So I’m going to recommend a few places that I absolutely trust the chefs when going to their establishments: What other cuisines do you enjoy eating or cooking, and where do you go for these foods? Portland proper is so small that you’re never more than five minutes away from an adjacent neighborhood, so I’m going to be generic and say Portland is my favorite. What’s your favorite neighborhood to dine out at? For dinner, I would go to any of the restaurants I mentioned up top and then for dessert, I’d drive to Tarad Thai and get the sticky coconut rice with mango! From there, I’d probably do lunch at either Harlow and get the Arcadian bowl with poached eggs, quinoa, sautéed veggies and avocado, or I’d head down the street and get the only thing on the menu at The Whole Bowl, which is essentially brown rice, black beans, black olives, cilantro, cheddar cheese and sour cream, and then covered in some kind of hippie-esque secret sauce. I’d then go get a spicy Chai latte at Tea Bar in NE Portland. My day would start out driving to Nuvrei to grab one of the aforementioned croissants.
His croissants, which are made every hour on the hour, are always warm, always flaky and always amazing!ĭescribe your perfect “dining out day” in Portland. And I’m proud to name Portland as having the best croissant this side of Paris. My favorite thing to eat, my guilty pleasure is the croissant. Grab a handful of arugula, fold your pizza over it, and you’ll most likely order another one before you leave.
This pizza is so simple: tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and Calabrian chiles. The pizza that I get every time is the spicy Arrabbiata with a side of fresh arugula and flaked salt. Portland has quite a few good-to-great pizza places in town, but Ken’s Artisan, in my opinion, is the best.
The fish – which takes 40 minutes to prepare and is about 18 inches long, is baked till crispy, covered in peanuts, scallions, ginger and fried shallots, and served with a veritable quantity of fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, vermicelli noodles, rice paper and a few dipping sauces – is one of the best dishes I’ve ever had, period. The dish easily feeds two people and is a meal unto itself and also quite the eating experience. It’s a Vietnamese baked catfish dish at Pho Van. The next dish is not very well known in Portland, as it’s in the Ghetto of 82nd Street. Other restaurants in town have turned this salad into versions of sandwiches and all have paid homage to him by naming it the PK. Chef Scott Dolich sears his steak and cooks it a perfectly medium rare, then slices it, tosses in pickled red onions, blue cheese, an often-changing assortment of greens, and his house vinaigrette. It’s probably the most famous thing on the menu for as long as the restaurant has been around. That salad is Portland famous, but only to the foodie set. The accoutrements change as the seasons do my personal favorite is when she serves it with her chicken liver mousse and fig compote!Īnother one of my favorite dishes is the seared steak and blue cheese salad at Park Kitchen. Chef/owner Jenn Louis griddles her dough so that the flatbread comes out crispy and seasoned perfectly on the outside, while still being light and chewy in the middle. The master recipe (which I’ve tried to steal on many occasions) stays the same. One of my favorite dishes in Portland is the flatbread at Lincoln Restaurant. Name the top restaurants that you think every visitor in Portland should try. Occupation: Chef and Co-owner, Little Big Burger, Boxer Ramen, Blue Star Donuts, Son of a BiscuitĪwards/Accolades: Empire Builder of the Year, Eater (2013) Hometowns: Gary, Indiana and Salt Lake City, Utah Micah Camden, owner of Portland, Ore.'s Blue Star Donuts, Little Big Burger, and Boxer Ramen
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