BEST RESTAURANTS

Portland Monthly's Cuisine of the Year 2014: Kachka and DaNet's Russian Party

With vastly different approaches, a veteran Portland chef and two newcomers to the scene are creating a people’s party you want to join.

10/09/2014 By Karen Brooks

BREAKING NEWS

Doug Adams Crowned Imperial’s Chef De Cuisine

Up-and-coming sous chef Doug Adams takes the reigns at Vitaly Paley’s downtowner Imperial.

07/24/2014 By Kelly Clarke

HIT LIST

A Handy Guide to Portland's Best UnRestaurants

Glimpse the next phase of Portland dining at these 11 pop-up dinners, secret back rooms, and farm fresh feasts.

07/01/2014 By Karen Brooks

BREAKING NEWS

Chef Vitaly Paley Joins the Pop-Up Revolution

In June, a godfather of Portland’s food scene will reset the table of his youth with drinking foods, hand-cured caviar, and, yes, Russian rap.

05/20/2014 By Karen Brooks

DREAM TEAM

From Russia, With Love

USSR-born, Juilliard-trained, James Beard award-winning notables Vitaly Paley and Anya Von Bremzen, author of the buzzy Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, are collaborating in PDX.

11/27/2013 By Karen Brooks

DINNER FOR A CAUSE

Portland Chefs Team Up For Typhoon Relief

Check out our slide show of photos from the recent benefit dinner at Beast, featuring the city's top culinary talent, six killer courses, and $12,000 donated to Mercy Corps's typhoon relief efforts.

11/26/2013 Photography by Stuart Mullenberg By Karen Brooks

BEST RESTAURANTS 2013

The Next Top Chefs

A new generation of restaurant talent is rising in Portland. We prowled local kitchens and grilled top chefs to find the best.

11/01/2013 Photography by Stuart Mullenberg By Kelly Clarke

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Portland's 2013 James Beard Semifinalists

Six Portland chefs stand tall among 20 contenders for Best Chef Northwest, and six other local talents compete in the James Beard Award's national categories.

02/19/2013 By Allison Jones

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Paley's Alumni Dinner Series

Former Paley's Place kitchen hands Gabriel Rucker, Scott Ketterman, and Tommy Habetz will return to the Northwest 21st eatery for a tasty exercise in nostalgia.

02/12/2013 By Allison Jones

OPENING DAY

Inside Vitaly Paley's Portland Penny Diner

The Paley's second new opening this season is serving up fry bread sandwiches, breakfast nosh, and throw-back soda fountain cocktails for kids of all ages.

12/01/2012 By Allison Jones

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

OPENING NIGHT

Vitaly Paley's Imperial Opens on SW Broadway

The second eatery from the James Beard Award-winning chef of Paley's Place opened this week for PNW-centric breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

09/14/2012 By Allison Jones

Slideshow

Slide Show: Inside Vitaly Paley's Imperial

We've got photos and first bites from the new PNW-centric SW Broadway eatery from the James Beard Award-winning chef of Paley's Place.

09/14/2012

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Eat Beat's News to Chew

Top food news stories from around Portland, including John Gorham's departure from Interurban and a new chef at Olympic Provisions NW.

09/05/2012 By Allison Jones

RECIPE

Go Savory

Rhubard Recipes: Nothing against strawberry-rhubarb pie, but chef Vitaly Paley prefers to call rhubarb by any name other than sweet.

05/19/2009 By Ashley Griffin