Restaurant Review

Bar Nouveau Is an Endearingly Scrappy Send-Up to French Cookbook Cuisine

Chef Althea Grey Potter’s long-gestating vision puts down roots in St. Johns with style, bronze peacocks, roast duck, and all.

01/13/2026 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Thomas Teal

Year in Review

The Portland Restaurant Openings That Defined 2025

The past year saw the arrival of cool new bistros, comfort food spots, and a whole bunch of Italian eateries.

12/30/2025 By Alex Frane

Dining Picks

Portland’s Best Spots for Chinese Food

Where to feast on soup dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, Peking duck, and more.

12/05/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

History Lesson

Dining Out in the Ancient World

Two Portland restaurants are turning to the distant past for inspiration today.

11/19/2025 By Ben Coleman

hit list

The Best Bars in Portland

Sultry whiskey dens, charming neighborhood joints, and all of our other favorite drinking spots in town.

11/18/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

Food History

The 25 Restaurants That Made Portland

Portland was not a food city in the year 2000. Over the past quarter century, these restaurants changed that.

11/14/2025 Edited by Matthew Trueherz By Portland Monthly Staff Illustrations by Max-O-Matic

Best of PDX

Your Quintessential Portland Bucket List: 50 Things to Do in Town

These are our city's can't-miss activities, whether you’ve lived here all your life or are just passing through.

10/27/2025 By Portland Monthly Staff

Restaurant Review

Hayward Is Oregon Wine Country’s Destination Restaurant

The Willamette Valley’s most decorated upstart is no longer the underdog. Can it shine in the limelight?

10/01/2025 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Thomas Teal

Dining Picks

Portland’s Best Pizza

Where to visit for thick-cut squares, char-kissed Neapolitan pies, and inventive fusion pizzas.

09/22/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

Dining Picks

Portland’s Top Spots for Lunch

Where to go in town for a relaxing, or speedy, midday meal.

09/19/2025 By Alex Frane, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Review

At Javelina and Inisha, Indigenous Cuisine Finds Portland Quirk

With fry bread burgers and a precolonial tasting menu, the conjoined restaurants stand in a major gap of the city’s restaurant scene.

09/02/2025 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Thomas Teal

Dining Picks

The Best Burgers in Portland

Smashburgers, tavern burgers, sliders, and veggie and vegan burgers at our favorite carts and restaurants in the city.

08/13/2025 By Alex Frane, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Matthew Trueherz

Dining Picks

A Guide to Portland’s Top Thai Food Restaurants

The city is loaded with exceptional Thai food. Here are our favorite restaurants and carts.

07/18/2025 By Alex Frane and Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Drink Here Now

Rick Munro’s Malpractice Is Portland’s Weirdest, Coolest Cocktail Bar

Acid-adjusted citrus, goat cheese–washed rum, and a dirty martini with neither gin nor vodka make Malpractice a drinking destination.

06/02/2025 By Alex Frane

Dining Picks

Budget-Friendly Portland Dishes Under $15

Inflation got you down? These are our go-to filling meals that won’t break the bank.

05/29/2025 By Katherine Chew Hamilton, Alex Frane, and Matthew Trueherz

Let’s Do Lunch

Chow Down on Portland’s Best Sandwiches

Tuna melts, meatball subs, grinders, and eggplant muffulettas—Portland is ready for lunchtime.

05/14/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

Review

New Hawaiian Spot Kau Kau Treats the Cuisine with Care

Brandon and Tracee Hirahara fill combo plates with tako lu’au and Angus beef loco moco.

05/07/2025 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Thomas Teal

Dining News

Portland’s Most Hotly Anticipated Restaurants for Spring 2025

Neo-Neapolitan pizza, Vietnamese pastries, and French bistro dining come to Portland.

04/25/2025 By Alex Frane

Best Restaurants

Portland’s Outstanding Brunches

Where to find fish sauce bacon sandwiches, vegan breakfast burritos, gluten-free chicken and waffles, and decadent eggs Benedict.

04/17/2025 By Alex Frane and Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Eat Here Now

The Culinary Case for Beaverton

The suburb’s new restaurants are giving Portland a run for its money.

03/06/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden Photography by Thomas Teal