Oregon Trails

An Illustrated Guide to Oregon’s Winter Celebrations

Must-catch happenings during the state’s coldest months.

12/01/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Summer Weekends

A Casually Luxurious Seattle Weekend with the Kids

Biscuit carts, dive-bombing seagulls, Canlis cocktails, and a dreamy hotel pool.

08/04/2025 By Jordan Michelman

Summer Weekends

The North Coast’s Best Fish and Chips

A kitschy garden shop, an old fishing boat, and a converted house hold some of the best fried seafood from Cannon Beach to Astoria.

07/16/2025 By Alex Frane

Month Ahead

What to Do in Oregon in June

Goonies Weekend takes Astoria, the rodeo ropes Sisters, and a Sasquatch fest stomps through Glide.

05/28/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson and Portland Monthly Staff

Food News

This Forthcoming Mariscos Pop-Up Hand-Grinds Its Masa

Coming this summer: late-night aguachiles and mamey ice cream.

05/19/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden Photography by Michael Novak

Dining Picks

The Seafood Lover’s Guide to Portland

Where to find the best oysters on the half shell, Dungeness crab, poke bowls, and fried rockfish.

03/27/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

Month Ahead

What to Do in Oregon in April

Stroll among tulips and trilliums, marvel at migratory birds, and gorge yourself on cheese and seafood. Plus: a new festival devoted to Sasquatch.

03/26/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson

Veggies of the Sea

Alanna Kieffer Just Wants You to Love Seaweed

The seaweed farmer and marine educator cofounded a seaweed-centric event series called Winter Waters, back in 2025 for its third year.

01/29/2025 By Britany Robinson

Transit Trip

We Took the Bus to the Oregon Coast for a Car-Free Getaway

Bar trivia, a tunnel to a hidden beach, steaming chowder, and wild-yeast beer are just a $25 round-trip bus ticket away.

01/21/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Food News

Eats This Week: Say Goodbye to La Moule, and Hello to Giant Quesadillas

Visit La Moule and Yui before they shutter, and catch giant quesadillas and towering hamburguesas from two new pop-ups.

07/28/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Openings

PoMo Day Date: Tour Three New SE Eateries This Weekend

From oysters to Florentine steak to doughnuts, string together these three new spots—Heyday, Câche Câche, Grand Amari—for a novelty-filled outing.

05/25/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food Carts

Meet the Food Carts at Lil’ America, Portland’s Most Exciting New Pod

Come for Korean fried chicken wings, longanisa burgers, and a sense of community and camaraderie.

04/18/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Recipe

Make Café Olli’s Dungeness Crab, Green Garlic, and Meyer Lemon Pasta

This dish lets seasonal spring ingredients shine.

02/13/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Novak

Travel

Getting Wrecked in Astoria: 28 Hours of Beer, Food, and History

Czech-style pilsners, blackberry English pub ciders, creamy frozen custard, barking sea lions, famous shipwrecks, historic military batteries, and more

02/10/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Food News

Restaurants from Portland, Maine, Are Popping Up on This Coast

Eem and Magna Kusina will host two prominent restaurants from our namesake, the other Portland, later this month.

01/12/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Year In Review

Our Food Writers’ Best Bites of 2022 at Portland Restaurants

After another year of eating our way through Portland, at your service, these are the dishes we’re still chewing on.

12/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz, Karen Brooks, and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Taste Test

We Put Top Chef Alum Sara Hauman’s Tinned Seafood to the Test

Tiny Fish Co. puts in-your-face spices and sustainability in a can

06/09/2022 By Karen Brooks

Oregon Coast

Where to Eat, Stay, and Play in Astoria on the Oregon Coast

This fishing town is packed with history, hikes, quirky shops, fish and chips, and beer.

06/07/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Food Trends

Shrimp Cocktail Is Back, Baby

The ritzy hors d’oeuvre can help make the most of hard-won pandemic nights out and provide solace for nostalgia-starved diners.

02/14/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Recipe

Make Davenport Chef Kevin Gibson's Seafood Stew

Transport yourself to Catalonia with this nutty, toasty, tomatoey romesco de peix.

01/11/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton