Best Restaurants 2012

Best of the Rest

Still hungry? We've culled the 35 local restaurants that should remain in any food lover's regular rotation.

10/16/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants 2012

Chefs of the Year

Portland's top two culinary minds are French-inspired chefs from different generations.

10/16/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

Mudroom

Devouring Division

Portland’s ravenous food scene gobbles up a street.

08/23/2012 By Emily Wilson

Article

Cult of the Cannelé

Courier Coffee Roasters and Ken's Artisan Bakery conquer France's most finicky pastry.

07/18/2012 By Karen Brooks

Review

Blurring the Borders

Forget authenticity. Smallwares and Aviary offer a mash-up of global eating.

06/22/2012 By Karen Brooks

Review

A Tale of Three Pizzas

In recent months, downtown dining has gotten a serious dairy boost with a wave of three new restaurants devoted to Italy’s tastiest export: Sizzle Pie, Oven and Shaker, and Via Tribunali. Turn the page for the straight slice on each.

05/24/2012 By Rachel Ritchie and Benjamin Tepler

Introducing

Aviary Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever

The up-and-comer restaurant was damaged by a Fourth of July fire last summer. Now it's back.

03/23/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Restaurant Review

Decadence Returns

In a city of casual gastronomy, fussy french cuisine looks fresh.

03/23/2012 By Karen Brooks

Eat Here Now

Review: Boke Bowl

The ramen at Boke Bowl is sensational. But there's a lot more than noodles happening here.

01/26/2012 By Karen Brooks

Restaurant Review

Duane's World

Stumptown coffee founder Duane Sorenson brings tavern food and specialty goods to Southeast Portland.

01/26/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Review

Abby's Open Table

With her expanding supper club, Abby Fammartino sets a place at her table for eaters of all kinds.

09/16/2011 By Rachel Ritchie

Out & About

Bellwether Farms Cheesemakers At Cheese Bar April 7

Sample sheep’s milk cheese, yogurt, and fromage blanc from a premier American cheesemaker

04/06/2011 By Teri Gelber

Market Watch

Sweet & Salty Make a Better Croissant

Find these prized Bavarian croissants from Fressen Artisan Bakery at Portland Farmers Markets. Go early or they'll be gone!

03/29/2011 By Teri Gelber

Review

Artfully Uncool

Bar Mingo’s Italian food master Jerry Huisinga shuns trends for a taste of authenticity.

01/19/2011 By Karen Brooks

Mud Room

Sea Change

A new captain steers McCormick & Schmick’s through choppy waters.

01/14/2011 By Zach Dundas

SLURP

Eat This Now: Handmade Noodles at Frank’s Noodle House

Frank's Noodle House in NE Portland, serves up "the best handmade noodles in town."

01/14/2011 By Rachel Ritchie

Review

Little Big Buzz

Restaurant entrepreneur Micah Camden flips the fast-food model.

11/17/2010 By Karen Brooks

Eat This Now

Eat: An Oyster Bar

Rachel Ritchie gives us a taste of N Williams Avenue's Cajun and Creole dishes from the New Orleans-styled, Eat.

10/18/2010 By Rachel Ritchie

Best Restaurants

2010 Best Restaurants: Evolution of a Revolution

Eight of the brightest ideas on the Portland food scene

10/13/2010 By Mike Thelin and Karen Brooks

Best Restaurants

2010 Best Restaurants: Around The World On $25 (Or Less)

10 great international destinations (plus Texas) on a budget

10/12/2010 By Mike Thelin