227 Best Restaurants in Oregon, USA

This welcoming employee-owned restaurant focused on locally and seasonally sourced ingredients bills itself an "all-day café" and encourages guests to linger. Start the morning with a frittata sandwich and a latte, or drop by later in the day for a wood-fired wild mushroom pizza or a bowl of clams steamed in fennel broth, and maybe a glass of wine.

Head to this cozy, warmly lit, wood-paneled tavern for mouthwatering barbecue and smoked meats, and at refreshingly reasonable prices in this town where high-end dining dominates. The shareable starters include nachos with smoked cheese and pulled pork and smoked chicken wings, while main dishes run the gamut from brisket sandwiches with smoked mozzarella to sampler platters featuring smoked sausage, cured duck, salamis, and other delicious treats.

Vaulted wooden beams and a wood-plank floor, handcrafted furniture, handwoven drapes, and a lion-sized stone fireplace set the scene in Timberline Lodge's esteemed restaurant, from which views of neighboring mountains are enjoyed, except when snow drifts cover the windows. The atmosphere is traditional and historic, and the menu emphasizes local and organic ingredients in dishes like Oregon razor clam ceviche with yuzu and cilantro, and confit of duck and pork belly with a hominy and red-chili broth. The daily breakfast and lunch buffets highlight different seasonal ingredients and purveyors each week.

A first-rate independent café on a heavily trafficked Downtown corner by MAX and streetcar stops, Case Study serves small-batch, house-roasted coffee in a variety of formats, from Chemex to Aeropress to crowds of regulars. There are additional locations in Nob Hill, Hollywood, and Alberta.

Refined and relaxing, this high-ceilinged restaurant in a contemporary downtown building is popular both for dinner and enjoying a glass of local wine in the bar. Notable examples of the kitchen's deftly crafted Pacific Northwest fare, which emphasizes seasonal ingredients, include homemade gnocchi over cauliflower puree, roasted delicata squash, and parsnips and pan-roasted black cod with Asian greens, roasted radishes, and a huckleberry-sherry sauce.

No historic Main Street would be complete without its soda fountain, and Charley's Ice Cream Parlor fits the bill, serving all manner of treats, frozen and otherwise. You can also get hearty soups, sandwiches, and salads, and cheese and meats cut to order.

This cozy café inside a 19th-century cannery building on historic Pier 39 has big windows overlooking the river—you can always take your well-crafted espresso or latte with you for a stroll around this fascinating pier with its free Hanthorn Cannery Museum. Open until midafternoon each day, Coffee Girl also serves tasty quiches, pastries, soups, bagels with lox, and grilled panini sandwiches.

With hardwood floors, Jacobethan brick walls, and rotating work from local artists, Coffeehouse Northwest is the quintessential Portland café—and one of the city’s pioneering specialty shops, the first to serve single-origin beans. Expect first-rate drinks made with shots of espresso from Dovetail Coffee Roasters.

This quirky and casual hole-in-the-wall in Port Orford excels at what it does: good old-fashioned fish-and-chips. With everything from shrimp to cod to clam strips paired with fries, the Crazy Norwegians serve it up with a side of pasta salad or coleslaw. Dine in at wooden tables with the mostly family crowd or take it to go to nearby Battle Rock Park.

If you're seeking a comfy spot serving great local coffee brands and exceptional baked goods—both savory and sweet—consider this light-filled bakery-café in the bustling Burnside and 28th section of Buckman. Drawing young families, laptop-toting freelancers, and hoodied hipsters, the kitchen turns out delicious breakfast sandwiches with candied bacon in the morning, and a wide range of sandwiches at lunchtime. There's a newer branch in Inner Northeast's Burnside Bridgehead development.

Fill up on pizza at this downtown spot, which specializes in thin-crust pizzas fired up in a gas-heated stone pizza oven. They also have salads if you've got a hankering for something lighter. As the name suggests, they also have an extensive tap list featuring house brews as well as beer, wine, and cider from across the state.

This Old Town landmark, located near the river and Voodoo Doughnuts, has oysters baked Rockefeller-style, stewed, and on the half shell, but the venerable 1907 restaurant offers plenty of other tasty local seafood, including steamed clams, Dungeness crab stew, and beer-battered cold-smoked salmon. The collection of steins, plates, and marine art fills beams, nooks, crannies, and nearly every inch of wall space.

Chef Kevin Gibson reguarly changes up the menu at this elegant but unpretentious neighborhood bistro in order to shine a spotlight on the freshest seasonal ingredients. Highlights often include grilled Oregon octopus with frisée, olive, and tomato; a lightly breaded and crispy fritto misto of fennel, sweet onion, squash, and artichoke with a saffron aioli; and grilled duck breast with haricots verts, potatoes, and cherry sauce. Beer lovers take note: the limited selection features some less common treats, like Petrus aged sour-cherry red ale. Rarely does anything on the menu cost more than $18, but with a small-plates format, you'll typically want to order at least two to three items per person; it's still a solid value, given the quality of ingredients, knowing service, and refined dining room—a dapper, modern space with gray leather booths and banquettes and polished-wood tables.

A softly lit dining room, knowledgeable service, and artfully plated Pacific Northwestern and Mediterranean fare are the draw at this esteemed restaurant just outside downtown Medford. You might start with Spanish octopus with salsa verde, before graduating to a grilled duck breast with leg confit, cherries, faro, and kale. 

This multilevel waterfront eatery gives every table a nice view of the river and puts a modern spin on tapas, bringing unexpected flavors and textures to classic Latin food. The menu also features larger dishes, with a strong emphasis on seafood and beef. If you're not in the mood for meat, the chiles rellenos marries a mild poblano pepper with goat cheese and an amazing smoky salsa. They pride themselves on creative, Latin-inspired cocktails, and there's extensive list of wines by the glass.

This extravagant rooftop restaurant and lounge on the top floor of The Nines hotel seems fresh out of LA—a look and feel that is, indeed, a departure from Portland's usual no-fuss vibe. The retro-chic interior has an extravagant, space-age, airport-lounge feel, and the outdoor patio—furnished with low, white couches and bright-orange tables and chairs—offers panoramic views of the Downtown skyline. It's not just about the view here at this see-and-be-seen late-night lounge, with the kitchen turning out fantastic pan-Asian small plates.

With red-checked curtains and candlelit tables draped in white linens, cozy DOC is an authentic nod to casual Italian neighborhood trattorias, but the gorgeously presented cuisine here borrows heavily from the Pacific Northwest. Although you're free to order everything à la carte, most guests opt for the tasting menu, which comprises six courses for $75 (it's an additional $60 for wine pairings) and might feature halibut with a romesco sauce, Pacific oysters on the half shell with a hibiscus vinaigrette, and olive oil cake with strawberry, pine nuts, and tarragon.