November 2017

Best Restaurants 2017
2017 was a wild, delicious year. These dining experiences defined the city’s scene. Plus: a new Portland-based magazine is packed with travel tales and tips by and for women of color, and Light a Fire, our annual celebration of local nonprofits, volunteers, and community nonprofits.
In this issue:
Arts & Culture
Eat & Drink

Best Restaurants 2017: Get Down with B.A.P.
Crown Brings Behemoth New York-Style Party Pies to Downtown’s Pizza Desert

Best Restaurants 2017
Portland’s Best New Restaurants of 2017

Best Restaurants 2017: Eat Here Now
5 Portland Food Carts We Just Can't Quit

Best Restaurants 2017: Ready Your Forks
5 Portland Restaurants We Can't Wait for in 2018

Best Restaurants 2017: One-Stop Shop
4 Reasons Providore Fine Foods Is Portland’s Best Grocery Feast

Best Restaurants 2017: Destroy All Appetizers
A Throwback Chinese Restaurant Near PSU Has All the Dumplings

Best Restaurants 2017: Sweet Deal
Eat Dessert for Dinner at Departure

Best Restaurants 2017: Chill Your Coffee
The Affogato Cubano at Fifty Licks Is One Sweet Buzz

Best Restaurants 2017: Step into the Light
Behold the Most Elegant—Dare We Say, Delicate—Ramen on Portland’s Scene

Best Restaurants 2017: Get Your Laab On
Portland Monthly’s Dish of the Year 2017: Spicy Thai Laabs at Paadee

Best Restaurants 2017: Get Coffee Geeked
Maybe All Portland Needed to Get a Great Coffee + Brunch Spot Was … Australians?

Best Restaurants 2017: Three Degrees of Naoko
3 Ways a Japanese Chef Created an Only-in-Portland Gem

Best Restaurants 2017: Commune with Mother Russia
In Fantasy Version of Old Russia, Fancy Tea Serves You

Best Restaurants 2017: Attack the Stack
Stacked Ups the Sandwich Game (in an Already Sandwich-Obsessed City)

Best Restaurants 2017: Feel the Joy
Why We Need Güero's Delicious Tortas

Best Restaurants 2017: The Unrestaurants
3 Portland Pop-Ups That Shook Up Dining and Drinking in 2017

Best Restaurants 2017: Get Salty & Smoked
Bar Casa Vale Survived and Thrived in 2017

Best Restaurants 2017: Discover Nacho Theory
Portland Monthly’s 2017 Chefs of the Year: Tusk’s Sam Smith and Joshua McFadden

Best Restaurants 2017: Hang with Cho
Han Oak Is Portland Monthly’s 2017 Restaurant of the Year
Editor's Note
Home & Real Estate
News & City Life

Top Nonprofits
Meet Our 2017 Light a Fire Winners

Light a Fire 2017: Extraordinary Volunteer
Portlander Alan Koch and Maggie the Dog Bring Furball Therapy to All

Light a Fire 2017: Best New Nonprofit
How One Nonprofit Tackles the Gender Gap in Portland Tech

Light a Fire 2017: Emerging Leader
The Oregon Jewish Museum’s April Slabosheski Teaches Living History

Light a Fire 2017: Keeping Us Healthy
How an Oregon Clinic Provides Vital Health Care for Seasonal and Migrant Workers

Light a Fire 2017: Extraordinary Board Member
How One Portlander Helps People Plan for End-of-Life Care

Light a Fire 2017: Caring for the Planet
Ecotrust Puts Its Faith—and Funds—in Healthy Forests

Light a Fire 2017: Inspiring Creativity
With Airport Cinema, Hollywood Theatre Gives Oregon Filmmakers a Global Audience

Light a Fire 2017: Extraordinary Executive Director
Ed Blackburn Looks Back On 25 Years at Central City Concern

Light a Fire 2017: Lifetime Achievement
How Antoinette Edwards Takes Care of Portland's At-Risk Youth

Light a Fire 2017: Most with the Least
This Tiny Nonprofit Brings Environmental Ed to Kids across Portland

Light a Fire 2017: Game-Changing Project
How a Portland-Wide Collaboration Helped Shelter Homeless Women

Chicken Feels
In Portland, Your Pet Chicken Can Get Reiki

Crystal Balling
Portland Psychics Predict the Upcoming Trail Blazers Season

Light a Fire 2017: Rapid Reaction