15 Portland Food Favorites You Will Love
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- 15 Apr 2022
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Portland is the kind of city that gets under a visitor’s skin. As satirized in the Portlandia TV show, the city fully embraces the green lifestyle. Young people flock to Portland, many deciding to permanently stay after falling for the city’s progressive vibe.
Beyond being a green city, Portland serves some of the country’s finest coffee and beer as well as more artisan food than we’ve seen in any other American city. Sure, it rains a lot, but everything can’t be perfect. Plus the rain adds atmosphere.
Like many, we extended our Portland stay, in our case from three days to a week. This extra time allowed us to leisurely visit book stores and museums while eating and drinking our way around the weird yet wonderful city.
Portland Food Favorites
The food scene in Portland is nothing short of exciting. In our opinion, it’s one of the best food cities in America.
Chefs create hyper-local dishes using products sourced from Oregon farms and the nearby Willamette Valley. But don’t rule out global cuisine in Portland. If a food exists in the world, you can probably find it at a restaurant or food cart somewhere in the city.
Portland’s dining options are both glorious and overwhelming. We recommend that you start your culinary exploration with the following Portland food favorites:
1. Portland Food Carts
Portland didn’t start the food truck revolution. That credit goes to Los Angeles and Roy Choi.
However, Portland not only embraced the concept but took it to the next level. Ranked as the number one food truck city in America by Food Truck Nation, Portland has more than 600 food carts clustered in pods all over the city.
Food carts sell some of the best Portland cheap eats in cuisines from all parts of the US and around the world. Popular carts include Bing Mi, Koi Fusion, Matt’s BBQ, MF Tasty Food Truck and Nong’s Khao Man Gai.
After visiting numerous food carts pods around town, we ate enough street food to pick Bing Mi and Nong’s Khao Man Gai as our favorite Portland food carts. Dedicate some time exploring the city’s various food cart pods on a Street Food Tour or on your own to discover your favorites.
2. Classic Portland Restaurants
Portland’s food scene transcends the city’s many food carts with a slew of outstanding restaurants. Though more expensive than the city’s mobile eateries, these restaurants offer the chance to eat excellent food while sitting down and with real silverware and table service.
Though not yet at the level of New York and San Francisco, Portland’s culinary scene is far from under the radar. James Beard has recognized chefs at Portland restaurants including Ava Gene’s, Beast, Le Pigeon, Ox Restaurant and Paley’s Place. Read More...
