Year in Review

9 Hellos and 6 Goodbyes: Portland’s Biggest Restaurant Moves of 2023

Kaede. Lil’ America. Yaowarat. Castagna. Mama Dút. Matta. It’s been a joyful and gutting year.

12/29/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

An Italian Coffee Legend Returns to Downtown Portland

Welcome back Spella Caffè’s impeccable cappuccinos, smooth espressos, and signature caffè shakeratos.

10/18/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Yum

What’s a Botanical Bakeshop? Visit Portland’s Newest

The crowdfunded shop, featuring Filipino-inspired baked goods and houseplants, opens in Woodstock, one of just two Filipino bakeries in the city.

07/07/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Skidbladnir, a Former Rose City Park Food Cart, Is Reopening at Star Bar

Known for its Norwegian meatballs, lamb sandwiches, and Irish spice bags, owner Patrick Carney moves toward late-night burgers and wings.

04/13/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

America’s Best Airport

New Restaurants and Shops Coming to PDX's Main Terminal

Some familiar names are among the storefronts that will appear when the renovated terminal reopens over the next two years.

04/12/2023 By Sam Stites

Restaurant Openings

Gabriel Pascuzzi from Top Chef Reopens Stacked Sandwich Shop April 11

Take a look at the new Slabtown space, plus new sandwiches like green curry fried chicken and pork coppa.

04/07/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Novak

Food News

3 New Asian Dessert Spots Arrive in Portland

Bingsoo from Snowy Village, boba from Milk + T Mini, and Taiwanese shaved ice from Meet Fresh are all on the menu.

03/08/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Openings

Reopening or Rebirth? What to Expect from Ava Gene’s After 3 Years Away

The famed Portland restaurant is reopening with new staff and corporate backing, and notably without its founding chef.

03/07/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Less and More Coffee Will Open a New Location This Spring

A year and a half after the downtown coffee stand opened, it’s already expanding into a second location, a brick-and-mortar by Pioneer Courthouse Square.

03/01/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breaking News

The Gado Gado Team’s Next Project: A Wild Bar-Restaurant Called the Houston Blacklight

The 1970s-inspired spot will open this summer on SE Clinton, Jell-O shot Bundt cakes and French onion ramen soup in tow.

02/24/2023 By Karen Brooks

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

First Look

Fermenter Chef Aaron Adams Is Opening a Vegan Cuban Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

Workshop Food and Drink, Adams’s newest project, will open February 18 in Buckman.

01/31/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Eat This Now

Our Favorite Breakfast Sandwich Right Now Lives at Balong, a Filipino American Pop-Up

Stop by the Baon Kainan food cart on Mondays and Tuesdays for house-made sausage on house pan de sal.

01/10/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Year in Review

The Trends That Drove Portland’s 2022 Restaurant Openings

A return to fine dining, two restaurants are better than one, and wine bars galore

12/28/2022 By Karen Brooks, Katherine Chew Hamilton, and Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Review

Heavenly Creatures Marks a Shift in What We Want from ‘Restaurant Food’

Bites at this Northeast Portland wine bar shine precisely because they’re not the center of attention.

12/22/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

Restaurant Openings

Viking Soul Food Expands to a Restaurant in Woodstock

The Scandinavian food cart in Southeast Portland has found a second home.

12/02/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Restaurant Openings

Janken, An Upscale Pan-Asian Restaurant, Opens in the Former Bluehour Space

After cutting his teeth in Miami, chef Rodrigo Ochoa serves everything from wagyu steaks to pekin duck and nigiri at his first Portland restaurant.

11/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Will Open a Restaurant on NE Killingsworth, and a Separate Wine Shop

At the end of the month, veterans of Sweedeedee, Tastebud, and Ava Gene’s plan to open their first two restaurants, simultaneously.

11/15/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Local Institution Tortilleria y Tienda De Leon Is Moving to Southeast

The tortilla factory, salsa shop, tamale producer, and hot bar, which has sat on the edge of Gresham for 23 years, will reopen in the Reed neighborhood.

10/25/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Portland Artist Mike Bennett Opens an Installation Space and Café in St. Johns

At Wonderwood Springs, drink mead lattes among 400 hand-painted medieval fantasy-themed pieces.

10/17/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton