The Sugar & Spice doughnuts are the best you'll eat in Portland. Forget Voodoo.
Try the bahn mi, as well as the croissants, pain au noix, the petite chaud, and bang bao.
WW Cheap Eats 2011 favorites: spicy broth with the combination for two ($24.95). If you're feeling flush, add on the shrimp balls ($6.95).
By far the best Dim Sum in Portland. Once you've tried the Dim Sum here you will be spoiled for life. Because finding better will require a round trip ticket to Hong Kong. Read more.
Thin-crust East Coast/New Haven-style pizza, this southeast joint closes when they out of dough, which they stick in a 650-900-degree oven and char the daylights out of. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Is there really anything bad here? I don't think so. Get here before 9 am or fight the line.
One part ramen den, one part izakaya, two parts modernista basement bunker, this chef hangout is run by the most improbable Japanese cook in town: a white guy from Michigan. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Nostrana is a vision for the times: a local legend (former Genoa co-owner Cathy Whims) cooking the food she loves; sophistication without the intimidation... Read more.
Portland’s best Sichuan spot . Unmissable dishes include the “hot pepper chicken bath” or the insanely cumin-tastic cumin beef, finished with a touch of prickly ash. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Though meat hitting the grill is the main focus, both veggies and seafood represent well in homey dishes like hominy stew and braised octopus. [Eater Member 38]
PORTLAND MONTHLY named the xuixos de crema ("perfect croissant dough... vanilla-bean speckled custard cream... roll in cinnamon, sugar, Sichuan pepper") one of the "10 things to devour in 2014."
PORTLAND MONTHLY highlighted their White Russian as one of the ten things to devour in 2014: "House Spirits coffee liqueur, chocolate bitters... cinnamon syrup... cloud of vanilla foam & coffee salt."
The Oregonian recommends the oysters, $24 steak frites, and the lengthy cocktail list.
