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Recipe

Jim Meehan’s Matcha Twist on the Ramos Gin Fizz

An excerpt from The Bartender’s Pantry, a new book surveying culinary ingredients in cocktail culture.

06/17/2024 By Jim Meehan

Restaurant Review

The Bellwether Bar’s Charms Are an Open Secret

Subverting the classic bar-and-grill formula in a century-old dining room.

06/12/2024 By Jordan Michelman

Drinks for Thought

Jim Meehan’s Deep Dive into the Cocktail Kitchen

The award-winning mixologist’s third book, focused on culinary ingredients, shifted his sense of self.

06/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Recipe

Jim Meehan’s Twist on the Espresso Martini

An excerpt from The Bartender’s Pantry, a new book surveying culinary ingredients in cocktail culture.

06/11/2024 By Jim Meehan

Awards Season

Portland’s 2024 James Beard Award Winners

The city remains at the top of the national culinary pack, with Kann and Langbaan adding two more awards to its long tally.

06/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Field Day

How a Local Mill’s Summer Camp Is Changing Our Relationship with Bread

A look inside Camp Camas, an invite-only gathering for advocates of local grain.

06/10/2024 By Adrian J. S. Hale

Sweet Eats

Sonya Sanford’s Middle Eastern–Inspired Cheesecake Recipe

The Portland chef's take swaps in labneh for cream cheese and makes magic with fresh strawberries.

06/05/2024 By Arianne Cohen Photography by Michael Novak

Bounty Bender

How to Eat Your Way across McMinnville in 48 Hours

In the heart of Oregon wine country, the food scene rivals that of any Portland neighborhood.

06/04/2024 By Jordan Michelman

Best Restaurants

The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now

The legends, new voices, and wild ideas that make Portland a major dining destination.

06/04/2024 Edited by Karen Brooks

Don’t Call It Ice Cream

Naomi Pomeroy and Mika Paredes’s Cornet Custard Opens on Division

The scoop shop is the first of several projects involving the award-winning chef in the former Woodsman Tavern building.

05/21/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

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Eat & Drink Features

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The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now

Dining Picks

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The Good Stuff

Our Favorite Specialty Grocers and International Markets in Portland

Sweet Tooth

An Opinionated Guide to Portland's Best Bakeries

Veggie Love

The Food Lover's Guide to Portland's Epic Vegan Scene

The Good Stuff

Our Favorite Specialty Grocers and International Markets in Portland

Where to find a fancy bit of cheese, track down imported ingredients, and travel the world with your taste buds.

05/16/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Mole Mole Opens in Mississippi’s Prost! Marketplace

The Alberta Street food cart’s second location brings classic Puebla dishes to the busy strip.

05/08/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

First-time Caller

Alison Roman Is in Her Advice Hotline Era. We Got Her Portland Tips.

Her podcast is called Solicited Advice, and that’s exactly what we did.

05/01/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Burger Emotions

Dear In-N-Out: Stop Leading Portland On

After years of will-they-won’t-they, we’re less excited than we are exhausted.

04/30/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Sample?

150 Award-Winning Samples at the Good Food Awards Mercantile

Specialty cider and tea, charcuterie and cheese, sweets, snacks, and much else at the foundation’s first-ever public tasting.

04/24/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Ripping the City with Maha Alharbi

The owner of Queen Mama’s Kitchen dishes on her Portland favorites.

04/23/2024 By Dalila Brent Illustrations by Betty Turbo

Food Carts

Revisiting Rose City Food Park

It’s older. It’s less buzzy. And it deserves more respect.

04/19/2024 By Madeline Carpou

Sticker Shock

The Most Expensive Oregon-Made Cheese

Natural lava caves, quaint farmsteads, and the world’s stage. What makes one cheese worth more than another?

04/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Review

Xiao Ye’s Cuisine of Delicious Defiance

A menu of canonical Roman pastas, mochi-flour madeleines, and Japanese curry eludes simple labels.

04/09/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Ranked

The Best Costcos near Portland, Ranked

Which locations have the best goods, the calmest parking lots, and the most samples?

04/05/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff

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