Oregon Dining Guide
Food carts and doughnuts, chowder shacks, brewpubs and wine-country tables.
Oregon's food scene draws on a remarkable pantry: Dungeness crab and razor clams from the coast, salmon from the Columbia, hazelnuts and berries from the Willamette Valley, cheese from Tillamook and pears and apples from Hood River. The state is also known for craft beer, with more breweries per person than almost anywhere, and for small-batch coffee roasters and ice cream makers.
The places below are favorites by region. Portland restaurants are relaxed but popular, so book dinners where you can; coastal chowder houses and brewpubs are walk-in.
Portland
Inventive kitchens, ice cream and a famous doughnut shop.
Chef Gabriel Rucker's small dining room on East Burnside, known for creative French cooking.
A wood-fired Argentine-style steakhouse on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
A lively restaurant serving Russian and former Soviet dishes, dumplings and house vodka infusions.
Southern cooking with a famous fried chicken and waffles brunch; expect a line on weekends.
A Portland-born ice cream shop known for unusual seasonal flavors made with local ingredients.
A pink-boxed Portland icon with eccentric doughnuts, open late at its original Old Town shop.
Columbia Gorge and Hood River
A waterfall lodge and two well-known breweries.
A 1925 stone lodge at the foot of the falls with a dining room and snack bar.
A riverfront brewery and tasting room known for Belgian-style and hop-forward beers.
A long-running Hood River brewery with a pub overlooking the Columbia.
Oregon Coast
Chowder, fish and chips and a creamery.
Albacore tuna fish and chips served from a converted gillnet boat parked in town.
A beachfront brewpub facing Haystack Rock at Cape Kiwanda, with sister pubs on the coast.
A coastal chowder house that started on the Newport bayfront and now has several locations.
A fish market and restaurant on the Newport bayfront serving local catch.
Cheese curds, grilled cheese and ice cream at the visitor center of the famous co-op.
Bend and Wine Country
Brewpubs in Bend and farm-to-table cooking among the vines.
The original pub of one of Oregon's best-known breweries, downtown on Bond Street.
A Bend restaurant since 1936 on Mirror Pond, with a dining room built around a ponderosa pine.
A historic house in wine country known for dishes built around wild Oregon mushrooms.
A wine country market and cafe with wood-fired pizza, sandwiches and local wines.
Restaurants change hours, menus and ownership often — check with the restaurant before you go. Listings are editorial picks, not paid placements.
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What food is Portland known for?
Food carts, doughnuts, craft coffee, craft beer and inventive restaurants of every kind. Pods of food carts across the city serve everything from Thai to Georgian dumplings at casual prices.
What should I eat on the Oregon Coast?
Clam chowder, fish and chips (often made with local albacore or rockfish), Dungeness crab, oysters from Netarts and Yaquina bays, and Tillamook cheese and ice cream.
Are there restaurants at Oregon wineries?
Some Willamette Valley wineries serve food pairings or light bites, and towns like McMinnville, Dundee and Newberg have excellent restaurants. Reserve ahead on weekends.