“The secret ingredient is love” is a famous saying about a delicious dish bursting with flavors, especially in Portland, Oregon. Culturally as an Asian-American, food translates as a way of showing love. When a dish is made with love as a secret ingredient, it will always be perfect because it is the cook’s passion. This…
Goodbyes are always bittersweet- especially when the goodbye you’re saying is to Bend, OR. I was born and raised in this town. I’ve watched it grow from a small milling and farming community of 20,000 to a bustling, trendy mountain town with over 100,000 residents and a massive influx of seasonal tourists. Although I am…
We announce the April 2022 edition of Famished Fork - The Eat Guide's monthly newsletter! Welcome Spring! We wish you a bright, warm, and beautiful Spring! Please get to know our featured foodie influencers and the freshest dishes in their local areas! This issue mostly features a guide on where to eat in Portland, Bend,…
Portland is a foodie city, and most of the city's identity is the food carts! Food carts are perfect for busy people and perfect for this pandemic since they are built for takeaway and provide social distancing between the staff and diners. Check out this food cart guide Juliana Soles, also known as Food Femme…
The reality is that my home state Alaska is a little behind on the trend-setting scene. Only just recently, in 2021, has Guy Fieri taken his 16-year-old Food Network mega-show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives to the Last Frontier’s biggest city, Anchorage (on an episode I was featured on!), and it wasn’t but a few more…
6 Restaurants & 3 Events to Put on Your List Seattle’s fall dining calendar gets one of its best excuses to explore the city from October 18–31, 2026, when Seattle Restaurant Week returns across Greater Seattle. For two weeks, restaurants, bars, cafés and other local food businesses offer specially curated menus at $20, $35, $50 and $65 price points. It Continue Reading
Where To Play in Portland: Taste of Portland Huge Success, October Dining & Local Picks UPDATE | October 12, 2026 Following this year’s Taste of Portland, Where To Eat Guide reached out to Urban Restaurant Group for an update on the event’s fundraising efforts benefiting the Oregon Food Bank. While the final donation total has yet to be announced, organizers Continue Reading
Seattle Events, Dining & Local Picks For a visitor, October is a great month to resist the temptation to stay entirely downtown. Start at Pike Place Market, certainly, but leave room for the Central District, SoDo, Pioneer Square and the Chinatown-International District. Seattle rewards a little wandering. Sea-Tac gives the city unusually easy access for a Pacific Northwest destination, Link Continue Reading
Events, Dining & Local Picks 🟢 Where To Eat Chandlers Prime Steaks & Fine Seafood — Downtown 981 W Grove St. Chandlers is the dress-up dinner in this itinerary: prime steaks, seafood, martinis and live jazz inside Hotel 43. It has the confidence of an established downtown dining room without feeling detached from Boise itself. For an October evening, start Continue Reading
Downtown, the Deschutes River and the Old Mill District make an easy urban circuit, while the Cascade foothills begin almost immediately at the city's edge. October adds an especially strong cultural calendar to that landscape, from independent film and local art to Bend's signature fall festival. 🟢 Where To Eat Spork — Newport Avenue 937 NW Newport Ave. Spork remains Continue Reading