Dining Picks

Our Top-Ranked Portland Bowls of Ramen for a Rainy Day

Where to slurp comforting bowls of broth and noodles, from porky tonkotsu to vegan shoyu.

11/06/2025 By Katherine Chew Hamilton and Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Dining Picks

Portland’s Top Spots for Lunch

Where to go in town for a relaxing, or speedy, midday meal.

09/19/2025 By Alex Frane, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Matthew Trueherz

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Portland’s Most Kid-Friendly Restaurants

Sticky hands, temper tantrums, and picky eaters welcomed.

03/12/2025 By Alex Frane

Portland vs. The World

Ditch the Suburban Stigma and Eat at These Beaverton Chains

Where to find a taste of Portland—or Mongolian hot pot—in the burbs.

02/20/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Dining Picks

The 6 Hottest New Restaurants for Summer 2023 Dining: Janken, Kaede, Workshop, and More

From sushi to salbutes, crawfish to katsu corn dogs

06/08/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Opening

Toyshop Ramen Opens February 22

The new spot on Killingsworth offers six different kinds of ramen, playful snacks, cocktails, and toys galore.

02/22/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

The New Afuri, Holy Trinity Meets Culmination Brewing, and Nodoguro Owners' Pop-Up

Plus, try Hawaiian stuffed shave ice, and get ready for Café Zamora's second location opening soon.

05/19/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breaking News

Kimura Toast Bar Is What We Need Right Now

Japanese pizza toast, homemade shokupan, and dessert for breakfast is coming for N Williams, from the minds behind Kayo's Ramen Bar.

06/30/2020 By Karen Brooks

Travel

Eat All the Japanese Food in This Vancouver, BC, Burb

Richmond is home base for Vancouver’s airport—and also some of the best ramen, sushi, and teppanyaki in the West.

04/23/2019 By Heather Arndt Anderson

Food Event Spotlight

Meet Some of the Portlanders Crafting Your Fave Local Foodstuffs

Makers of ketchup, cookies, and more share stories at Behind the Brand: A Maker’s Journey.

10/19/2018 By Emma Luthy

First Impressions

Downtown’s New Afuri Ramen Outpost Brings Double the Dumplings

The Tokyo chain’s newest Portland location wields a slimmed-down menu with zippy service, poke, and more gyoza.

11/21/2017 By Benjamin Tepler

Best Restaurants 2017

Here Are Portland Monthly's Best Restaurants of 2017

If you want to understand this city and its food scene, use this list as your guide.

10/12/2017 By Zach Dundas

Dining Guide

These Are Portland’s Essential Sit-Down Restaurants Right Now

Hungry? Here are top picks from Portland Monthly editors.

10/12/2017 By Eat Beat Team

Best Restaurants 2017: Step into the Light

Behold the Most Elegant—Dare We Say, Delicate—Ramen on Portland’s Scene

Kayo’s Ramen Bar isn’t out to overpower you. And that’s a good thing.

10/12/2017 By Zach Dundas

Veggie Love: Essential Eats

5 Must-Eat Vegan Dishes in Portland

From ramen to pizza to doughnuts, here’s a handful of the city’s essential plant-based eats.

08/14/2017 By Kelly Clarke

Breaking News

Boxer Ramen to Open in Americano’s Burnside 26 Space in October

The fourth location of Micah Camden's local ramen chain will boast double the seats and a beef short rib noodle bowl.

07/21/2017 By Kelly Clarke

Recipes

A Portlander Makes the Country's First Fresh, Organic Ramen Noodle

Umi, oh my. These bouncy noodles are the key to a lively miso-sesame veggie salad.

05/15/2017 By Benjamin Tepler

West End: Food & Drink

Where to Eat in Portland's West End

Subterranean cocktail bunkers, a Northwest brunch mecca, and one of the city's best food cart pods. Explore this neighborhood while you're hungry.

05/15/2017 Edited by Kelly Clarke By Staff

News to Chew

Lincoln to Close, Fifty Licks Readies E Burnside Location, Plus More PDX Food News

… including chef shuffles at Dame, Johanna Ware's return, and the shuttering of a Chinese hot pot favorite.

03/01/2017 By Benjamin Tepler

Year in Review

The Biggest Restaurant Openings and Closings of 2016

It was a year of tectonic change for Portland’s food scene. Here are the 17 new spots and 11 shutterings to know.

12/27/2016 By Eat Beat Team