Food Reviews & Stories [PACIFIC ISLANDER] The 3-foot radius inside the door of Harold and Renu Nath’s box-cluttered island shop is all American minimart—smokes, Pepsi, Lemonheads and gummy treats. But explore any deeper and you’ll hit Africa, Jamaica, Tonga and Micronesia in turn, with aisles devoted to    More

Food Reviews & Stories [THAI] When you think you’ve seen every Asian spice, condiment and variation on pork rinds available, motor over to Amphaphone Jeung’s goldenrod-hued palace and prepare to have your taste buds schooled. Although the homey, super-organized store, which the family has run for 25 years, spe   More

Food Reviews & Stories [EUROPEAN, SWEETS] “Hello, nice lady!!!” shouts Muhamed Mujcic-Mufko, half-buried behind a waist-high wall of Kinder eggs, marzipan logs, Finnish licorice (salted and unsalted), chocolate bunnies and Haribo gummies. Just call the white-haired Bosnian gent Southeast Portland’s &ldqu   More

Food Reviews & Stories [JAPANESE] Many locals are atwitter over the idea that this Seattle-based Asian mega-store may open an outpost in downtown Chinatown. That’s because smart cooks have been motoring out to Beaverton for a small island nation’s worth of sushi-grade fresh fish (cleaned and cut to order), liv   More

Food Reviews & Stories [VIETNAMESE] It’s not the most well-stocked Asian grocer in town, but cramped, dingy Vieng Lao’s got location—a few blocks west of PCC’s Cascade campus—on its side. It’s one of the only places to find Vietnamese, Hawaiian and Cambodian foodstuffs and spices, not t   More

Food Reviews & Stories [VIETNAMESE SANDWICHES] This hole-in-the-wall near the Rose City Golf Course packs stubby, just-baked baguettes with super-fresh bahn mi, from pork pâté and ham to jalapeños ($2.50). Peruse the array of housemade Asian dishes, from neon pink sweet sticky rice to rubbery shrimp du   More

Food Reviews & Stories [PIE] Thank the Aussies for this exhaustively local, seasonal, organic pie endeavor—specifically Aussie Christopher Powell, who had a hunger to capitalize on America’s sad, puzzling lack of savory, crusted vittles. He and wife Sarah Curtis-Fawley bake their pies ($6.50 each) fresh each m   More

Food Reviews & Stories [PIES, FANCY FOODS] “I’m a sucker for great packaging,” says Immortal co-owner Morgan Ennis with a laugh. “But it’s gotta be good inside, too.” Ennis lives up to her credo with her grape-colored fancy foods-, beer- and wine-parlor, where whimsical oversized lollip   More

Food Reviews & Stories [ASIAN] Need an encyclopedic selection of Asian foodstuffs plus a full service deli, spirits aisle and bubble-tea counter? Well, that’s Fubonn. But if you’re just after cheap, huge containers of Chinese and Vietnamese staples without a crowd, An Dong is a great alternative. For more than   More

Food Reviews & Stories [MIDDLE EASTERN, HALAL MEAT] Northern Iraqi-import Khalil Abdullah’s big, red Beaverton market has one of the largest selections of Middle Eastern goods in town and is a godsend for halal households. Happily wander the clean, well-lit aisles collecting a basketful of teas and spices, different   More