Restaurant Review

Nostalgic Finger Food Shimmies at G-Love’s Sister Bar the Love Shack

There’s a little new place where…canapé carts roam and espresso martinis flow.

08/12/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Openings

Café Olli Is Opening a Combination Bakery & Wine Bar

The Northeast Portland restaurant’s sister café will serve oysters, natural wine, and bread and pastries from its stellar bakery.

07/26/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

In Memoriam

Naomi Pomeroy Insisted on Excellence. That's What Made Her a Legend.

The late founder of iconic Portland restaurant Beast, Pomeroy was committed to growth, both in the kitchen and outside it.

07/17/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Restaurant Review

It’s Exclusive, But Is the Soho House Restaurant Cool?

Members-only restaurants are having a national renaissance. Soho House is the closest thing Portland has.

07/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

Bounty Bender

How to Eat Your Way across McMinnville in 48 Hours

In the heart of Oregon wine country, the food scene rivals that of any Portland neighborhood.

06/04/2024 By Jordan Michelman

Best Restaurants

The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now

The legends, new voices, and wild ideas that make Portland a major dining destination.

06/04/2024 Edited by Karen Brooks

Tradesies?

Soho House Deals in Social and Cultural Capital. But It Trades for Art.

With nearly 150 works from Portland’s biggest artists, the social club’s art collection paints a picture of the current art scene.

04/30/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Pro Tip

These Four James Beard Semifinalists May Soon Be Impossible to Book

Beat the crowds and check out these four award hopefuls in Oregon while you can still get in.

02/28/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

The Long Game

Inside the Company That Owns Bamboo Sushi, Sizzle Pie, and Ava Gene’s

In the darkest days of the pandemic, the company Sortis Holdings emerged behind beloved brands like Bamboo Sushi, Sizzle Pie, and Ava Gene’s, and then nearly imploded.

02/08/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Giacomo Gambineri

Like, Comment, Subscribe

The 4 Surprising Ways Chefs and Restaurateurs Want Your Support

After an abysmal January of extreme weather and post-holidays dips, helping is easier than you think.

02/02/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Review

Yaowarat Is Portland Monthly’s Restaurant of the Year

At Yaowarat, four friends locate the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown by way of Portland. Welcome to one of America’s newest originals.

01/24/2024 By Karen Brooks Photography by Thomas Teal

Collective Action

Portland’s Restaurants Seek Emergency Funding after Crippling Ice Storm

An industry group found that restaurant losses averaged of $28,000 each, and makes a plea for local government help.

01/23/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Best of 2023

Top 10 Portland Dishes of 2023

From pastrami croissants to classic pancakes to mole milk punch, here’s this year's most memorable food in a foodie town.

12/28/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Thai'd & True

Superfan: These Besties Enjoy a Spendy Meal at Langbaan Every Month

Jessica Miller and Reme DeBisschop have eaten at Langbaan since 2015. What keeps them coming back?

12/26/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Raines

Most Innovative Restaurants

The Pizza Shop Run by One Guy. Yes, Just One.

Two years of operating Gracie’s Apizza solo taught Craig Melillo a new model for restaurants.

12/21/2023 By Arianne Cohen Photography by Michael Raines

Most Innovative Restaurants

In Portland, Cooperation, Sharing, and Charity Are on the Menu

From collectives to cooperative ownership, Dame Collective, Mirisata, and Café Olli cook up sustainable business models in a notoriously tough industry.

12/20/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Most Innovative Restaurants

What's Autobiographical Cuisine? 3 Portland Eateries Tell Their Stories

Borscht tacos. Pho pizza. Taiwanese spaghetti. These local restaurateurs draw from multicultural lives to create cuisines of their own.

12/18/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Novak

First Look

Opening Oct 6, Four Culinary All-Stars Bring Bangkok's Chinatown Street Food to Yaowarat

What happens when the minds behind Eem, Expatriate, and Langbaan join forces with a Sweedeedee alum? We’re about to find out.

10/02/2023 By Karen Brooks

Power Ranking

We Ranked Every McMenamins in and around Portland

The local brewery-winery-distillery-historic-hotel-theater-concert-hall-wedding-venue-etc. empire turned 40 in 2023, and we graded every one within 20 miles.

09/22/2023 By Dalila Brent, Arianne Cohen, Katherine Chew Hamilton, Isabel Lemus Kristensen, Michael Novak, Margaret Seiler, and Sam Stites

Rude Food

Terrible Service? Yep. Rude Diner Comes to Portland

The TikTok-famous dining experience, Karen's Diner, is on tour, and promises good food and awful vibes.

09/14/2023 By Dalila Brent