Food Reviews & Stories 8 am-2:30 pm Monday-Friday, 8 am-3 pm Saturday-Sunday.  What a novel concept—a brunch place where you don’t have to wait 30 minutes! But don’t take the lack of weekday overflow as a sign    More

Food Reviews & Stories Between the pastel paint on the walls and abundance of chicken breast, blue cheese and artichoke hearts on the menu, you’d be forgiven for feeling like you’d hitched a ride back to 1993 upon ope   More

Food Reviews & Stories Walking in here is like getting an unexpected, welcome hug. Anchoring a strip mall in bleakest suburbia, JCD looks off-putting from the outside, but indoors is a tiny universe of delight. A few wood   More

Food Reviews & Stories Lucy and April Eklund’s airy Sellwood cafe offers dozens of teas from around the world and enormous platters of Thai and Vietnamese standards. The restaurant is unusual for the neighborhood in tha   More

Food Reviews & Stories You may not realize, upon first visiting J&M Cafe, that you’ve never been there before. It is so very Southeast Portland in all the best ways, with brick walls, exposed wooden rafters, local a   More

Food Reviews & Stories A true surprise in the midst of the Lloyd District, the J Cafe is an oasis in a desert of bland hotels, mallrats and Blazers. A clean, small space (be wary of noontime crowds), it serves typical lu   More

Food Reviews & Stories I stepped out of the Portland drizzle and into a weird Southern dream. Shacklike downtown eatery Hillbilly Bento’s walls are lined with handmade signs that make it look more like the clubhouse fro   More

Food Reviews & Stories In a town full of trendy, inventive sushi restaurants with hourlong waits, Ichidai can’t much compete on atmosphere, innovation or sustainability. Nestled in a nondescript Powell Boulevard office   More

Food Reviews & Stories 10 am-7 pm Monday-Friday. This Palestinian-owned corner bistro has an entryway every bit as quiet as its name, its view blocked from the sidewalk by a broad support pillar. The decor is also unremar   More

Food Reviews & Stories Sit at the bar at Hot Pot City because it’s more fun. There’s no booze, though—the only thing on tap is soda. Chinese hot pot (lunch $8.65; dinner $14.65 adults, $10 kids) is basically cook yo   More