TLDR

Taste Test Champions: Best Ketchup, Mustard, Chips, Kombucha, Chocolate, and More

Here's our 8 top winter picks from Portland and Oregon.

01/03/2024 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Chocolate

Taste Test: Best (and Worst) Dark Chocolate, Local and Not

Which low-sugar bar should you reach for when you're craving chocolate? We tested PNW bars like Theo and JCoco, alongside national bars like Ghirardelli.

09/12/2023 By Arianne Cohen

Taste Test

The Best Chocolate Chip-ish Cookies in Portland

From Toll House–inspired to smoky almond toffee to Ecuadoran bean-to-bar chocolate, we talked shop with some bakers and then tasted through the city’s best.

03/21/2023 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Cafes & Chocolate

Portland's 7 Belly-Warmingest Hot Chocolates

From classic milk chocolate to peppermint to snickerdoodle, here are the best hot chocolates to get you through the winter.

12/17/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton, Dalila Brent, Fiona McCann, Gabriel Granillo, Cami Hughes, Julia Silverman, and Karen Brooks

Food Review

Heaven Is Alive and Well at Cloudforest’s Reborn Chocolate Shop

Ecuadoran chocolate maker Sebastian Cisneros reprises his ungodly hot chocolates and cookies in Southeast Portland.

02/25/2021 By Karen Brooks

Food & Drink

4 Local Wellness Food and Drinks to Try

From pickleez to chocolate, nourish your body and mind.

12/30/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

The Shakedown

What's the Deal with Chocolate, Anyway?

Sizing up the sweet treats we crave.

01/21/2020 By Marty Patail

Breaking News

Standout Coffee and Chocolate Bar Cloudforest is Closing

The vaunted Cloudforest chocolate line will live on, but Sebastian Cisneros’ ambitious chocolate factory and espresso bar will shutter Monday.

08/05/2019 By Karen Brooks

Breaking News

1927 S’mores to Take Over Chizu Space Downtown This Summer

Steve Jones’ sushi-style cheese counter will make way for fancy s’mores and hot cocoa in a chic, nostalgia-bait log cabin.

05/24/2019 By Kelly Clarke

Chocolate

What It’s Like to Drive a Truck Full of Chocolate from Texas to Portland

The open road. A truck. A mission. And coolers packed with “slave-free" chocolate.

04/30/2019 By Margaret Seiler

Recipes

Texas Pecan Sheet Cake Gets a Cannabis Kick

What does Oregon’s top cannabis chocolatier eat in her downtime? Fancy weed brownies, basically.

02/26/2019 By Benjamin Tepler

Best Restaurants 2018: Eat This Now

Portland's 5 Must-Eat Dishes of 2018

Pan pizza to tinned fish to the dreamiest chocolate chip cookies, here's what we just can't quit this year.

10/10/2018 By Karen Brooks and Kelly Clarke

Breaking News

Alma Chocolate Sold to Moonstruck

The pioneering indie chocolate shop will hand over the reins.

09/14/2018 By Benjamin Tepler

News to Chew

Vitaly Paley to Open Third Hotel Restaurant, Alma Chocolate Downsizes, and More PDX Food News

… including the closure of Bernie's Southern Bistro, a new Icelandic hotel and (possibly) restaurant, and the sad, weird case of an Oregon Culinary Institute murder.

09/12/2018 By Emma Luthy and James Stevens