What to eat in Portland
A farm-to-cart fever dream of doughnuts, berries, Thai chicken-and-rice, and wild ice cream flavors born in a Portland pushcart.
Five dishes. Zero regrets.
Bacon maple bar
A raised yeast doughnut frosted with maple and crowned with bacon — sweet, salty, smoky, and pure Portland irreverence. Voted America's greatest doughnut.
Try it at: Voodoo Doughnut
Marionberry pie
The official state pie of Oregon: a deep-purple filling of marionberries — a blackberry cultivar bred by Oregon State University — with bright acidity and earthy sweetness under a flaky crust.
Try it at: bakeries and farm stands around Portland
Khao Man Gai
Thai poached chicken over jasmine rice simmered in chicken stock with Thai herbs, served with a zingy fermented-soybean dipping sauce and a light soup — Portland's most beloved food-cart dish, perfected one plate at a time since 2009.
Try it at: Nong's Khao Man Gai, which started as a food cart at SW 10th and Alder
Small-batch artisan ice cream
Wilder-than-anywhere flavors — olive oil, pear and blue cheese, turkey stuffing — churned from local dairy by cousins who started in a Portland pushcart in 2011.
Try it at: Salt & Straw
Tater tots
Crispy golden potato nuggets invented in Oregon by the Ore-Ida founders and adopted as Portland brewpub scripture — shattering, salty, and dangerously shareable.
Try it at: brewpubs and food cart pods across the city
