Best Restaurants

Portland’s Top 50 Restaurants

The legends, new voices, and mad scientist ideas that make Portland a strange and wonderful food city.

Editor's Note

Amid Turmoil & Takeout, There’s Much to Celebrate in Portland’s Food Scene

Even in hard times, our restaurant and food cart scene makes Portland an incredible city for eaters.

12/09/2021 By Fiona McCann Photography by Brian Breneman

Best Restaurants 2021

From living-room-like nooks to cavernous food halls, these places are reinventing the long-beloved food cart pod.

Best Restaurants 2021

Meet the restaurants—beyond República—that transported us into their worlds and mindsets.

Best Restaurants 2021

Thơm, Coquine Market, Meals 4 Heels, and Le Clos are some of our new favorites.

11/30/2021 By Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants 2021

Dimo’s, Pizza Thief, and Cafe Olli bolster the case that Portland is America’s best pizza city.

11/19/2021 By Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants 2021

Find out why our editors chose República, located in NW Portland, as Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year for 2021.

Best Restaurants 2021

From kare kare fries to birria taquitos to vegan sushi rolls, this crop of newcomers offers a broad range of voices and experiences.