Best Restaurants 2012

The Next Wave: 5 Brand-New Restaurants to Look Out For

Here's what to watch in the final months of 2012.

10/19/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks With Benjamin Tepler

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