Might be my favorite brunch spot. The wait can be ridiculous, but the food is incredible. Best chicken and waffles in Portland too. Worth the wait.
Really unique dishes. Try the raddichio salad, the Burmese red pork stew, the polenta and sausage ragu, or John's Breakfast. One of the best burgers in town too. (definitely easier during the week)
Tasty n Sons' third, and newest restaurant. Different menu. The Korean Fried Chicken bowl at lunch (only) is my favorite dish. Everything else is also pretty exceptional.
All-American (e.g. biscuits and gravy and meats). Get the Reggie Deluxe - fried chicken sandwiched between the best buttermilk biscuits you've ever had, a sausage gravy and a fried egg on top.
Voodoo Donuts is a bit of an experience and available 24/7, but Blue Star is gourmet and keeps it classy. They only stay open until they sell out of donuts, which can be pretty early some days.
Everything you’d expect from the Ace brand is at this Portland outpost: hoodie robes, Pendleton blankets, and, in Deluxe rooms, turntables (and LP’s from local legends such as Pink Martini).
For leather hiking boots, head to this Portland-based shoe company beloved by loggers and indie musicians.
The oldest museum in the Northwest houses nearly 800 Japanese woodblock prints and indigenous work excavated from the Columbia River Gorge.
Built in 1914, this French Renaissance–style estate is open for tours and popular with bird-watchers. Combine your visit with a hike on the Lower Macleay Park Trail, past evergreens and Balch Creek.
Six acres of cultivated gardens overlooking the city were inspired by Japanese botanical design. Cross iris-embellished bridges, then Zen out in the raked karesansui Sand and Stone Garden.
A bibliophile’s mecca, this 68,000-square-foot bookstore is filled with new and used titles and hosts frequent author readings. In the rare-book room, you’ll find two 1814 volumes by Lewis and Clark.
At this trattoria-inspired spot, chef Joshua McFadden turns out Italian dishes such as rabbit agnolotti with chicory and striped bass with duck-egg mayonnaise.
A former convenience store is now an airy brasserie and a popular butcher shop. Standout menu items include the pan-seared imperial Wagyu steak with caramelized radicchio.
Grab a seat at the bar of James Beard Award–winning chef Gabriel Rucker’s kitchen to watch cooks turn out meat-centric platters including squab, served here with kumquats and charred marrowbone.
Portland’s hottest restaurant is a speakeasy-like bar in a former piano store, with stained-glass skylights and more than 1,100 types of whiskey. Order an Old-Fashioned from the roving bar cart.
Owned by Finnish pro snowboarder Wille Yli-Luoma, Heart has Scandinavian interiors and a Hikari siphon table that vacuum-steams grounds to bring out flavor.
At this low-key café, your single-origin cup may come from Las Capucas, Honduras, or Kilenso, Ethiopia, but it’s roasted in-house by a vintage Probat at the bamboo-lined bar.
Por Qué No serves the famous ‘Bryan’s bowl’ (meat or vegetables, rice, beans, guacamole, and queso fresco).
You won’t find a more inspiring destination to begin a Portland adventure than Mount Tabor Park. Hike or bike to the summit for a stunning view of the city.
