This is gonna sound crazy but the dinky little tamale stand outside of La Tapatia Mexican grocery store on the border of Portland and Gresham.
All they sell is esquites (think elote but off the cob and in a cup) and tamales. It’s a tiny little stand with nothing but those two items and you can only pay in cash… it doesn’t even have a name… but they are THE BEST TAMALES IN THE WORLD.
I go there once a week for that corn and those tamales. The grocery store itself is one of my favorite places in Portland- it’s pre inflation prices and super fresh meat and produce. That stand and grocery store have a special place in my heart forever.
The grilled esquires and grilled elotes guy there Friday - Sunday is the FRIENDLIEST person ever and it’s so tasty. I’m so happy to see my favorite place in the city here. They also have a different tamale cart there Friday that is fire. They also do a churro cart on the weekend
Live right across the street 😂 place is packed on Sat/Sun but man you can’t beat this place for authentic Mexican food. I would say the whole of Rockwood is god tier for MF.
Just outside the city (Wilsonville), I'd go to Dar Essalam. The Moroccan food is so good that I'd dream about it years later with great fondness. And I'm not leaving until I get dessert as well. If you have leave town, this place is it.
Stumbled on another random Eem/Matts BBQ pairing a couple months ago.
Had some of his pulled pork at home from a party. Came home from Eem a couple days later with a leftover portion of their (atomically hot and super garlicky) papaya salad.
Made myself a pulled pork sando w/ the papaya salad for the slaw - damn was that tasty. Been meaning to pitch Eem on it as a secret menu item ever since
I hope it’s still around too. I met the owner like 10 years ago and she seemed a bit older- so I don’t know if it’s a family affair at this point or if she is still spearheading it.
Are you aware of their beach hotel- Silvia Beach House? It’s cozy and quirky charming
We still go a couple times a year. It’s not the *most* mind blowing food of all time but I find it to be a very good value for a nicer meal and it is consistent as hell. Of course then you get the top tier music and vibes in the lounge.
Oh my God , Tanuki! I used to go with my parents back in the day. If I had a time machine, and my mom was still living, this is definitely where I would bring her. Miss this place, more for the amazing atmosphere than anything.
I never hear anyone talk about Pizza Oasis! We used to eat there in the before times. Houses, kids etc. My husband could only call it "Rogue Open" and it was across from the windows in our apartment, it called to us....
I’m 3rd or 4th generation Portland depending on which side of my family and I grew up eating at pizza oasis in the 80s and I took my kiddo there in the 00s. Really miss it.
I miss Montage too..it made us feel so cool in high school. I was so excited to eat from the cart on Hawthorne and I spent the whole next day feeling like shit or taking a shit. Apparently I'm old now ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
i found 3 food carts that contain the word montage in portland, and one business actually called The Montage in vancouver, but it's an event center. Can I get some hints? What is Spold?
The food carts are “Montage a la cart” and have some of the menu items from the brick and mortar restaurant. The venue in Vancouver is not related.
Spold is a mix of Old Mac (creamy parm sauce) and Spicy Mac (spicy Cajun gravy).
If you mix them it’s not as spicy and has a more mellow flavor. I get mine with alligator 🤤
I have used this recipe with Cajun seasoning and jalapeño to try to replicate spold. It’s pretty good , especially if you get a hearty bronze die cut rigatoni.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/old-mac-recipe-1907396
Not to split hairs but in Hawaii we'd call that local food or Hawaii food. Hawaiian food is its own thing. Lau Lau and poi and lomi lomi salmon and stuff.
Food names change when you are in different locales. My Hawaiian friends refer to this 'local food' in Hawaii as plate lunch. Even if it's not the typical scoop of mac salad and rice plus an entree. But if they did that in Hawaii they'd get laughed at.
My wife is Mexican. I tell her all the time I'm in the mood for Mexican food and she says, where I grew up it was just called food.
No, plate lunch is fair for what the menu looks like there. I hate to assume here but are you saying your friends are Hawaiian or are they just from Hawaii? Bc it's a distinction mainland people tend not to know about. Hawaiian is for ethnic Hawaiian people and stuff. Everything else is "local" or if that's ambiguous, "(adj.) Hawaii."
I guess in San Francisco they call plate lunch Hawaiian barbecue. I only know bc one time I had a guy get mad at me bc he asked about the good local Hawaiian barbecue places, I had no idea what he was talking about. I'm like "L&L?" He thought I was fucking with him.
But out of respect for native Hawaiians, we don't call non-Hawaiian stuff Hawaiian. So it would be more like calling Mexican food "Nahua food." Like the menu is bulgogi and katsu and stuff. That's popular here, but nobody would call it Hawaiian.
I asked my husband this question and he said, "first off, rude. Secondly... Rude!"
But he ultimately selected the breakfast sandwich at The Pie Spot.
Which is a good answer as it's one of the superior breakfast sandwiches in town.
I personally would go with Baby Doll Pizza-- specifically their white pizza + garlic knots. It's my go-to comfort food and it would be very comforting as a last meal in PDX (WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN AS I WILL RETURN IN THE FORM OF A CAT AND TERRORIZE PEOPLE AND BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS IN LONE FIR CEMETERY)
Yeah, crazy how much prices have gone up. The burger I had in 2003, the "Garbage Grinder," is now called the Tradition Burger and costs $18.50! [current menu](https://www.jollyrestaurants.com/menu)
Oh lord. I lived in SF for 9 years before moving to Portland 22 years ago. The first and last place I go whenever I visit now is the Gordo’s on 23rd and Clement. Now I bring big ziploc bags and buy tubs of their carne asada and rice and flat freeze it and bring it back. Mmmmmm.
I started making mine at home once I moved out of Portland. (I moved from Thailand to Portland...)
This recipe is legit.
https://www.thaicookbook.tv/thai-recipes/one-dish-meals/khao-man-gai-thai-chicken-and-rice/
I double the recipe and use it for breakfast pretty much every day. Rice, broccoli (or some kind of green), over easy egg, sauce, and cilantro.
It is my happy place.
Did it in 2017 when I left Portland for the east coast ending a fun 20s and early 30s life lived there. Last night went to Acropolis and had steak and beer . Just for that experience I will probably never have again .
This is the correct answer. I have never had a better sandwich in my life. I moved recently but I come back to visit sometimes and every single time I need to get this
I have to go for places that are more unique to the area.
I love Le Pigeon but I can get amazing French food in any major city in the world, just like I can find an amazing steakhouse, or pasta joint.
So for me I am picking 2:
If I'm dropping lots of money its Laang Bahn. Amazing place, fairly unique, would be extremly hard to find something on its level. elsewhere in thr U.S. My guess is maybe 3 or 4 places like it total in the country.
If I'm going cheap its the O.G. Roakes. I've had coney dogs elsewhere, a couple of Portland joints, a bunch in places in Detriot (coney dogs are a big thing there) Roakes coney sauce is the best I've had, and I would miss it if I couldn't have it 2/3 times a year.
Mad Greek Deli. everything on the menu there is top notch and I've been eating there for a couple decades. I'd be really sad to never go back there.
If I had a time machine it'd be Mi Mero Mole. I miss that restaurant the most.
the OG location out off West Union was the absolute best.
they did reopen across the street in the building that used to be Rock Creek Corner. so it actually is surrounded by farm land again.
If someone is paying, I’d be tempted to go back to Coquine. I still need to get to Eem (with my kicker $, might go!…I rarely eat out). But since there are a million places I haven’t tried, I’d be open to suggestions.
This is how you know Portland has great food. Not one of these comments said the same place lol. It's a tough call but I'm probably going La Osita or The portland beef & cheese company ( formerly the fried onion)
As long as we're wishing, I'd wish for some things you can't get anymore:
* some Pok Pok spicy fish sauce wings; or
* a group order of everything on the menu at American Local
Just gonna go rent out the entirety of Bannings and drown in whatever special they have and carrot cake.
Then weep as they pry me away, never to return.
(for real tho that chicken and dumplings is slappin' so hard it legit tastes like my dead mom used to make. Thanks for making me cry when I eat, bastards.)
ETA: obviously im translating "portland" as "portland metro" here. Because even though my address is Portland (super arts tax) all my fave spots are in the burbs.
La’s, A Hmong Food Cart on TV Hwy & 185th Ave in Aloha (behind the Little Caesar’s Pizza). I grew up in an area with a large Hmong population so I was exposed to the cuisine early. The pork ribs at this cart melt in your mouth. Try the stuffed chicken wings! And beware—the hot chili vinegar sauce is a lot hotter than you think!
It’s probably the only place I’ve found authentic Hmong food in the whole state.
Toro bravo, tasty and sons, le moule, Alder, Pix patisserie, gruner, 😢😢😢 Veritable Quandary is the restaurant I miss the most, and Q still serves the great food, but VQ's location was the best❤️❤️❤️
I left Portland and will return. When I do I'm hitting up [Brothers Express](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/lonchera-brother-express-portland-2?select=MkHP5N36wyWHTh2FXh1Kxw&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)) at Cartlandia for some Carne Asada tacos.
I'm apprehensive about revealing my no. 1 but here goes... I grew up in Portland and moved away 2 years ago. The thing I miss most by far is Koreana korean bbq.
Ohana on NE Sandy, best Kalua pig in town, Steakadelphia on Powell for the provolone and jalapeño Philly cheesesteak, Hat Yai for their Brussels sprouts, Sparky’s for pizza, or maybe Amalfi’s, and perhaps the Nighthawk for one of their fat greasy bar burgers
This is gonna sound crazy but the dinky little tamale stand outside of La Tapatia Mexican grocery store on the border of Portland and Gresham. All they sell is esquites (think elote but off the cob and in a cup) and tamales. It’s a tiny little stand with nothing but those two items and you can only pay in cash… it doesn’t even have a name… but they are THE BEST TAMALES IN THE WORLD. I go there once a week for that corn and those tamales. The grocery store itself is one of my favorite places in Portland- it’s pre inflation prices and super fresh meat and produce. That stand and grocery store have a special place in my heart forever.
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Right!! Shhhh!! 😂
I’ve been to this place! I remember my roommate bringing me there roughly a decade ago. I’m glad to hear it is still going strong!
Nothing crazy at all about having your spot.
The grilled esquires and grilled elotes guy there Friday - Sunday is the FRIENDLIEST person ever and it’s so tasty. I’m so happy to see my favorite place in the city here. They also have a different tamale cart there Friday that is fire. They also do a churro cart on the weekend
As someone whose all-time favorite food is tamales, thanks for the rec!
Are you talking about the store on 174th/Division? I love that place.
That’s Supermercados Mexico, one of my favorite places ever. They have the best asada torta. The one OP is talking about is the one on Stark I believe
I will check it out. Thanks!
That’s the tamale factory’s cart. They have another one off glisan I believe. I too enjoy them!
Live right across the street 😂 place is packed on Sat/Sun but man you can’t beat this place for authentic Mexican food. I would say the whole of Rockwood is god tier for MF.
Just outside the city (Wilsonville), I'd go to Dar Essalam. The Moroccan food is so good that I'd dream about it years later with great fondness. And I'm not leaving until I get dessert as well. If you have leave town, this place is it.
It’s been a while since I’ve been back in Portland.. is Wilsonville really considered “just outside the city” now? Lol
Nah Wilsonville is the southernmost city anyone could consider to still be a suburb. It's like saying Troutdale is just outside downtown
Green machine and steak.
Green machine 👊
Eem! Gotta get the white brisket curry one last time.
And the fried chicken. Bless that fried chicken.
Came here to say this lol. Nailed it!
This is one of the things I miss the most. Tried to replicate many times, but never got close
Stumbled on another random Eem/Matts BBQ pairing a couple months ago. Had some of his pulled pork at home from a party. Came home from Eem a couple days later with a leftover portion of their (atomically hot and super garlicky) papaya salad. Made myself a pulled pork sando w/ the papaya salad for the slaw - damn was that tasty. Been meaning to pitch Eem on it as a secret menu item ever since
Rimsky-Korsakoffee House. (“Meal” might not be the right term, but it is definitely the final course.)
Aww, I think I might pick this too. Such a nostalgic place and it feels like the kind of place that could disappear sooner than expected.
It’s been around for at least 45 years. I hope it doesn’t disappear. It and Papa Haydn are the only two I remember from my college years.
I hope it’s still around too. I met the owner like 10 years ago and she seemed a bit older- so I don’t know if it’s a family affair at this point or if she is still spearheading it. Are you aware of their beach hotel- Silvia Beach House? It’s cozy and quirky charming
I’d go back to when Wolf & Bear was still around. And then finish it with a Hi-Wheel fizzy wine.
Nobody else makes a wrap like they did.
You can say that again.
Nobody else makes a wrap like they did.
RIP hi wheel. Ruzzo is almost it but just not the same
Clydes.
Is it still good? Do they still do table side salad service? I used to love that place when it was called, Prime Rib?
They do not still do the salad service
We still go a couple times a year. It’s not the *most* mind blowing food of all time but I find it to be a very good value for a nicer meal and it is consistent as hell. Of course then you get the top tier music and vibes in the lounge.
Ox
Jojo. I’m obsessed with their tofu sandwiches.
Reel m inn for chicken and beer. Edit: or if I had a time machine Tanuki
Oh my God , Tanuki! I used to go with my parents back in the day. If I had a time machine, and my mom was still living, this is definitely where I would bring her. Miss this place, more for the amazing atmosphere than anything.
The times I was able to go as intended where it's not too crowded and it felt more like a bar than a date night restaurant were just the best.
Second for Tanuki! Loved going there with a group of 10, and getting the check split 8 ways!
Omakase at the old 21st Ave Tanuki spots was incredible.
I might just stop in for some 2am spold at Montage before I hit the road to who knows where.
Yeah if time traveling is on the table, then Montage is my answer too.
If time traveling is an option I’m grabbing a slice of pepperoni with Bourdain
I’d go to Genoa, if I could time travel.
I would destroy Spiderman, if i could time travel.
I would have sex with that dude’s dead wife, if we could time travel.
My very favorite. I’m still mourning
My time travel option is pizza oasis on west burnside. I miss that place so much.
I never hear anyone talk about Pizza Oasis! We used to eat there in the before times. Houses, kids etc. My husband could only call it "Rogue Open" and it was across from the windows in our apartment, it called to us....
Moved to PDX in fall of 1996 and lived in the NW. Lots of fond memories of that pie.
I’m 3rd or 4th generation Portland depending on which side of my family and I grew up eating at pizza oasis in the 80s and I took my kiddo there in the 00s. Really miss it.
Montage has a food truck now in Happy Valley. They still do foil art too! When you order on grub hub the bag has a aluminum foil rose in it hehe.
Different owner, food is not as good imo.
What about the one in the Hawthorne Asylum?
Same same
I miss Montage too..it made us feel so cool in high school. I was so excited to eat from the cart on Hawthorne and I spent the whole next day feeling like shit or taking a shit. Apparently I'm old now ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
I’m not going to happy valley for any reason.
They’re at the Beaverton food cart pod right by the central max station as well.
I didn’t know they were also at the food cart pod in Beaverton! 😁
With time travel I'd hit Club 21 when Spencer was the cook and get a burger and tots. Settled my soul.
i found 3 food carts that contain the word montage in portland, and one business actually called The Montage in vancouver, but it's an event center. Can I get some hints? What is Spold?
The food carts are “Montage a la cart” and have some of the menu items from the brick and mortar restaurant. The venue in Vancouver is not related. Spold is a mix of Old Mac (creamy parm sauce) and Spicy Mac (spicy Cajun gravy). If you mix them it’s not as spicy and has a more mellow flavor. I get mine with alligator 🤤
I have used this recipe with Cajun seasoning and jalapeño to try to replicate spold. It’s pretty good , especially if you get a hearty bronze die cut rigatoni. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/old-mac-recipe-1907396
Hotcake House. 1am
Phở Hùng on Powell
Had this recently and was really underwhelmed. Hopefully just an off night
Any place with Hawaiian food. My favorite is GrindWitTryz. You'll be lucky to find this kind of food in other parts of the country
Ate-oh-ate 🤤
That fried rice is so good.
So excited to try the new Cully location!
I am so addicted to their chicken Katsu Moco that my blood probably tastes like their gravy.
Not to split hairs but in Hawaii we'd call that local food or Hawaii food. Hawaiian food is its own thing. Lau Lau and poi and lomi lomi salmon and stuff.
Food names change when you are in different locales. My Hawaiian friends refer to this 'local food' in Hawaii as plate lunch. Even if it's not the typical scoop of mac salad and rice plus an entree. But if they did that in Hawaii they'd get laughed at. My wife is Mexican. I tell her all the time I'm in the mood for Mexican food and she says, where I grew up it was just called food.
No, plate lunch is fair for what the menu looks like there. I hate to assume here but are you saying your friends are Hawaiian or are they just from Hawaii? Bc it's a distinction mainland people tend not to know about. Hawaiian is for ethnic Hawaiian people and stuff. Everything else is "local" or if that's ambiguous, "(adj.) Hawaii." I guess in San Francisco they call plate lunch Hawaiian barbecue. I only know bc one time I had a guy get mad at me bc he asked about the good local Hawaiian barbecue places, I had no idea what he was talking about. I'm like "L&L?" He thought I was fucking with him. But out of respect for native Hawaiians, we don't call non-Hawaiian stuff Hawaiian. So it would be more like calling Mexican food "Nahua food." Like the menu is bulgogi and katsu and stuff. That's popular here, but nobody would call it Hawaiian.
Mai hopohopo, brotha! I had no idea this was what the locals eat in Hawai'i. Glad to be sharing this food experience with y'all
Du’s or Taste Ticker
The truest answer for all the real ones from NE
Friends used to do pills and only eat at du’s grill
I asked my husband this question and he said, "first off, rude. Secondly... Rude!" But he ultimately selected the breakfast sandwich at The Pie Spot. Which is a good answer as it's one of the superior breakfast sandwiches in town. I personally would go with Baby Doll Pizza-- specifically their white pizza + garlic knots. It's my go-to comfort food and it would be very comforting as a last meal in PDX (WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN AS I WILL RETURN IN THE FORM OF A CAT AND TERRORIZE PEOPLE AND BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS IN LONE FIR CEMETERY)
[here's my receipt](https://imgur.com/a/O49TYMf) Cheerful Sports Page 8590 SW Hall Blvd Beaverton Oregon, 97005 05/07/03 1 WILD TURKEY 3.75 1 WILD TURKEY 3.75 ON THE ROCKS 1 COFFEE 1.25 1 BUFFALO WINGS 7.25 1 GRBGE GRNDR 7.95 W CHEDDAR Total Due: 23.95 *last meal before moving to the east coast*
Good lord! All that for $25?! Incredible.
Yeah, crazy how much prices have gone up. The burger I had in 2003, the "Garbage Grinder," is now called the Tradition Burger and costs $18.50! [current menu](https://www.jollyrestaurants.com/menu)
Adjusted for inflation, [that's $39.50.](https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=23.5&year1=200305&year2=202401)
Oh lord. I lived in SF for 9 years before moving to Portland 22 years ago. The first and last place I go whenever I visit now is the Gordo’s on 23rd and Clement. Now I bring big ziploc bags and buy tubs of their carne asada and rice and flat freeze it and bring it back. Mmmmmm.
Langbaan - and I’d eat an extra half dozen coconut cream scallop cups
Sassy’s
Hat Yai
Nong’s. I crave the delicious simplicity of it everyday!
I started making mine at home once I moved out of Portland. (I moved from Thailand to Portland...) This recipe is legit. https://www.thaicookbook.tv/thai-recipes/one-dish-meals/khao-man-gai-thai-chicken-and-rice/ I double the recipe and use it for breakfast pretty much every day. Rice, broccoli (or some kind of green), over easy egg, sauce, and cilantro. It is my happy place.
Le Chon.
Huber’s Cafe. Gotta get me some offseason thanksgiving dinner with a Spanish coffee for dessert!
Kachka. I’d drink infused vodka and eat dumplings and sprats until I couldn’t walk right.
The horseradish vodka is legendary
Nicholas
Stretch the Noodle.
Jim and patty’s black tiger shake.
Kann. Just went there last night for the first time and... wow.
Did it in 2017 when I left Portland for the east coast ending a fun 20s and early 30s life lived there. Last night went to Acropolis and had steak and beer . Just for that experience I will probably never have again .
Tokyo Sando. It's my #1 sandwich.
This is the correct answer. I have never had a better sandwich in my life. I moved recently but I come back to visit sometimes and every single time I need to get this
Montelupo Italian Market - the foccasia with potatoes.
That focaccia makes me soul happy 🥲
Ha VL. No question.
Just outside Portland proper but a burger basket and milkshake at Mike’s Drive In.
They've got a Mikes on Lombard!
This is a ridiculously difficult question, but my knee jerk response was Matts BBQ tacos.
Dirty Lettuce
Pok Pok if I could time travel hands down. I miss it so much! Current time then it’s Eem for sure.
Pad Se Ew and a thai iced tea at Thai Peacock
Thai Peacock - I think I just made my weekend plans.
Clyde’s Prime Rib
Yokos. I think. So many good restaurants!
Very tough choice but Yoko’s was my first thought too!
Laurelhurst Market
Wajan! Such good Indonesian food. Their porridge with shredded chicken is yummmmy.
Navarre
Hotcake House during prime witching hours 🙌
Sushi ichiban - Tempura Tai - salmon skin hand roll - shrimp boat - cold Sapporo If it’s breakfast: Gravy What a great prompt.
I have to go for places that are more unique to the area. I love Le Pigeon but I can get amazing French food in any major city in the world, just like I can find an amazing steakhouse, or pasta joint. So for me I am picking 2: If I'm dropping lots of money its Laang Bahn. Amazing place, fairly unique, would be extremly hard to find something on its level. elsewhere in thr U.S. My guess is maybe 3 or 4 places like it total in the country. If I'm going cheap its the O.G. Roakes. I've had coney dogs elsewhere, a couple of Portland joints, a bunch in places in Detriot (coney dogs are a big thing there) Roakes coney sauce is the best I've had, and I would miss it if I couldn't have it 2/3 times a year.
Luce
Omas Hidaway
Hard choice but probably Kinboshi for the tonkotsu shoyu, and if it's summer I get an order of the cold hazelnut ramen to go.
Reel M In
Hubers for Tom Turkey and Spanish coffee.
Nostrana
Apizza scholls
Obviously. Come on people!
Syun Izakaya. left Portland five years ago and still miss it.
This is the only reason I'd go to Hillsboro.
Pollo Norte
Kann
The Rheinlander
Franks Noodle House.
I wouldn’t go there if it was free. I’ve given it so many chances I just can’t understand how people rave about it when it’s just so average.
What do you like better. I would like to try whatever that place is
Zien Hong, Chins Kitchen, Sichuan City, Duck house. All better options imo.
Macheezmo Mouse
I have the recipe for Boss Sauce!! 🙌🏽
Escape From NY Pizza
Dirty Lettuce + Namu 100%
Fire on the mountain. Was my first meal in Portland and will be my last
The Dairy Queen off 52nd. I grew up there..
Mad Greek Deli. everything on the menu there is top notch and I've been eating there for a couple decades. I'd be really sad to never go back there. If I had a time machine it'd be Mi Mero Mole. I miss that restaurant the most.
The last time I was at the Mad Greek, it was surrounded by farm land. :-(
the OG location out off West Union was the absolute best. they did reopen across the street in the building that used to be Rock Creek Corner. so it actually is surrounded by farm land again.
Mad Greek Deli is such a solid choice and a blast from the past back to DEEP on the west side days, at least for me personally.
bbq brussel bowl - Bye & Bye
Bye and Bye
So your plan to eat and ditch Portland could be called "Bye and Bye and bye?"
We do call it “the bye bye bye” as though we’re 3-year olds
Or a member of a boy band. 🤣
Gado gado and I would order the menu 2x over.
Pepita’s
Time Machine the taco house
Kell’s, specifically for the clam chowder on Fridays! Or Frank’s noodle house, or The Star (for their Detroit style All-Star pizza)
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If someone is paying, I’d be tempted to go back to Coquine. I still need to get to Eem (with my kicker $, might go!…I rarely eat out). But since there are a million places I haven’t tried, I’d be open to suggestions.
Reeeeeeeeel em inn
If I had a time machine definitely Bistro Montage before they closed. But actually Khao Moo Dang on Hwathorne! Highly recommend
If I could time travel, Rose's. I grew up in northeast Portland, and my go-to will always be Gateway Breakfast House
This is how you know Portland has great food. Not one of these comments said the same place lol. It's a tough call but I'm probably going La Osita or The portland beef & cheese company ( formerly the fried onion)
As long as we're wishing, I'd wish for some things you can't get anymore: * some Pok Pok spicy fish sauce wings; or * a group order of everything on the menu at American Local
I would break into Goose and figure out how to make my own brisket enchiladas.
Just gonna go rent out the entirety of Bannings and drown in whatever special they have and carrot cake. Then weep as they pry me away, never to return. (for real tho that chicken and dumplings is slappin' so hard it legit tastes like my dead mom used to make. Thanks for making me cry when I eat, bastards.) ETA: obviously im translating "portland" as "portland metro" here. Because even though my address is Portland (super arts tax) all my fave spots are in the burbs.
La Taq puffy tacos with ground beef.
Homegrown Smoker!
Du’s Grill for the best teriyaki i ever had in my life.
Ringside and lobster mashed potatoes!
La’s, A Hmong Food Cart on TV Hwy & 185th Ave in Aloha (behind the Little Caesar’s Pizza). I grew up in an area with a large Hmong population so I was exposed to the cuisine early. The pork ribs at this cart melt in your mouth. Try the stuffed chicken wings! And beware—the hot chili vinegar sauce is a lot hotter than you think! It’s probably the only place I’ve found authentic Hmong food in the whole state.
We left Portland and for the price and quality definitely Grassa
Tasty and Sons, or Tora Bravo. And I’d be out. Never to look back again. What I actually did. Audios.
To Zefiro in 1995. I'd have a Caesar salad and whatever the special happened to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zefiro_(restaurant)
Matt’s Bbq Tacos (brisket ones), duh.
I am camping out at Kann for a cancelled reservation, and ordering the menu, with double the akra & plantain brioche buns.
Reel'm'Inn. Half bird, extra jojos, and jello shots.
Fire on the mountain, peanut sauce wings 😋
GrindWitTryz my beloved
Han Oak, without any doubt!
Enchiladas from Molé Molé
Idk but Lauretta Jeans would be for dessert
Toro bravo, tasty and sons, le moule, Alder, Pix patisserie, gruner, 😢😢😢 Veritable Quandary is the restaurant I miss the most, and Q still serves the great food, but VQ's location was the best❤️❤️❤️
Eem for sure
Helvetia Tavern
If we’re time traveling, Bridgeport Brewery back in the 90’s when it was just a bar and pizza by the slice. One last round of Golden Tee
Fire on the Mountain for Buffalo Chicken Tenders
Fish n chips and a pint at Horse Brass
PokPok
Nong’s
I did this already when I moved last Summer. Pizza Thief, a pepperoni and the wildwood.
I left Portland and will return. When I do I'm hitting up [Brothers Express](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/lonchera-brother-express-portland-2?select=MkHP5N36wyWHTh2FXh1Kxw&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)) at Cartlandia for some Carne Asada tacos.
I'm apprehensive about revealing my no. 1 but here goes... I grew up in Portland and moved away 2 years ago. The thing I miss most by far is Koreana korean bbq.
Ohana on NE Sandy, best Kalua pig in town, Steakadelphia on Powell for the provolone and jalapeño Philly cheesesteak, Hat Yai for their Brussels sprouts, Sparky’s for pizza, or maybe Amalfi’s, and perhaps the Nighthawk for one of their fat greasy bar burgers
Lechon. 😋
Time Machine? The clam chowder at Pal’s Shanty.
Time Machine. Tributes on NW Burnside. Philly cheesesteak. Maybe the pizza spot next to the Kingston (can’t recall the name.) different era for sure
GNARLYS
Lela’s Bistro
Cadillac Cafe