Where to eat in Portland, OR?

Last time I was there, I ate at Portland City Grill and Portland Prime.

This is the view from PCG:



This is Portland Prime:



I enjoyed both restaurants and plan to return to each one next month.

I went about a month ago. We ate at Little Bird one night and Beast the next day for brunch before heading out to wine country. Both were very good. Beast has a fixed menu with no substitutions - everyone sits and eats at the same time...it was a good experience though.

You headed to the GRC by chance? I'm anxiously awaiting vendor dinners there myself.

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What should I make my sister bring back w/ her next time she goes to visit her inlaws?

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Hair of the Dog, Block 15, Breakside, Laurelwood, Ale Apothecary, De Garde, Boneyard, Cascade, Logsdon, etc.

those are all different breweries

When I was there a couple years ago:

Best dinners, Le Pigeon and Beast.

Brunch/lunch, Tasty & Sons and Bunk Sandwiches.

No, going for another conference.

Thanks for the suggestions. Anyone ever eat at Shut Up and Eat? Heard it's some of the best sandwiches.

Le Pigeon and Farmhouse Cafe are right next door to each other. Right across the street is Burnside Brewery, which also has solid food and beer.

Lincoln - very good.
Produce Row - reasonably priced with a good tap menu
Beast is great.
Portland City Grill has the best views of the city and Mt. Hood.
Pok Pok - Thai. Legendary chicken wings
Pine State Biscuits - if you want to eat like arseinclarse for breakfast or lunch.
Ken's Artisan Bakery is world class pizza.

Honestly, you can drive along N. Williams or Mississippi Ave and find something interesting to stop at. Lot's of interesting restaurants and stores.

For lunch - Food trucks. Tons of them around Portland. You can get on-line reviews, but I mainly just look for the lines. The good ones have longer lines. Not scientific, but....

Lardo - good sandwiches.

Breweries - have good food and beer. Deschutes, Cascade, Hair of the Dog, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Ecliptic, Lucky Lab, Brigeport, Laurelwood, etc...

McMenamins - they restore historical properties and make brewpubs out of them. They have restored old hotels, churches, theatres, barns, houses, and schools. They are all over the place. Cool atmosphere with good food and beer, reasonably priced. Don't go at lunch, as service is usually not fast.

Salt and Straw - Ice cream. Really, really good ice cream.

Voodoo is OK. Mostly a cool experience and people watching. The best donuts are at Blue Star - they are expensive, it's quality over quantity.

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Lardo - good sandwiches.

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My wife and I just went to Oregon to visit the coast and wine country. We spent one night in Portland and ate lunch at Lardo's before heading to the coast, I thought it was great.


I had a pork belly gyro that was excellent, and my wife got a Pho'rench Dip (instead of au jus to dip in, it used Pho broth) that she said ws awesome, but the best thing may have been the fries that had scraps of pork, various peppers, and cheese

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For lunch - Food trucks

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There were so many food trucks that looked good in that block where they all are; I wish we had had time before cat5ching our return flight to try them out.

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If you're like me, you saw this and HAD to have it...

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Yep, I asked the guy behind the counter what was good. It was the first thing he mentioned, and I said, "Say no more, I'll have that".

I thought Portland was a really cool city, and if we could go back and do the trip again we would stay another day or two there instead of spending most of our time in wine country and the coast.