Alberta Street Restaurants, Northeast (NE) Portland

The makers of “Portlandia” were right—Portlanders love putting birds on things and meals made with local ingredients. So it’s not surprising that one of our newest dinner spots is called Aviary. But this place has more class than Portlandia quirk....

Troy MacLarty says he wanted to open a spot that serves Indian cuisine because, quite simply, that's what he wanted to eat. After a three-week tasting tour of the subcontinent took him through Mumbai, Calcutta and Goa, MacLarty returned to the States and, within just a...

Swiss is IT. Grüner brought Alpine cuisine to local foodies’ attention, and now Café Hibiscus puts their own more casual and homespun, but no less delicious, spin on it in the King neighborhood. Co-owner Jennie Wyss grew up in Hawaii with her Swiss father...

If there was any question that Alberta Street is home to more Thai restaurants in a 30-block strip than any other in the city, well, there shouldn’t be anymore. Welcome the very popular Cha Ba Thai’s second location to Concordia (their first is on NE Sandy...

Imagine a cocktail menu created by a self-proclaimed Jedi bartender. A taco lab that breeds local ingredients into Mexican, Asian and American tacos. A downtown fancy vibe without the meat market. Well, it’s all on Alberta with the late September opening of The...

Meeting in Amsterdam in a youth hostel, he (Ghaith) had been gravely wounded in a bombing and thus had left his home in Baghdad, traveling from country to country seeking asylum. She (Tiffany) was working for a nonprofit aiming to empower women to leave the world of...

Already, Enzo’s has a reputation for authentic Italian food, and the small restaurant is frequented by folks who study Italian language and culture. The owner is the shop’s namesake, Enzo Lanzadoro, who cooks up dishes from Puglia, Italy, including focaccia,...

This Japanese bistro is a recent spin-off of Sushi Hana, which has three other sushi bars on the outskirts of Portland. Sushi fans are praise Hana’s service as well as its gyoza, sashimi, specialty rolls, and its smattering of Korean options. Charity Thompson, 4/6/11