For our food and dining issue, we sample some of Portland’s hottest food trends that shore up our status as a top food and dining destination — with our opinionated kids in tow. And we’ve also got some tips to help your kids broaden their palates to enjoy all the dining treasures Portland has to offer.
In 2022, Portland got a generous serving of exciting and inventive new dessert shops, serving up goodies like New Zealand-style ice cream, vegan paletas, French-Asian pastries, and reimagined cinnamon rolls. So grab your kids and head to one of these tempting new treat spots.
Take out the family to Pono Brew Labs in Portland’s Hollywood neighborhood. This easy, relaxed brew pub offers a South Pacific twist not only on craft brews, but on typical pub food. Plus, there are arcade games!
We’ve rounded up some of our favorite kid-friendly spots, so you can enjoy your cup of joe, sans whining.
Cheers to family-friendly breweries and pubs, where you can enjoy a nice, cold beverage and the kids can be kids!
Find something for everyone at the newly opened, Asian-cuisine-focused Happy Valley Food Hall.
It’s a great excuse to try a new restaurant and explore a neighborhood with your family.
If you are looking for some fun in this dreary weather, say no more — it’s Pizza Week!
Venture inside Pacific Crust Pizza Company downtown for inventive, delicious pizza enveloped in a fun, campout setting.
Learn about 5 restaurants’ offerings during Dumpling Week, and mark your calendars for Burger Week and Pizza Week!
Check out these kid-friendly to-go spots, where the grown-ups will love the food, too!
Here are some of our favorite family-friendly dessert shops that are bound to make your holidays sweeter.
Flavor-packed noodle soups, chicken karaage and other Japanese delights await your family at Hillsboro’s Ninja Ramen.
You don’t want to miss the butter-beer scones.
Indulge your sweet tooth on National Ice Cream Day — or any day — at one of these classic scoop shops in PDX.
The 34-year-old Lebanese spot Nicholas Restaurant moves to a spacious, more family-friendly location in Southeast Portland.
Whether you break out a red checkered blanket and wicker basket, or have a more impromptu PB&J affair, here’s a list of some of the very best spots in and around Portland to eat up outside.
Portlanders of all ages are reaching for another piece of the ultimate comfort food: crispy-crunchy chicken.
Food cart Nacheaux brings Cajun/Mexican fusion cuisine to Southeast Portland.
For as long as my husband, John, and I have been together (20 years!), we’ve kept a running “Top 5” restaurant list in different categories from Best Pizza to Best Cocktails. When our twins joined us almost 11 years ago, we took them to restaurants on a weekly basis from the time we could strap them …
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Splurge on an outdoor dining experience at Lazy Susan in Montavilla — and remember the magic of restaurants.
