V-DAY CHEAT SHEET

Valentine’s Day in Portland: Where to Dine Out

Only a decadent date night will do for your one and only. In Portland, that means beef cheek dumplings, foie gras crème brûlée, and four-course meals—complete with oyster shucking—delivered to your doorstep.

02/03/2016 By Alex Keith

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Oregon Dominates the 2016 Good Food Awards

At the major annual food fest, artisan producers from across Oregon scored big. (Only a certain state to our south—so, like, whatever—earned more accolades.)

01/21/2016 By Alex Keith

COMFORT FOOD

The Spud Bracket

Pit Portland’s most awesome potatoes against one another in a drag-out battle for carb-loading supremacy.

01/15/2016 Edited by Kelly Clarke

PARTY TIME

Last-Minute New Year's Eve Destinations (and Where to Grub the Morning After)

A handful of the city’s best bars and restaurants give you a reason to venture out on New Year's Eve.

12/29/2015 By Kelly Clarke

READ ‘EM AND EAT

Devour These January Cookbook Readings at Powell’s

Four food writers speak in the coming month on cured meats, craft distilling, and the origins of taste.

12/18/2015 By Rachel Grozanick

READ 'EM AND EAT

The Best Local Cookbooks of 2015

From groundbreaking charcuterie tomes to giftable picnic handbooks, these are the year’s must-read Portland recipe collections.

12/15/2015 By Benjamin Tepler, Karen Brooks, and Kelly Clarke

EAT HERE NOW

Where to Eat This Week

Whether you need a pillowy, Jersey-style meatball parm or Latin-spiced birds drizzled in garlicky, neon green aji sauce, these are the places you must visit this week.

11/18/2015 By Eat Beat Team

INSIDER EATS

Where Do Portland’s Best Chefs Eat on Their Own Time?

From hearty Italian spreads to Balkan stews and cheap salt-and-pepper squid, our chefs devour the city.

10/27/2015 By Kelly Clarke

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Le Pigeon Goes Italian, Organic Pumpkin Patches, and More Portland Food Events

...including Olympia Provision's culinary exploration of Switzerland and Tapalaya's Dia de los Muertos celebration.

10/26/2015 By Rachel Grozanick

Food and Drink Events

The Eat Beat Weekly Planner: Food Events for Every Kind of Eater

Pop-ups inside pop-ups, Japanese pickles at Olympia Provisions, couscous at TBA, and much more.

09/01/2015 By Katie Vaughan

THE OLYMPIANS

A First Look at the New Olympia Provisions Cookbook

Portland's own meat makers bring a rare cosmopolitan food experience to the table with an eye-popping collection of recipes, stories, and photographs.

08/24/2015 By Benjamin Tepler