Zero Degrees, home of chamoy-drizzled Dole whips, split-cup boba teas, and a black waffle cone stuffed with popcorn chicken, is a weird, wonderful animal that’s anathema to our Stumptown DNA: It’s an out-of-town chain worth visiting. With busy outposts on 82nd Avenue and in Beaverton, this California-born “Mexican-Hispanic fusion cafe” excels at mango-fan topped fresh fruit slushies, milk teas, and baroque sundae creations topped with a Read more...
Sure, habanero is another entry in the flavored-caramel trend, but owner Sarah Hart’s version mixes hot and cool—literally—with chiles and cream. A former grant writer who moonlighted in the food world, Hart opened Alma in 2006. Inspired by sweets from around the globe, Alma offers such delicacies as Thai peanut butter cups, toffee studded with pistachios (in a departure from Read more...
The dye-free sprinkles have landed. So have organic gummi bears, gluten-free animal crackers, Pinkleton’s Curious Caramel Corn, and crushed chocolate-gobbed cookies from Portland’s lauded Bakeshop. Carefully curated toppings star at Eb & Bean, an artisan, soft-serve frozen yogurt pioneer that features the milk of happy, co-op cows, one table (communal), and blackboard shout-outs to local purveyors. Dessert fiends are already Read more...
Cousins Kim and Tyler Malek tapped the local spirit of craft, collaboration, and crazy flavors to challenge expectations of what an ice cream parlor might look like in Portland: a place that embraces both an iPad cash register and a vintage waffle iron to stamp out fantastic, made-to-order cones. Each scoop is wildly different, bulging with luxurious texture, daring combinations Read more...
Cousins Kim and Tyler Malek tapped the local spirit of craft, collaboration, and crazy flavors to challenge expectations of what an ice cream parlor might look like in Portland: a place that embraces both an iPad cash register and a vintage waffle iron to stamp out fantastic, made-to-order cones. Each scoop is wildly different, bulging with luxurious texture, daring combinations Read more...
The bright and airy 650-square-foot space from French custard-style ice cream guru Chad Draizin offers eight ice creams, four sorbets, two soft serve flavors, and creative toppings including sweet corn dust, candied rosemary, ghost pepper salt, and bee pollen. Draizin debuted his retro-styled ice cream food truck in 2010, quickly garnering attention for flavors like Caramelized Apple ice cream and Passionfruit Read more...
Portlanders flock to this mini-cupcakery for a cream cheese frosting that could make a block of wood mouthwater. Stop in for the classics, from toasted coconut cream and mini red velvet to the cookie-laden Big Top or the caramel buttercream-topped Salty Captain. Read more...
Portlanders flock to this mini-cupcakery for a cream cheese frosting that could make a block of wood mouthwater. Stop in for the classics, from toasted coconut cream and mini red velvet to the cookie-laden Big Top or the caramel buttercream-topped Salty Captain. Read more...
Portlanders flock to this mini-cupcakery for a cream cheese frosting that could make a block of wood mouthwater. Stop in for the classics, from toasted coconut cream and mini red velvet to the cookie-laden Big Top or the caramel buttercream-topped Salty Captain. Read more...
From Oprah to Ellen DeGeneres, Hollywood loves Moonstruck—and we’re not talking Cher and Nic Cage here. One might think demand for Oscar swag bags alone would prompt this growing company to spring for some automated machines and a bigger factory down in Venice Beach, but Moonstruck remains 100 percent handmade right here in Portland (although it’s sold all over the country). Read more...
