Where can you get the best hamburger in Portland Oregon? This category received 1,378 votes. I’m always surprised when we have ties with this many votes cast, and it happened three times in this category. This is always a top vote-getter in our yearly poll, with such a wide variety of responses, even the winners have a …

A few items of note from the PR file today. First comes notice that Blue Star Donuts is opening a store on NW 23rd –PORTLAND, Ore. (Mar. 11, 2015) – Portland’s favorite artisan donut shop will be expanding to its fourth location on NW 23rd St. In signature celebration style, Blue Star Donuts will …

Blue Olive on NE Alberta street has closed for good. Here is their Facebook post: We would like to announce to our valued customers that the Blue Olive Cafe will be closing down on 3/1/15. We loved serving you through the years but now we need to focus on family and on other ventures. …

Portland is a sushi town, and that’s reflected in the number of votes for the Reader Survey 2015 Best Sushi in Portland. We have lots of reasonable choices, and the cuisine seems to be growing in popularity. But the top choices always seem to come down to a favorite few. Those restaurants not mentioned …

The number of coffeehouses that have opened over the past few years made untangling the votes for Best Coffeehouse in Portland a challenge. We love our coffee, and judging by the comments, many of us have strong preferences about coffeehouses. For this survey I left out “Best Roaster” for another survey, because I …

Following the trend of recent years, there has been a bit of a shakeup in the Best Mexican Restaurant in Portland category, but only in the placement on the list. Relative newcomer Xico (pronounced “chico”) is continuing to climb, vaulting over more established restaurants such as Autentica. Mextiza has closed giving room for others to …