Best of Portland 2026

Our annual list of oddballs, pipe dreams and hideouts that make this city.

Rachelle Menashe makes devotional candles for PDX punk royalty.

Inga Ilze Peterson’s faux blooms look like they were plucked from the garden.

The chè at Berlu Bakery is a play on the classic Vietnamese sweet.

The ballad of Princess Collette.

Headspace Circus throws clown-themed raves in a secret room behind Republic Cafe.

Nanographs operates electron microscopes in OMSI godfather Shab Levy’s old workshop.

FoPo Run Club cheers until the last Portland Marathon racer passes.

Chloe Findtner’s airbrush paintings toe the line between fine art and craft.

The rainbow hydrants at Darcelle XV Plaza are for dogs, but they’re pissing certain people off, too.