Finding a good place to eat out with kids in tow isn't always easy. This page features family-friendly (and delicious) places that will please both grown-ups and kids alike.
Thick-crust pizza squares hit Southeast’s Brooklyn neighborhood.
Brews, families and ’90s nostalgia mix at Division Street’s Grixsen Brewing Company. What on earth is a Grixsen? It’s a made-up word, according to the Grixsen Brewing Company’s website, hybridizing the family names of three friends who founded this Division Street tap room in 2016, and it describes someone who is honest, righteous and celebrates […]
Load your family in the car for a memory-making meal at these two drive-thru restaurants. Sugarpine Drive In By Julia Silverman I grew up on the East Coast, where soft serve in the summertime is pretty much a religion. I always get the same order: vanilla, in a cup, with rainbow sprinkles and a maraschino […]
Local chain Atlas Pizza opens a new, kid-friendly spot on Southeast Foster Road. Story and photo by Denise Castañon Big changes are happening on Foster Road, a long-overlooked thoroughfare in Southeast Portland mostly known as home to one of the city’s most celebrated strip clubs — and as a way to avoid traffic on Powell […]
Introduce your kids to the joys of finger sandwiches and scones at the new Lovejoy’s Tearoom of Portland — just in time for Mother’s Day. Little sandwiches, warm scones, dainty desserts, beautiful cups — all the small touches elevate high tea from a plain, old meal. It’s something I’ve appreciated for a long time. So […]
With pinball and New Orleans-style grub, Jinx on Killingsworth is a fam-friendly bar destination. Even though some of my family’s favorite dining out destinations are brewpubs, whenever we hit a restaurant that also markets itself as a bar, I think of that line from the Reese Witherspoon movie Sweet Home Alabama: “You have a baby … in […]
Hit the mall for the newest outpost of Taiwan’s wildly popular hot spot, Din Tai Fung.
Savor Pacific Northwest cuisine, kid-friendly service, and remarkable river views at Vancouver’s WildFin American Grill.
Head to the new Rose City Book Pub for a read-aloud session with the kiddos, plus a menu built for bookworms.
Laotian street food + an uncrowded play area = jackpot, at Cully Central.
