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

Bar Boom

Beaverton Is Finally Getting a Real-Deal Bar Scene

Beaverton’s cocktail world was dry for years. But now, a wave is cresting.

03/05/2025 By Alex Frane Photography by Thomas Teal

Interview

The Korean Mama’s Favorite Beaverton Restaurants

The TikTok and Instagram star dishes her go-to spots for spicy short rib soup, tendon-filled pho, and cheeseburgers.

02/19/2025 By Alex Frane

Beaverton and Beyond

Asian Flavors Inspire Some of Beaverton’s Best New Pizzerias

The cohort of Beaverton pizzaiolos with a galaxy-brain approach to toppings.

02/14/2025 By Emily Teel Photography by Thomas Teal

The Comeback Queen

Nan Chaison Is the Most Prolific Restaurateur You Don’t Know Yet

From Thai vegan restaurants to Mexican cocktail lounges, Ketsuda ‘Nan’ Chaison has been hard at work.

02/11/2025 By Alex Frane

Suburban Splendor

15 Beaverton Restaurants and Food Carts Worth the Slog Down 26

Crab manicotti, saucy Korean fried chicken, hubcap-size dosas, and more.

01/21/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Matthew Trueherz, and Alex Frane Photography by Thomas Teal

Reviews

The New Portland Restaurants That Make Us Hopeful

Portland’s food soul rallies again, small and personal to the core.

11/20/2024 By Karen Brooks

Openings

Highly Anticipated Vietnamese American Breakfast Spot Mémoire Cà Phê Opens This Month

The Alberta café comes from the people behind Matta, Portland Cà Phê, and HeyDay, with black sesame cinnamon rolls and pork belly breakfast burritos.

08/23/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Restaurant Review

It’s Exclusive, But Is the Soho House Restaurant Cool?

Members-only restaurants are having a national renaissance. Soho House is the closest thing Portland has.

07/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

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

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

Made to Measure

Making a Bespoke Trucker Jacket with Graziano & Gutiérrez

With heirloom Mexican textiles, the local designer makes workwear-inspired clothes for Joe Jonas, the Blazers, and our own humble editor.

03/25/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Sweet Tooth

An Opinionated Guide to Portland's Best Bakeries

The city’s defining croissants, breads, and essential baked goods, exhaustively researched.

03/13/2024 By Karen Brooks and Matthew Trueherz

Obituary

Clandestino and Ritz-Carlton's Bellpine Chef Lauro Romero, Dies at 42

Romero brought Mexican food to new heights in Portland and made an outsize impact on the city.

02/20/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Review

Yaowarat Is Portland Monthly’s Restaurant of the Year

At Yaowarat, four friends locate the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown by way of Portland. Welcome to one of America’s newest originals.

01/24/2024 By Karen Brooks Photography by Thomas Teal

Most Innovative Restaurants

In Portland, Cooperation, Sharing, and Charity Are on the Menu

From collectives to cooperative ownership, Dame Collective, Mirisata, and Café Olli cook up sustainable business models in a notoriously tough industry.

12/20/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Review

Meat Sweats and Fog Machines at Portland’s Jeju

At Jeju, wood-fired Korean BBQ meets karaoke in a fine-dining house party.

10/27/2023 By Karen Brooks Photography by Thomas Teal

Breakfast

The Fall 2023 Breakfast Challenge: Try Our 5 Favorite Dishes

From the usual suspects like apple-cinnamon pancakes to picks like spicy Vietnamese noodle soup, this is how to start your day as the leaves begin to fall.

10/27/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton