California burger giant In-N-Out opened its first Washington restaurant on Wednesday, August 20, just a few miles over the border from Portland, Oregon.

No timeline can ever be definitive, but I’ve tried to distill the essence of the story of specialty coffee in the Pacific Northwest: It begins with striving, baby boomer empire building in Seattle; ...

Sortis Holdings now owns nationally recognized Portland restaurants like Ava Gene’s, Bamboo Sushi, and Sizzle Pie. What does that mean for the city’s independent restaurant scene?

John Gorham, the figurehead of the sprawling Portland restaurant group Toro Bravo Inc, is planning to sell his restaurants after he posted a set of now-deleted Facebook posts that threatened and ...

Each year, the Eater Awards recognizes the best and brightest local talent among a city’s chefs and restaurants. As we researched to uncover the best restaurants that opened in Portland in the past ...

Standing adjacent to a motel of the same name for more than five decades, Cameo Cafe exudes an honest, often imitated, never replicated type of cool that is rapidly going extinct in Portland. Each ...

While many on the internet will see this conclusion as outlandish — unlikely, even — there is precedent for such an opinion. Roberta’s alum Anthony Falco, who has branded himself as an “international ...

Ben Coleman is an award-winning freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon. For more than a decade his work has appeared in the Northwest alt weeklies Portland Mercury and Seattle Stranger, as well as ...

A bar with over 50 years of history in Portland, those who know Reel M Inn Best reflect on its history, its struggle to survive the coronavirus pandemic, and its future.

Saucebox, the downtown Portland restaurant owned by prominent restaurateur Bruce Carey, has closed permanently, after a lengthy temporary closure related to the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurant is ...

Portland’s Cafe Culture Is Changing. These Coffee Businesses Call It a New Wave. From cafes to roasters, new businesses are shaping the coffee industry in a city with a robust caffeinated history ...

Why Is Soho House, an ‘Exclusive Social Club,’ Opening in Portland of All Places? We get one Ritz-Carlton and suddenly Portland is Los Angeles?