Food Event Spotlight

Stakes Are High at the 17th Annual Wild About Game Competition

The annual Seattle vs. Portland fall showdown goes big league, with guest judging from famed food writer Ruth Reichl and our own critic Karen Brooks.

06/14/2017 By Benjamin Tepler

RESTAURANT AND BAR UPDATES

Viking Soul Food Opens a New Cart, Renata Launches Happy Hour, and More PDX Food News

... including Willow going full-time and lunch delivery from Portland Curry Company.

04/04/2016 By Sarah Hopwood

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Top Picks for Chefs Week PDX

The third-annual food festival from Top Chef front-runner Gregory Gourdet is bigger and more star-studded than ever.

01/12/2016 By Benjamin Tepler

YEAR IN REVIEW

The Biggest Openings and Closures of 2015

The Eat Beat team examines the year in Portland restaurants.

12/28/2015 By Benjamin Tepler, Karen Brooks, and Kelly Clarke

EAT HERE NOW

Where to Eat This Week

Thanksgiving is all about comfort: dive into Nostrana’s cheese-baked pizzoccheri pasta and cradle eggnog lattes at Coffeehouse Northwest

11/24/2015 By Eat Beat Team

KITCHEN SHUFFLES

Sugar Cube’s Kir Jensen is Renata’s New Pastry Chef

After closing her much-loved bakery, the dessert ace lands at the high-profile Italian kitchen—lemon curd and nocino in hand.

11/24/2015 By Kelly Clarke

TREND WATCH

Are Tomato Leaves Portland’s Hottest New Ingredient?

The fragrant nightshade greenery is popping up all over the city. We’ve got the scoop on where to find it.

08/13/2015 By Benjamin Tepler

HIT LIST

The 2015 Portland Restaurant Halftime Report

We take a look at the biggest restaurant openings and closures of 2015, with updates on the year’s still-to-open prospects.

06/24/2015 By Eat Beat Team

RESTAURANT AND BAR UPDATES

Portland News to Chew

James Beard shutout, Josh Ozersky is dead at 47, and some of the year’s most exciting restaurants are finally here.

05/05/2015 By Benjamin Tepler

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Alma Chocolate Opening Second Shop

Portland’s premiere house of bonbons will expand to the Weatherly Creamery Building in June.

04/21/2015 By Karen Brooks

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Promising New Italian Eatery Renata to Open in Southeast

Former French Laundry Maitre d’ and PDX homeboy Nick Arnerich returns with San Francisco chef-talent in tow.

01/15/2014 By Benjamin Tepler