PORTLAND & OREGON DINING

Fine dining guide, restaurant reviews, food and drinks from Portland and throughout Oregon

Amelia's is proud of its tortillas, and for good reason. They're perfectly flaky on the outside and chewy on the inside.  Full story »

Teri Gelber talks cheese, beer and the Number 15 bus with the man behind Cheese Bar. Full story »

When Ron Gansberg of Cascade Brewing worked in a winery, he developed an affection for the barrels. He’s using that experience now in his barrel-aged brews inspired by sour beers such as Flemish ales.  Full story »

Martin on Fenouil's swordfish: "It's not prepared the way most people are used to eating it. It's poached in clarified butter, and the fish we get is amazingly marbled already. It's rich without being heavy. Full story »

Think bar, not restaurant. Order at the counter and pick a song on the rockin' jukebox while you wait for your food. Full story »

Roger Porter reports on this New American bistro's adventurous ways with meats -- roasted, braised as well as cured in-house. Full story »

Riding the surge of popularity in hamburgers, Yakuza owner Camden is opening his own burger joint in the Pearl District. Full story »

Michael C. Zusman reports on the comfortably casual, dark-wooded alehouse on the Northeast 28th Avenue restaurant row near Burnside Street. Full story »

The venerable special-occasion restaurant closed last year, a victim both of the recession and of more austere attitudes toward seven-course meals. Now a streamlined new incarnation is open and going strong. Full story »

Vegetarians, be warned: Big Kahuna's in Portland might not be your kind of place. It's all about the meat here. From huli chicken to ribs to kalua pork, brisket and sausage, along with that most Hawaiian of meats, Spam, Big Kahuna's brings mainland barbecue techniques and flavors to bear on the traditional Hawaiian plate lunch. Full story »

Nine Oregon chefs and two Portland restaurants made the short list for the prestigious 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars for the food world.  Full story »

The economic undertow has forced some of the metro area's most creative kitchen minds to pile up quality ingredients and slather on ideas in unexpected ways. Full story »

These hidden gems are all over the map when it comes to ethnic inspiration or location -- but they're uniformly delicious.  Full story »

Portland's burger mania continues and indie restaurateur Micah Camden plans to launch a fast food burger concept in the Pearl District in next few months.  Full story »