Gimme Five

5 Portland Record Labels to Know

Local music publishers with sharp taste and inspiring missions.

04/01/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

The Good Stuff

Our Favorite Specialty Grocers and International Markets in Portland

Where to find a fancy bit of cheese, track down imported ingredients, and travel the world with your taste buds.

05/16/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Best Restaurants 2022

At Akadi 2.0, Fatou Ouattara Is Cooking Her Way

From innovative suya wings and soursop cheesecake to classic spinach stew, Portland’s landmark West African restaurant has reached new heights.

08/10/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Thomas Teal

Food News

Gregory Gourdet’s Long-Awaited Restaurant, Kann, is Now Open

Reservations are tough to snag at this new spot featuring wood-fired Haitian cooking—but here are three dishes we can’t wait to try.

08/04/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Grocery Stores

What to Buy at House of Flavor Market, the New Grocery Store from Akadi’s Fatou Ouattara

From spicy pepper sauce to Nigerian beer, these are our must-haves.

06/29/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Akadi Is Reopening This Spring—along with an African Grocery

Portland’s best-known West African restaurant will return with a bigger location and an expanded menu.

02/16/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Dining Picks

Portland’s Essential Pan-African Restaurants

From Ethiopian and Somali food to West African cuisine, all the way to the diaspora communities of Belize, Jamaica, and the United States, here are some jumping off points for experiencing Africa’s widespread culinary influence.

02/11/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton and Dalila Brent