Navarre Editor’s Pick

Image: Karen Brooks
Type
Mediterranean
Features
Breakfast, Brunch, Child Friendly, Conversation, Date Night, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Outdoor Dining, Reservations
Price Scale
$$
Description
In 2002, budding food philosopher John Taboada conceived a tiny eat spot with an “only what we love” mindset and a kind of lawlessness in the air, kicking off Portland’s east-side indie food revolution. It remains an unfussy marvel on NE 28th: the dim sum–like plates, the ugly-delicious farm vegetables, the abiding wine passion. The minimalist menus still arrive with a pencil, checklist, and clipboard. Sprawling menus roam the world and our backyard. Weekend brunch is like a farmhouse gone mad—eggs 10 ways, a mountain of crusty bread, and some 20 specials, perhaps steelhead trout toast or braised turnips, roots, stems, and all, served with outsize vintage spoons. If authentic Portland has a definition, Navarre is it.
Navarre
10 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR, 97232
Kerns/Laurelhurst
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503-232-3555
Mon-Thu: 4:30 - 10:30 pm
Fri: 4:30 - 11:30 pm
Sat: 9:30 am - 11:30 pm
Sun: 9:30 am-10:30 pm