Food & Drink, Southwest (SW) Portland

Wood bar, brick walls, flat-screen TVs, pool tables, neon beer signs—yep, this is a sports bar all right. But while the appetizers are named after hockey terms and the burgers after football moves, the island-inspired menu takes bar food to a higher level. The Face...

Sure, there are lots of fabulous new restaurants to try in town, but sometimes you just want to stay in and enjoy a home-cooked meal. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t taste just as fabulous, right? Well, maybe not at my house, but if you’re more talented in...

Until four years ago, Warren Becker was busy saving the world, spending much of his adult life working for various nonprofits. When he'd saved as much of it as he could, he decided to follow a dream that had gradually gathered steam over the last 20 years. That dream:...

Live jazz. Black and white tiles. Crayon masterpieces. Brasserie Montmartre was a Portland classic. Until it closed in 2006 for building renovations and then...just kept not reopening. But new owners and three years later, it’s back in all its glory—gleaming...

It seems that every year, portions of the small but formidable Bunk empire slowly encroach into different parts of the city. First, there was the original Bunk Sandwiches (known for its famously long lines) on SE Morrison in 2009. Then there was Bunk Bar, which opened on...

Rick Wilson earned so many fans pedaling his single-origin, drip coffee to local farmers markets that he had to find a place to park Downtown (on the new transit mall) and serve it every day of the week. The one-time Zefiro chef also added Mediterranean “street...