Restaurants

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A selection of restaurant recommendations, broken down by Country, State/Region, & City/Area. The order of the lists is somewhat organic.

I’ve been to all of the restraunts on this list and would go back to them. Generally speaking, I don’t go back to restraunts I didn’t like.

If you recommned something to me I’ll add it to a “To Try” section until I’ve visited and decided I like it.

This was formerly my Places to Eat gist.

USA, CA, San Francisco

Breakfast / Brunch / Bakery

Plow : Breakfast/Brunch. Possibly the best all around Brunch in SF. My #1 breakfast spot in SF.
Tartine Bakery : Try the croissants and the bread pudding.
Vive la Tarte : Pastries and breakfast goods. My 2nd favorite SF breakfast spot.
Neighbor Bakehouse: Great bakery.

Pizza / Italian

Tony’s Pizza Nepolitano : Possibly the best pizza west of the hudson river.
Del Popolo : Pizza!
Little Star Pizza : Deep Dish with a cornmeal crust. Try the “off menu” Brass Monkey.
Una Pizza Napoletana : Very good pizza
Delfina : Italian / Pizza
Flour & Water : Italian
Zero Zero : Pizza / Pasta. Try the soft serve with olive oil and sea salt.

Misc Lunch / Dinner

Mission Chinese
Little Skillet : Chicken & Waffles
Wise Sons Jewish Deli
Dosa : South Indian
State Bird Provisions : If you can, go here to eat.
NOPA
Yank Sing : Dim Sum
Deli Board : Sandwiches
Dumpling Time : Yes, it is dumpling time.
Chez Maman : French
Lers Ros : Good Thai food.
Paprika SF: Hungarian & Czech Cuisine

Dessert

Coffee

To Try

Californios
Cala
Lord Stanley
Frances
Swenson’s (Sticky Chocolate Peanut Butter)
Al’s Place
Nopalito
Neighbor
Dynamo
Mr. Holmes
20th Century Cafe (honey cake)
The Mill
Benjamin Cooper
Bakehouse - Ginger Pull Aparts
Bob’s on Polk for Classic Donuts
Ma-ze-men
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USA, CO, Denver

Breakfast / Brunch / Bakery

Snooze: An AM Eatery : Breakfast
Revelry Kitchen : Breakfast
Denver Biscuit Company : Biscuits and Pizza

Misc Lunch / Dinner

The Nickel : Local, farm-to-table
Torchy’s Tacos : like in Austin
Hop Alley : Chinese

Ice Cream

Coffee

USA, NY, New York

Russ & Daughters : Jewish Cafe
Clinton St. Baking Company : Breakfast/Brunch, known for pancakes

USA, OR, Portland

Breakfast / Brunch / Bakery

Tasty-n-Alder : American “tapas”; personal favorite; also does dinner
Broder : Various locations; Scandinavian
Off the Waffle : Waffles
Screen Door : Southern; Get the Fried Chicken; also does dinner
Pop Bagel : Portland style pretzel bagel
Nuvrei : My favorite french pâtisserie in PDX
Bernstein’s Bagels : Good bagels
Spielman Bagels & Coffee : Good bagels
Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels : Decent bagels

Food Halls / Food Carts

Bundy’s Bagels : Arguably the best bagels in PDX
Chicken and Guns : Latin style Oak & Mesquite Woodfired Chicken
Puddle Town Bagels : Good bagels
Pastrami Zombie : Pastrami sandwiches
Pine Street Market : Indoor food hall
- Bless Your Heart Burger : Yummy burgers
- Marukin Ramen : Good Ramen
- OP Wurst : Good, local sausages
- Pollo Bravo : Inspired by Pollo Rico in Barcelona and the many rotisseries in Sevilla and Valencia
- WizBangBar : Salt-n-Straw Softserve

Pizza

Lovely’s Fifty Fifty : Wood fired pizza & Ice cream. Great pizza, not quite neapolitan style
Red Sauce : Really good pizza
A Pizza Scholls : Some of the best pizza in Portland (Conneticut style)
Life of Pie : Neapolitan style pizza
The Star Portland : Cornmeal deep dish. PDX location of SF’s Little Star / Blueline
Heart Pizza : Brought to you by founder of Blue Star Donuts.
Ken’s Artisan Pizza : Solid brick oven pizza
Dove Vivi : Pizza with a cornmeal crust
Oven-n-Shaker : Pizza
Sizzle Pie : A PDX Classic, vegan options

Burgers

Little Big Burger : Small, but good hamburgers; truffle fries; various locations
Bless Your Heart Burger : Good burgers
Grain & Gristle : Tavern serving burgers
Killer Burger : Greasy, but good burgers
Dick’s Kitchen : Paleo / Burgers
Burgerville : PNW burger chain

Lunch / Dinner

Ava Genes : Italian
Toro Bravo : Tapas; parent restaurant to Tasty-n-Alder
Tasty-n-Daughters : Like Tasty-n-Alder, but more “taverny”
Din Tai Fung : Taiwan style dumplings
XLB : Chinese comfort food, specializing in it’s namesake, xiao long bao
Ox : Argentinian Steak House
Beast : Fancy, six course, prix-fixe menu
Teoto : Arepas / Venezuelan
Boxer Ramen
Shigezo :Izakaya / Ramen
Afuri : Japanese Ramen Chain
Bamboo Sushi : Good, high end sushi
Murata : Pretty good sushi
Pok Pok : Thai street food, get the wings
Kenny & Zuke’s : Deli, try the pastrami
Lardo : burgers/sandwiches
Olympia Provisions : meat/sausages
Cafe Mingo : Italian
Ned Ludd : Seasonal / NW / everything is cooked in a wood fired oven.
Thai Bloom : Thai food
Decarli : Italian
Boriken : Puerto Rican

Bar / Drinks

Multnomah Whiskey Library : Whiskey library, probably need a reservation
Whisky Soda Lounge : if you just want the Pok Pok wings, other snacks & beer

Desserts

Salt-n-Straw : Ice Cream
Fifty Licks : Ice Cream
What’s the Scoop : Ice Cream
Blue Star Donuts : Don’t bother with Voodoo, go here.
Ruby Jewel : Ice Cream, Salt & Straw / Fifty Licks are better, but Ruby Jewel is good
Petunia’s : Vegan Pies and Pastries

Coffee

Misc Fast Food

Café Yumm!
Pizza Schmiza : better than other fast food pizza anyway

To Try

Soup Time
Cart Lab : Food Hall
Renata : Italian
Park Kitchen
La Moule
Le Pigeon
Tidbit Food Truck : SE Division & 28th food trucks
Tapalaya : Cajun/Creole
Mucca osteria : Italian
Levant : French
Roost : New American Brunch
Marrakesh : Moroccan
Xico : Mexican
Coquine
Higgins
Nostrana
Aviary
Biwa : Ramen/Japanese
Kornblatz
Il Gallo Nero (pearl district)
The montage
Hayden’s restaurant
Luc lac
Skamania lodge (brunch) (Stephenson, Washington)
Virtuous Pie