A high-spirited Northeast Portland tapas restaurant, Toro Bravo sums up everything wonderful about locavore dining in Portland. The food is savory, sumptuous, and made from top-tier local products. The service makes you feel like an honored guest. Housed in a beautifu…

Little Green Grocer is yet another reason to love living in the Pearl. Imagine: all that is wonderful about New Seasons - fresh, organic produce, local inventory, gourmet hot food and such -  condensed into the cutest (and most sustainable) little food shop I've ever…

On Saturday mornings, Screen Door calls out to me. Brunch at Screen Door is all about huge portions of amazing, buttermilk-battered (and very local) goodness served with a degree of professionalism and hospitality you don't see too often in Portland. The one drawback …

The Doug Fir Lounge is a little slice of Portland at its best. It's a swanky diner, a bar, and Portland's premier concert venue, all rolled into one fabulous establishment. Doug Fir's concert space is already legendary, drawing nationally recognized performers to it…

I love stopping by Daily Cafe in the Pearl in the morning. It's a consistently good neighborhood cafe where I've always received great, smiling service. They serve Café Umbria coffee along with a good selection of pastries and other yummy morning small bites. You c…

Coffee and sandwich shop by day, bar and music venue by night, Side Door is many things to many people. Need a cup of joe to start your day? They have Stumptown. Lunchtime hunger pangs? How about a solid burger and chips (pic above). Looking for a pint after work? The…

Kettleman Bagels & Bakery has 3 locations in Portland. The original is in the Abernathy neighborhood in SE Portland, the second shop is in the Nob Hill neighborhood in NW, and the newest is Downtown. The business opened in 2006 and has built a loyal following am…

Red Onion Thai is a tranquil place to have some great thai food.  The restaurant is open feeling and tastefully decorated with and statuettes standing guard from a wall.  I tried the peppered beef off of their traditional Thai menu.  This was the big boy menu, no…

One of the great 'not-so-undiscovered' secrets of Portland is the happy hour at Portland City Grill. With the best view in the city, gourmet food at a ridiculously low price, and top-notch service, the word has been out for some time about this happy hour. So much i…

Pix Patisserie may be the best dessert place in Portland. It's sort of like food art. Some of their desserts are so amazing to look at that you'll actually hesitate to eat them. They also have great coffee, a huge beer selection, and even their own hand made ice cre…