100 Things to Eat and Drink in Portland

There's been a few lists similar to this made for other cities, so I thought I'd go ahead and post one for Portland. There's certainly plenty to do food and drink wise in this city, and it's been quite a bit of fun compiling this list. It isn't necessarily a compilation of the best dish at each restaurant, but rather one that best represents it. And so I humbly present: 100 things to eat and drink in Portland (in no particular alphabetic order).

Foie gras bon bon @ Beast

50 Plates - dirty rice "beignets"
Alba Osteria - tajarin with lamb sausage ragu
An Xuyen - Chinese sausage banh mi
Andina - "5 Elements" ceviche
Apizza Scholls - apizza amore
Asian Station - xiao long bao soup dumplings
Aybla - super gyro
Bar Mingo - polpettine
Barista - vac-pot coffee
Bastas Trattoria - razor clams
Beast - foie gras bon bon (charcuterie plate)
Besaw's - Uncle Earl's famous bloody mary
Best Baguette - Saigon bacon banh mi
Biwa - Biwa ramen

Pork cubano @ Bunk Sandwiches
Broder - smoked trout hash
Brooklyn Park Pub - a whole bunch of whiskey
Bun Bo Hue - bun bo Hue dac biet
Bunk Sandwiches - pork belly cubano
Byways Cafe - corned beef hash
Cafe Nell - chorizo and clams
Cava - steak frites
Chennai Masala - dosas
Clyde Common - sweetbread ravioli
Cool Moon Ice Cream - kulfi ice cream
Country Cat - grits and gravy
Country Korean Restaurant - soondae bokkum blood sausage
Dang's Thai Kitchen - beef in green curry
Davis Street Tavern - tonbo tuna salad
Departure - grilled chicken skewers

Crab soup @ Ha&VL Sandwiches
Du Kuh Bee - ja jang myeon black bean noodles
EaT Oyster Bar - debris po' boy
Edelweiss - weisswurst sausage
El Gaucho - pretty much any steak
Evoe - artichoke and guanciale salad
Fenouil - crab croissant sandwich
Garden State - meatball hero
Gilt Club - scotch eggs
Grant's Philly Cheesesteak - Philly cheesesteak sandwich
Ha&VL Sandwiches - banh canh cua crab soup
Hakatamon - tonkotsu ramen
Hiroshi Sushi - buri belly
Horse Brass Pub - fish and chips
Huber's Restaurant - Spanish coffee
Karam - lamb shank

Fried octopus croquettes @ Kurata
Ken's Artisan Bakery - a loaf of pain rustique bread
Ken's Artisan Pizza - squash pizza
Kenny & Zukes Deli - pastrami reuben
KOifusion - bulgogi Korean tacos
Kurata - takoyaki fried octopus croquettes
La Calaca Comelona - cactus salad
La Catrina - cubanita torta
Laurelhurst Market - salt cod fritters
Le Pigeon - foie gras ice cream
Lucky Strike - dan dan mian noodles
Malay Satay Hut - bak kut teh pork soup
Meat Cheese Bread - Park Kitchen sandwich
MetroVino - high-end wine by the glass
Michael's - wet Italian beef sandwich
Miss Delta - red beans and rice

The McIsley @ Pine State Biscuits
Murata - kani zosui crab porridge
My Brothers' Crawfish - steamed crawfish
Nakwon - military stew
Ned Ludd - game hen
Ngoc Han Bun Bo Hue - bun nuoc leo vermicelli noodle soup with roast pork and shrimp
Nong's Khao Man Gai - chicken and rice
Nostrana - margherita pizza
Nuestra Cocina - crisp masa cake sopes
Original Pancake House - German pancake
Paley's Place - any risotto
Pambiche - entremes breakfast pastries
Pho Oregon - pho dac biet
Pine State Biscuits - McIsley
Ping - laksa noodle soup
Podnah's Pit - sliced brisket plato tejano

Fish sauce wings @ Pok Pok
Pok Pok - fish sauce wings
Sabor Salvadoreno - pork bean and cheese pupusas revueltas
Sanchez Taqueria - fish tacos
Screen Door - crawfish cakes
Sel Gris - "bacon and eggs"
Siam Society - khao soi noodles in Thai curry
Silk - nem nuong sausage
Slow Bar - Winterburger
Stepping Stone Cafe - Mancakes
Stumptown Annex - participate in a cupping
Superdog - chili dog with everything
Tambayan - dinuguan stewed pork
Tanuki - tantan udon spicy Sichuan style noodles
Teardrop Lounge - any cocktail with their housemade bitters and tinctures
Ten01 - any soup

Bitters and tinctures @ Teardrop Lounge
Thanh Son Tofu - fried lemongrass tofu
Tienda San Francisco - chicharron
Toro Bravo - coppa steak
Via Delizia - gelato
Victory - venison burger
Vindalho - pork Vindalho
Voodoo Doughnut - maple bacon bar
Wai Kong - jade tofu in crab meat sauce
Wildwood - any salmon or halibut dish
Yen Ha - mi quang tomato-broth soup with rice cracker
Yuzu - gyu negima bacon-wrapped steak

Compiling this list has re-affirmed my belief in the sheer breadth of food available here in Portland. And none of this could be done without the help of some chatroom regulars like CO, Flynn and Sylvan. Thanks, gentlemen.

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July 18, 2009 - 4:51pm

angelhair

39 for me too. I need to go out more w/Sauce!

July 18, 2009 - 9:11am

Olive Oyl

38 for me! Inspired to try more.

July 17, 2009 - 8:17am

ConcreteOatmeal

dang, I took a count and am 1 shy of half....49. I am gonna need to address that.

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

July 17, 2009 - 7:14am

ladyconcierge

I'm happy to say I've had 16 of those dishes.

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July 16, 2009 - 3:32pm

RhiRhi

Awesome list! I've only had 7 things - looks like I have some work to do!

June 18, 2009 - 10:18am

SauceSupreme

I want to thank everyone who's visited pdxPLATE over the past few weeks thanks to this link. A couple notes: it's not supposed to be a canonical list in the sense that it's THE definite list. Not at all. As the name suggests it's 100 Things to do not 100 Best Things, and I even offered the disclaimer that it's not even the list of the best thing at each spot.

I tried breaking out of the mold of the usual suspects. And granted, there are glaring omissions like the lack of beer and Simpatica (the sad closure of Cava makes room on the list, certainly). But in their place, I wanted to make sure to highlight the cornucopia of options, as well as to show that the town has more than just the darling favorites from the New York Times or hell, even local favorites.

I'd been working on the list for a few months but I resumed it in earnest after coming back from a trip to New York in which I was so geeked about the food scene there, and I really wanted to make sure to carry that enthusiasm over back to the town where I live.

Anyway, I'm keeping the list as it was written for posterity, but if I had to redo the list, I'd try and squeeze in Belmont Station, Bailey's Taproom, Waffle Window, Acropolis, Simpatica, Nuevo Mexico, Al Masry, Navarre, Tabla, Pitxi, Junior Ambassadors... If your favorites didn't make the list, it just means that there are a lot more places here in Portland for you to explore.

Hey, and welcome to tha 'Plate.

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Food: SauceSupreme
Booze: LushAngeles

June 14, 2009 - 11:13pm

cymagen

Wow, heart attack city!

June 5, 2009 - 2:26pm

eatdrinknbmerry

If you had showed this to us while we were there, I think it would've become sort of like a scavenger hunt. thank god you didn't. this only means we have to visit PDX more often. great list. have a good weekend.

btw, tried bun thang at a place in LA just so i could remember the version i had at HA&VL.

June 5, 2009 - 3:50am

SauceSupreme

In case you're curious, here's some other 100 lists.

Los Angeles
New York City
San Diego
San Francisco

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Food: SauceSupreme
Booze: LushAngeles

October 27, 2009 - 6:57pm

#10

SauceSupreme

How's everyone doing on the list so far? As the pdxplate awards demonstrate, there will be a few new additions coming in when this list gets republished (likely around spring or so). The closure of Cava and Asian Station gives way to new additions like Beaker and Flask, as well as previous glaring omissions.

I'll have to recount, but I think there's only five or so that I haven't yet done.

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Food: SauceSupreme
Booze: LushAngeles

February 18, 2010 - 12:59pm

#11

Anonymous

I have to disagree with the foie gras bon bon - it tastes nothing like foie gras which kind of misses the point, and its served on some sort of salt cracker, and when i say salt i mean salt. the bon bon is not bad its just not good.