Food Reviews & Stories Still one of the most elegant and evocative rooms in town, Bluehour has amped up its service from professional to cordial; no attitude here. But judging by several meals over the past couple of months, the food has lost some of the edge that justified the sky-high prices. Heirloom tomato soup was bl   More

Food Reviews & Stories This welcoming restaurant, one of the first on Southeast Division Street’s restaurant row, just gets better as the years go by. Owner Ben Gonzales and sous-chef Raymond Anderson seem to have intensified the Mexican flavors, dishing out menu staples like sopes de chorizo (crisp cornmeal bowls f   More

Food Reviews & Stories A glance at Murata’s tiny, plain-vanilla space in an office plaza wouldn’t give you a clue that it is considered by many the best Japanese restaurant in Portland. Yet the restaurant’s claim to the title is solid, rivaled in the city center only by the more elegant Hiroshi. You&rsqu   More

Food Reviews & Stories Next time you’re dining at Sel Gris, listen. Over the muffled bass of background music, you’ll hear bursts of laughter, the clink of crystal, and the animated conversations of people who are happy to be exactly where they are. And, if you’re attentive, you’ll hear executive c   More

Food Reviews & Stories Why did chef Jen Lewis, who runs the fine catering company Culinary Artistry, and her husband, David Walsh, one of the city’s top-notch waiters and a producer for public radio, decide to venture into the risky and brutal world of owning a restaurant? Beats me, but their new venture, Lincoln, w   More

Special Section Next time you’re dining at Sel Gris, listen. Over the muffled bass of background music, you’ll hear bursts of laughter, the clink of crystal, and the animated conversations of people who a ...   More

Featured Stories Bold. No matter what you think about Lucier—the eye-popping new restaurant that opened in late May on the west bank of the Willamette at RiverPlace—you’ve got to admit it’s bo ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Cha, the upscale version of the Portland’s popular Cha! Cha! Cha! mini-chain of Mexican restaurants, has been open almost a year. A nice renovation of a vacant antique mall at Northwest 21st Ave ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Once in a great while, you arrive at a restaurant and know you’re going to have a terrific meal before you even walk in the door. Anybody who’s done some serious eating knows that promisi ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories The menus are in Spanish and the food’s billed as Mexican at Trébol, which opened in June on Northeast Albina Avenue. The walls are painted in Frida Kahlo colors of chile and maize, the b ...   More