Jeff's Search Engine Caff?: Food and Drink Guide to Portland for ...

I'm preparing to leave for SIGIR 2012 in Portland.

If you're planning some sightseeing, or a place to catch up over a beer or meal with friends and colleagues, here are some ideas.

Portland has been made famous by the "Portlandia" series. ?It's a quirky, young, outdoorsy, hipster, organic, crunchy kind of town, where "young people go to retire". ?It's ground zero for the burgeoning craft beer, coffee, and micro-distilling movement in America. ?It has been called "beervana" because of it's plethora of oustanding breweries, bars, and pubs.

To cut to the chase, here is my Food Map of Portland?on Google maps. ?Below are some of my sources and raw research notes.

Portland food links:

Go for a hike

Fine dining Restaurants:

Beast ?(think meat!)?

Le Pigeon (think Paris!) and their new place (foie gras profiteroles!)?Little Bird (another french bistro)

Portland is big into food trucks

Nong's Khao Man Gai, Koi Fusion, Wolf and Bear, Big A$ sandwich, Lardo, ?Good Food Here

Many are only open for lunch in downtown, so check their hours. ?For late night nosh, check the east side of town (great after a night imbibing at one of the east side bars/pubs)

Mai Pho (lemongrass tofu over rice), Pyro Pizza and Give Pizza a Chance (same owner), and Sugar Cube for desert.

Top places to eat.

Ken and Zuke's Deli (think Portland's version of Katz's in NY)

People's Pig (a food truck serving lunch, famous for it's Porchetta sandwich, see?serious eats coverage)

Pok Pok - Thai street food (get the drinking vinegar) - be prepared to wait, there is always a long line (think 1 to 1.5 hours. ?Go across the street and wait at the whisky soda lounge), famous for its wings

Beaker and Flask (restaurant of the year by Willamette Week)

Ken's Artisan Pizza

Olympic Provisions - great lunch places known for salumi

The Meadow - Artisan chocolates and food

Bakeshop - artisan croissants and bakery

Salt and Straw - ice cream

Coco Donut -- the locals prefer it to the more touristy Voodoo Donuts

Fine dining

Le Pigeon

Little Bird Bistro

Higgins

Toro Bravo?

Beast (James Beard nominated (winner?) chef Naomi Pomeroy makes killer meat. ?I have a cooking crush on her)

Nostrana

Castagna

PSU Portland farmer's market (on Saturday)

Beer & Spirits

Distillery Row

Clear Creek Distillery

Top pubs / Beer Bars

Bailey's Taproom (an icon)

Horse Brass (an icon)

Apex

Belmont Station

Beer Mongers

Brewpubs to visit

Hopworks urban brewery ?(classic portland - eco-brewpub -- bikes, beer, and great food)

Pelican?

Roots Organic brewpub

Breakside

Bridgeport

Breweries

Hair of the dog (the gold standard of portland breweries - best brewery in portland -- also has great food. ?A must visit!)

Upright brewing company (hot new upcoming - just beer, in an hard to find location. ?hard core beer geeks need apply)

Deschutes (large, popular standby)

Cascade Brewing (known for crazy sour beer!)

Breakside Brewery

Hopworks urban brewery

Gigantic Brewing

?- brand new brewery just opened in may.

Rogue brewery is a hometime favorite --> their current Voodoo donut maple bacon beer is really unique

Must try beers

BridgePort IPA

Deschutes Bachelor Bitter

DOA, Hopworks
Rogue Maple Bacon Doughnut beer

Consider a beer walking tour: ?cascade brewing --> ?green dragon --> hair of the dog

Cocktails

Beaker and Flask (restaurant of the year by Willamette Week, awesome cocktails!)

Clyde Common (great food + drinks, casual, great for a group in downtown)

Rum Club

Interurban

Source: http://www.searchenginecaffe.com/2012/08/food-and-drink-guide-to-portland-for.html

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