#portland-chefs

#portland-chefs

The list of nominees is dominated by a new class of ambitious DC restaurants serving cuisines from Africa and the African diaspora in the Caribbean, including Elmina, Isla, and Marcus DC.

Franz Bakery produces up to a million buns per day, showcasing its manufacturing capabilities through free factory tours that attract school groups and adults alike.

Noma Projects will offer a selection of products from the Copenhagen shop including savory mushroom garum, sea buckthorn hot sauce, wild rose vinegar, and pumpkin seed praline.

On May 2, 2025, arts and cultural organizations across the country received notifications that grants and funding promised by the National Endowment for the Arts were being rescinded. This was part of a larger initiative by the Trump Administration to dismantle not just the NEA, but also other arts advocacy programs including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

Maine is known for its fresh seafood, specifically lobster, and has many other foods native to its culinary culture that are unbreakably tied to the state.

Built in 1913, the building calls back to the city's early development, much like the commercial clusters just a block or few long that are nestled in so many neighborhoods.

Rowe and Garen Scribner's libretto takes its liberties, setting the action in a world where everything is green and an evil princess has ruled that nothing be eaten but peas.

Minneapolis has a 200-year history of embracing newly arrived immigrants, leading to a remarkably diverse food scene that utilizes the region's agricultural bounty.

The tomato soup is silky smooth and appreciably tangy, providing pure comfort food for watching an away game on a rainy day, especially when paired with a grilled cheese.

A piece of República will always live in each of you. The doors may close tonight - but what you built here will never disappear. Owner Angel Medina and co-owner Olivia Bartruff expressed gratitude to staff following the Pearl District restaurant's final service on March 8, acknowledging the lasting impact of the team's contributions to the celebrated Mexico-forward dining concept.

Expatriate opened in the summer of 2013 as a moody, stylish companion bar to Naomi Pomeroy's legendary Beast across the street. Owner and bartender Kyle Linden Webster, the late chef's husband, brought recipes and aesthetics inspired by his world travels to the Concordia neighborhood, as well as a genre-spanning collection of vinyl. The drinks matched the vibes: lush, layered, often drawing inspiration from Southeast and South Asian countries.

If Portland's Thai food scene wasn't exemplary enough, January saw an impressive expansion with the opening of two restaurants: one returning and one brand-new. The first, in early January, was the welcome reopening of Yui, a beloved mom-and-daughter spot with a tight, focused menu of Thai staples and rarely seen dishes. After a few itinerant years as a pop-up, Yui has settled into a spacious dining hall on SE Belmont Street, formerly home to sushi and ramen restaurant Musashi's.

Portland's celebrated rooftop dining destination is entering a bold new era. Departure, the acclaimed Pan-Asian restaurant perched atop The Nines Hotel in downtown Portland, has announced the appointment of Chef U'ilaniku'ulei Vele as Executive Chef: a homecoming that promises to reshape the culinary landscape of the Pacific Northwest's food and beverage scene. For hospitality professionals and food enthusiasts tracking menu innovation and restaurant leadership trends, this appointment signals an exciting fusion of heritage, community values, and contemporary Pacific Northwest cuisine.