Food News

Berlu Bakery Is Back with Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Dumplings

Chef Vince Nguyen reopens Berlu Bakery in a new space this month, serving bodega standards viewed through a Vietnamese lens.

06/17/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Superfan

At the Nite Hawk, the Patty Melt Is Perfect Every Time

The cooks may change over the years, but Terrance Moses says his sandwich never does.

06/16/2025 By Margaret Seiler Photography by Michael Raines

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

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

Superfan

Fat City Café’s Pancake Patron

No, Tom Kervin doesn’t work at the Multnomah Village breakfast institution, but he still fixes things and runs errands.

09/17/2024 Photography by Michael Raines By Margaret Seiler

Cocktails

The Best Boozy Brunch Drinks in Portland

Bloody Mary riffs and more cocktails to start the day from Hey Love, Flattop & Salamander, and Broder

06/16/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Brunch Talk

The Truth about Brunch, from the Restaurant Workers Who Make It Happen

Toki chefs, a Broder owner, and other veterans of the most trying restaurant service talk all-day eggs and hair of the dog.

06/16/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Chris Danger

Flour Power

The 8 Best Pastries to Make Your Morning

From classic cinnamon rolls to raspberry rose cruffins, pair these numbers with coffee for an excellent start to the day.

06/15/2022 By Karen Brooks and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breakfast

Nostalgia on a Plate: These Portland Breakfast Spots Still Reign Supreme

The Original Pancake House in Southwest Portland and Fuller’s Coffee Shop in the Pearl District still hit the spot with trend-proof breakfast fare for seven decades and counting.

06/13/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Recipe

Xocotl Juice and Smoothie Bar Blends Latin America and Portland

At the Portland Mercado, tropical smoothie bowls get topped with pistachio butter, and avocado toast meets beet-chipotle hummus and ground grasshoppers.

06/10/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Gluten-Free Food

The Top-Tier Gluten-Free Bakeries in Town

From cinnamon rolls to cupcakes to donuts, here are the bakeries with the best gluten-free pastries.

11/12/2021 By Cami Hughes

The Comeback Kids

After a Lifetime of Near-Hits, Communion Bakehouse Finds a Promising Home in Westmoreland

The best thing about Communion Bakehouse? Its realness.

04/02/2020 By Karen Brooks

Breaking News

Ava Gene’s New Brunch has an Opening Date: Labor Day Weekend

All the deets on Portland’s most anticipated new brunch from star chef Joshua McFadden, babka waffles to English muffin burgers.

08/19/2019 By Karen Brooks

Best Breakfasts 2019: Get Spicy

3 Hot Sauces You Need to Try Right Now

These PNW-based chile concoctions are your new Tabasco alternatives.

04/23/2019 By Benjamin Tepler

Best Breakfasts 2019

Portland's Must-Eat Morning Meals

Wake up and dig into the city’s must-eat breakfast plates and chefs’ home porridge, egg, and toast hacks. plus: why biscuits & gravy deserves your undying morning allegiance.

04/23/2019 Edited by Kelly Clarke

Best Breakfasts 2019: Legends

5 All-Time Portland Breakfast Greats

Go. Order anything. Leave happy.

04/23/2019 By Kelly Clarke

Best Breakfasts 2019

Biscuits and Gravy Is Portland’s Signature Dish. Fight Me.

The dish may have Southern roots, but biscuits and gravy is as ubiquitous in Portland as microbrews and passive aggression. And we have the history to back it up.

04/23/2019 By Heather Arndt Anderson