Shop Talk

4 Portland Stores We Adore for IRL Holiday Shopping

Close the laptop and pound the pavement for martini dad hats and vinyl your biggest music nerd will love.

11/24/2025 By Alex Frane, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Matthew Trueherz

Reduce, Reuse, Repeat

Is Recycling Plastic Actually Useless?

Portlanders intent on recycling plastic bags, clamshells, and bubble wrap don’t seem to think so.

05/31/2024 By Andi Prewitt Illustrations by Doug Chayka

The Good Stuff

Our Favorite Specialty Grocers and International Markets in Portland

Where to find a fancy bit of cheese, track down imported ingredients, and travel the world with your taste buds.

05/16/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Sticker Shock

The Most Expensive Oregon-Made Cheese

Natural lava caves, quaint farmsteads, and the world’s stage. What makes one cheese worth more than another?

04/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Ranked

The Best Costcos near Portland, Ranked

Which locations have the best goods, the calmest parking lots, and the most samples?

04/05/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff

Taste Test

Best Breakfast You Can Buy: Our Morning Meal of Taste Test Champions

Start the day off right with these winning, Oregon-made products.

02/27/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff Photography by Michael Novak

Vegan Showdown

Which Plant Milk Do Portlanders Love Most?

Oat milk is not nearly as popular as we want it to be.

01/26/2024 By Zoe Sayler

The Price Is Right

Where to Get Bulk Discounts on Produce, Meat, and Pantry Staples in Portland

Whether you have a big family, tons of housemates, or a penchant for stocking up, sometimes buying more costs less.

12/14/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Markets

Yes, Walmart and Green Zebra Are Closing. No, the World Isn’t Ending.

Portland is full of former grocery stores, from Kienow’s to Piggly Wiggly to lots of extraneous Safeways. Greg Abbott can chill.

03/15/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Interview

Bob Moore of Bob’s Red Mill Turns 94

At his birthday party on February 15, PoMo talked with Moore about growing a business in Portland, switching to an employee-owned company model, and where to buy the best bolo ties and hats in town.

02/17/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Trend

Tik Tok-Trendy Cucumbers Are Hot This Summer

Stay cool with cukes.

08/16/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Grocery Stores

What to Buy at House of Flavor Market, the New Grocery Store from Akadi’s Fatou Ouattara

From spicy pepper sauce to Nigerian beer, these are our must-haves.

06/29/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Music

The 1985 Kate Bush Classic Resurrected by Stranger Things Is the Song of the Summer

Where in Portland have you heard “Running Up That Hill”?

06/15/2022 By Margaret Seiler and Conner Reed

Taste Test

We Put Top Chef Alum Sara Hauman’s Tinned Seafood to the Test

Tiny Fish Co. puts in-your-face spices and sustainability in a can

06/09/2022 By Karen Brooks

Food News

The Realm Refillery, a ‘Package-Free’ Grocery Store, Opens in NE Portland

Imagine if the bulk food section of your supermarket expanded to the whole store, with a focus on local products.

06/02/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Grocery Stores

A Cross-Cut of Portland's Best Butcher Shops

Where to pick up top-quality pork chops, steaks, pastrami, oxtails, and more

05/26/2022 By Jordan Michelman

Food Business

Tory Campbell Keeps his Grandparents' Barbecue Legacy Alive, One Dry Rub at a Time

Felton and Mary's sells the same sauces and dry rubs served at Campbell’s Barbecue in eighties Portland.

05/25/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Grocery Stores

The Cult Snacks and Secret Chef Ingredients We Found at Hidden Japanese Market Fulamingo

Plus: Ride-or-die favorites from the underground grocer inside the bumping Wellspent Market

05/12/2022 By Karen Brooks