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

Restaurant Openings

Janken, An Upscale Pan-Asian Restaurant, Opens in the Former Bluehour Space

After cutting his teeth in Miami, chef Rodrigo Ochoa serves everything from wagyu steaks to pekin duck and nigiri at his first Portland restaurant.

11/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Holidays

Supplement the Holiday Table with Locally Made Delights

One recent article suggested bringing your own Tupperware to Thanksgiving. Blasphemy! Take these local wines, cheeses, ice creams, and olive oil instead.

11/22/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Best Restaurants 2022

At Bar Cala, It’s Summer 365 Days a Year

The pink stucco castle is basically a $14 flight to the tropics.

11/22/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Best Restaurants 2022

Cult Burmese Pop-Up Rangoon Bistro Finds a Permanent Home

Tea leaf salad, or lahpet thoke, and seasonal specials are favorites at this former farmers market stand.

11/21/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Sports on TV

Where to Watch the Qatar 2022 World Cup in Portland, with Game Schedule

Some bars will open early for soccer games, while some open at 7 a.m. year-round. And it's the last hurrah for Toffee Club, which will close in December.

11/19/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Bakeries

Beaverton’s Best Bakeries

From breakfast pastries to Swedish cakes to pan dulce, these spots are sweetening up the west side.

11/18/2022 By Dalila Brent and Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Best Restaurants 2022

Kann Is Portland Monthly’s Restaurant of the Year: 2022

Celebrity chef Gregory Gourdet puts the food of his youth on a grand platter. Welcome to the new Portland—and to one of America’s most important restaurants of 2022.

11/18/2022 By Karen Brooks Photography by Thomas Teal

Best Restaurants 2022

Chef of the Year: At Berlu, Vince Nguyen Stretches the Definition of Vietnamese Cooking

The Portland chef embraces his inner rebel.

11/17/2022 By Karen Brooks Photography by Thomas Teal

Food News

Grand Fir Brewing, from 10 Barrel’s Whitney Burnside and Bullard’s Doug Adams, Opens November 18

Come for Texas-style amber lagers, classic crisp pale ales, fried chicken, supper clubs, and more.

11/15/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Beer and Games

Portland’s First Tabletop-Roleplaying-Devoted Brewpub Will Open This Spring

TPK Brewing wants to be a haven for beer lovers and gamers.

11/15/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Food News

Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Will Open a Restaurant on NE Killingsworth, and a Separate Wine Shop

At the end of the month, veterans of Sweedeedee, Tastebud, and Ava Gene’s plan to open their first two restaurants, simultaneously.

11/15/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Restaurants

Portland’s Best Cubano Is Hiding at En Vida PDX

Two industry vets playfully mash up Cuban, Colombian, and Brazilian eats and drinks on NE Fremont.

11/10/2022 By Karen Brooks

Frozen Treats

Ice Queen Opens a Paleteria near Ladd’s Addition

The Chicana and Indigenous–owned vegan ice cream business now sells its paletas and soft serve at a new storefront.

11/09/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Best Restaurants 2022

Som Tum Thai Kitchen Offers Papaya Salad Paradise Near PSU

The year-old restaurant specializes in papaya salads, laab, soups, sausages, and more.

11/07/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton