The new shop on Hawthorne is an inviting and spacious new-construction building with sliding garage doors that can be opened wide on warm days. This café will serve a full menu of locally sourced fresh, house-made pastries, cookies, breakfast items, sandwiches, soups, and salads, plus a wide selection of grab-n-go options. The second new location…
The Corned Beef Hash at Besaw's. Photo: Besaw's Facebook It’s no secret that brunch is Portland’s favorite meal. There is even a skit about it on Portlandia! Why do we line up to tuck into breakfast foods at all hours (so worth it)? Farm-to-table goodness, the highest quality fair trade coffee roasters, a variety…
Photo courtesy of Bar Vivant After months of chilly rain, wearing one too many layers and all-around gloomy weather, summer in all its glory has finally come to Portland. It’s a time filled with sunny skies, long walks in the park and savoring all the best Portland has to offer, a time for taking…
Siniya Lamb Pita at Shalom Y'all. Photo: Shalom Y'all Facebook What if Portland’s most creative chefs and restaurateurs gave free reign to their imaginations? Want to try a creative twist on what they already do best? Supposing they partnered up with other culinary geniuses to form something new. The new Pine Street Market, conveniently located…
Portland’s Nob Hill area, a boutique shopping and dining district which encompasses the environs surrounding NW 23rd and 21st Avenues, is considered one of the most adorable--and enjoyable--areas in town. This is a good place to take advantage of Oregon’s tax-free shopping, or to relish some of our most celebrated treats, such as Salt &…
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