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The term “power breakfast” springs to mind as soon as you lean back against the jade green banquettes at Besaw’s gussied-up new digs. The 113-year-old café reopened five blocks east in 2016, adding lavish custom wallpaper and a gleaming deco ceiling to its weathered bar stools and OG neon sign to create a rarefied breakfasting mood not often found at Read more...
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Ground Breaker is an apt name for this brewery and gastropub, the first of its kind on the west coast to be completely gluten-free. Nine taps pour award-winning ales, and menu choices range from vegan lentil burgers to Olympia Provisions salami pizza (all gluten-free, of course). Read more...
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Located in Portland’s Marriott City Center hotel, DEN serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner to out-of-town guests and locals alike. Read more...
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This American bistro/bar and grill, formerly known as Charley’s on Grand, operates out of the Courtyard Marriott in Northeast Portland. Of the menu, expect beefed-up diner classics with an Italian twist—like caesar salads, bleu cheese and bacon burgers, and pepperoni flat-bread pizzas. Read more...
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As if the dark wood and art deco tile work weren’t clue enough that you’ve just stepped into the oldest bar in town, there’s the distant aroma of mustache wax lingering like ghostly potpourri. Turkey dinner, the house specialty, is served in abundance year-round. As befits a gentlemen’s club, roving mixologists whip up flaming Spanish coffees with the flourish of Read more...
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This cheery downtown diner hawks all the morning staples, from muesli pancakes to chilaquiles. But every order ought to come with a super thick, creamy cocoa shake—toasty with hazelnuts and packed with sticky sweet date bits and crunchy cacao nibs. Plus, it’s got avocado in it …so it’s technically healthy. Read more...
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The ambitious 9,000-square-foot gastro-brewery turns the beer-first paradigm on its head. Rodney Muirhead of Podnah’s Pit and La Taq captains the “slightly refined” food program. So it’s no surprise that steak frites and perfectly-turned sausages are Wayfinder’s north star, brightened further by a crisp, mustard seed-studded house sauerkraut, smoked prime rib, and fall-off-the-bone duck confit. Other dishes, like the over-brined Read more...
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The west-side sister restaurant to Tasty n Sons rules brunch, but carves out its own identity with a strong lunch program (the famous radicchio salad included) that gives the working set another solid downtown option. The family-style dinner options are endless—bone marrow boards to apple-brined pork chops—but always get a deliciously marbled steak, hit with a two-week aging vacation before getting a hot and heavy Read more...
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When Erik Van Kley flew the coop at beloved Little Bird in early 2015, who’d have guessed that the talented chef would return with a vibrant detour to the American South by way of Asia. His new industrial- cozy space—so close to its namesake tracks that train whistles soundtrack your dinner—excels in clever, flavor- packed plates of what he terms Read more...
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Swan Island’s beloved burgers and (Oregon) beers spot, which constructed its second location in the Pearl’s old General Electric distribution plant last December, is as American as apple pie. Upgraded Americana is a calling card at the new Tilt, which charms all comers with juicy, salty burgers oozing with American cheese and gut-busting toppings as well as flaky house biscuits. The Read more...