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

Best Restaurants 2022

Jojo Gets a Glow-Up in the Pearl

The social media–famous fried chicken, burger, and jojo cart now has a brick-and-mortar on the west side. Is it really about the chicken sandwiches, or is it just the Instagram personality?

10/10/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Openings

Paniolo in the Pearl: Fools and Horses Slings Hawaiian Cowboy Fare

The people behind Pink Rabbit open a slightly grown-up, but equally hip spot next door.

10/06/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Bars

First Look: Basquiat and Pink Velour in Kann’s Basement

Sousòl, the subterranean sibling bar of Gregory Gourdet’s ode to Haiti, is a pan-Caribbean party.

09/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Eat This Now

This New Oaxacan Restaurant Serves a Hard-to-Find Regional Goat Soup

El Yike Oaxaqueño, a newcomer to N Lombard Street, offers a menu full of delights.

09/20/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Opening

Fried Chicken and Burger Sensation Jojo Opens Its Restaurant

The beloved blue food cart has expanded to a restaurant in the Pearl, complete with vegan and gluten-free options, milkshakes, and a full bar.

09/15/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Pop-Up Bakery Starter Bread Will Get a St. Johns Brick-and-Mortar in 2023

Some of Portland’s best loaves, currently only offered through a home-baked, under-the-radar delivery service, will expand with a bakery in St. Johns next to the new Gracie’s Apizza.

09/09/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

One of Our Favorite Burger Joints, Hit the Spot, Now Has a Restaurant in Southeast

The former food cart on Sandy is now a full-fledged restaurant with burgers, fried chicken sandwiches, shakes, beer, and fries.

08/31/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

With Pah!, Portland Now Has a Proudly Deaf-Owned Restaurant

The queer, Latinx, and deaf-owned eatery inside The Zed serves up beef and vegan burgers, blooming onions, and fish and chips with a side of ASL slang.

08/12/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton