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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Portland from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Portland, United States
Portland has 20 exceptional wine programs in our guide, alongside four Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence and four Best of Award of Excellence citywide. Wine styles include French-weighted inventories and natural wine, served with cooking that ranges from French bistro small plates to live-fire Haitian food. Canard in Lower Burnside pairs a wine inventory weighted toward France, Champagne, and Burgundy with small plates and a la carte service. Kann in Central Eastside Industrial District serves a gluten-free and dairy-free menu using Pacific Northwest seasonal ingredients, with a wine list weighted toward France and Oregon. Tasting menus include Japanese kaiseki and modern Thai cooking, both drawing on Pacific Northwest ingredients. Nodoguro in Downtown serves a wine list with chef Ryan Roadhouse's Japanese tasting menu in a home-like room for 16 guests. Langbaan in Northwest District pours natural wine with a modern Thai tasting menu from Earl Ninsom's kitchen, drawing on Thai regional cooking and Pacific Northwest ingredients.

Wine Spectator awards

In our guide, Wine Spectator recognition is citywide: four Awards of Excellence and four Best of Award of Excellence. These restaurants hold Award of Excellence or Best of Award of Excellence.

  • Canard

    Canard is a modern French bistro in Lower Burnside from Gabriel Rucker and Andy Fortgang, with small plates and a la carte service. Wine Director Ben Roan oversees a 2,500-bottle inventory weighted toward France, Champagne, and Burgundy. The latest Wine Spectator award is Best of Award of Excellence for 2026.

  • Kann

    Kann is a live-fire Haitian restaurant in the Central Eastside Industrial District, using Pacific Northwest seasonal ingredients for small plates and a la carte service. The wine list has 550 bottles, weighted toward France and Oregon. It holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2025. Chef Gregory Gourdet won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest And Pacific in 2024.

  • Mucca Osteria

    Mucca Osteria is an Italian osteria in Downtown Portland, where chef-owner Simone Savaiano serves handmade pastas a la carte and prix fixe. The wine list is extensive. Wine Spectator names it Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. World's Best Wine Lists gave the list a 2-star accreditation in 2025.

  • Ringside Steakhouse

    Ringside Steakhouse is a classic steakhouse in the Northwest District, established in 1944, with a la carte steaks and onion rings. The wine program is exceptional and the list is extensive. Wine Spectator names it Best of Award of Excellence, and Star Wine List recognized it, both in 2026.

  • Bellpine

    Bellpine is a modern American Pacific Northwest restaurant in Downtown, on the 20th floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Portland, with small plates, a la carte service, and an extensive wine list. The wine program is exceptional. It holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a Forbes Recommended award, both dated 2026.

Tasting menus

Tasting menus in our guide include Japanese kaiseki, modern Thai, modern American, Pacific Northwest, and plant-based formats. Several of those rooms also publish an or sommelier-led wine program.

  • Nodoguro

    Nodoguro is a modern Japanese kaiseki restaurant in Downtown, serving a tasting menu for 16 guests with seasonal Pacific Northwest ingredients. Chef Ryan Roadhouse runs the kitchen. The James Beard Awards named its chef Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific for 2026.

  • Langbaan

    Langbaan is a modern Thai tasting menu restaurant in the Northwest District, with 24 seats, a set menu, and natural wine. Earl Ninsom's kitchen draws on Pacific Northwest ingredients and Thai regional cooking. The James Beard Awards named it Outstanding Restaurant in 2024.

  • Coquine

    Coquine is a modern American fine-dining restaurant in Mt. Tabor, with tasting-menu and a la carte service and an extensive wine list. Katy Millard cooks with Oregon produce. In 2026 it was a James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages and ranked 71st by Opinionated About Dining among top restaurants in North America.

  • Jory at the Allison Inn

    Jory at the Allison Inn is a Pacific Northwest farm-to-table restaurant in Newberg, with a tasting menu and a la carte service. The wine program is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led. The dining room has a Forbes 4-Star rating for 2025. World's Best Wine Lists awarded the list 3 stars.

  • Astera

    Astera is a plant-based tasting-menu restaurant in the Belmont District, focused on Pacific Northwest farmed and foraged ingredients and fermentation. Chef Aaron Adams leads the kitchen, and the cooking is zero-waste within seasonal and local constraints. We're Smart World gave it 5 Radishes in 2025.

List styles and wine bars

In our guide, Portland has 20 exceptional wine programs citywide. List styles include French-weighted cellars, natural wine, and sommelier-led programs.

  • OK Omens

    OK Omens is a seasonal contemporary American restaurant in Ladd's Addition, serving small plates a la carte. Sommelier Brent Braun leads a James Beard-nominated wine program with an extensive list that includes natural wine. The wine program is exceptional. Opinionated About Dining recommends it for Casual in North America in 2026.

  • Arden

    Arden is a modern American farm-to-table restaurant in the Pearl, with prix fixe, tasting menu, a la carte, and counter dining. Chef Erik Van Kley cooks from an open kitchen. The wine program is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led. Star Wine List recognized the restaurant in 2026.

  • Hiyu Wine Farm

    Hiyu Wine Farm is a farm-to-table restaurant in Downtown, with a tasting menu paired with natural wines. It has 112 grape varieties and experimental field blends on a regenerative farm, with an open kitchen. The wine program is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led.

  • Division Wines

    Division Wines is a wine shop and bar in Richmond, with over 800 wines and a wine program that includes natural wine. The selection includes sustainably produced wines from lesser-known producers. The bar serves rotating small plates and received Star Wine List recognition in 2026.

  • Noble Rot

    Noble Rot is a seasonal American restaurant and wine bar in Lower Burnside, set on the fourth floor, with a rooftop garden that supplies vegetables, herbs, and flowers. The wine list is extensive and the program is exceptional. Opinionated About Dining recommends it for 2026.

Central Eastside Industrial District

The Central Eastside Industrial District is the second-largest venue cluster in our guide, with 33 venues. These restaurants and bars are in that neighborhood, including a Wine Spectator list and a bar with a 1,000-plus whisky selection.

  • Kann

    Kann is in Central Eastside Industrial District, where wood-fired cooking draws on Gregory Gourdet's Haitian heritage and Pacific Northwest seasonal ingredients. The menu is gluten-free and dairy-free. Its 550-bottle wine list is weighted toward France and Oregon, and Wine Spectator gave it an Award of Excellence in 2025.

  • clarklewis

    clarklewis is a Pacific Northwest farm-to-table restaurant in the Central Eastside Industrial District, with a la carte service and housemade preparations. Chef Brandon Stein cooks with regional produce. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with over 200 selections, plus craft cocktails and beer.

  • L'Orange

    L'Orange is a French-Pacific Northwest bistro in the Central Eastside Industrial District, serving a la carte and tasting-menu formats. The wine program is exceptional, and the list is extensive. Cooking draws on French Riviera ideas and Pacific Northwest ingredients in an upstairs room of a 1905 building.

  • Scotch Lodge

    Scotch Lodge is a whisky bar in the Central Eastside Industrial District with a 1,000-plus whisky selection and a Pacific Northwest food menu. The drinks cover craft cocktails and classic cocktails. In 2026 the James Beard Awards named it Outstanding Bar.

  • sousòl

    sousòl is a cocktail bar in Central Eastside Industrial District, below Kann, serving pan-Caribbean drinks and snacks in a moody, speakeasy-style subterranean room. The program has craft cocktails and zero-proof drinks.

Planning FAQ

Which neighborhood has the most venues in Portland?

Downtown has the most venues in our guide, with 65. The next-largest cluster is Central Eastside Industrial District, with 33 venues. Downtown includes Japanese kaiseki at Nodoguro, seafood tasting menus at Roe, and omakase at Bamboo Sushi.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Portland?

In our guide, Portland has no Michelin-starred restaurants. James Beard awards in our guide include Kann in the Central Eastside Industrial District for Best Chef: Northwest And Pacific, Nodoguro in Downtown for Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific, and Langbaan in the Northwest District for Outstanding Restaurant.

Which places hold Wine Spectator awards?

Kann in the Central Eastside Industrial District, Bellpine in Downtown, and Portland City Grill in Old Town Chinatown hold a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Canard in Lower Burnside, Ringside Steakhouse in the Northwest District, and Mucca Osteria in Downtown Portland hold Best of Award of Excellence. In our guide, four Awards of Excellence and four Best of Award of Excellence are citywide.

Where are the tasting menus?

Tasting menus in our guide include Nodoguro in Downtown, Langbaan in the Northwest District, Coquine in Mt. Tabor, Jory at the Allison Inn in Newberg, and Astera in the Belmont District. The formats are Japanese kaiseki, modern Thai, modern American fine dining, Pacific Northwest farm-to-table, and plant-based cooking.

Which places have the largest wine lists?

Canard in Lower Burnside has a 2,500-bottle inventory weighted toward France, Champagne, and Burgundy. Division Wines in Richmond has over 800 wines, including sustainably produced wines from lesser-known producers, and serves natural wine. Kann in Central Eastside Industrial District has a 550-bottle wine list weighted toward France and Oregon.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

Portland

Where to eat in Portland

Selected entries from the current guide for Portland.

Ken’s Artisan Pizza restaurant in Portland

Portland, United States

Ken’s Artisan Pizza

Ranked 8th in the country by 50 Top Pizza USA 2025 and a fixture on Opinionated About Dining's North America list, Ken's Artisan Pizza has anchored Portland's serious pizza conversation since 2006. The wood-fired, slow-fermented pies sit in the Neapolitan-American tradition, served without reservations in a lively Southeast Portland dining room. For visitors calibrating Portland's food scene, it remains a reliable national reference point.

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Pine State Biscuits | Division restaurant in Portland

Portland, United States

Pine State Biscuits | Division

Pine State Biscuits on SE Division has earned back-to-back Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats recognition, ranking #188 in North America in 2025. The SE Division location runs a tight weekly schedule, closed Tuesdays, open noon to 10pm otherwise, anchoring a stretch of Portland's most competitive casual dining. Southern biscuit tradition, rigorous enough to draw OAD's attention, delivered at a price point far below the city's headline restaurants.

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Jory at the Allison Inn restaurant in Portland

Portland, United States

Jory at the Allison Inn

Jory at the Allison Inn sits in the Willamette Valley wine country outside Newberg, Oregon, where a half-acre kitchen garden and relationships with local hazelnut farms, olive groves, and cheesemakers shape a daily-changing Pacific Northwest menu. The 100-seat dining room carries a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star rating and an Opinionated About Dining ranking, with an open kitchen counter for those who want a closer look at the cooking.

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Portland

Where to stay in Portland

Selected entries from the current guide for Portland.

Jupiter Hotel Portland hotel in Portland

Portland, United States

Jupiter Hotel Portland

Jupiter Hotel Portland occupies a converted 1960s motor lodge on East Burnside Street, positioning itself in Portland's design-led independent hotel tier rather than against downtown luxury chains. Its motel-revival format and proximity to the Doug Fir Lounge give it a cultural character that corridor hotels on the west side rarely match. For travelers who want the city's creative east side as their base, it competes on neighborhood access and aesthetic coherence rather than amenity scale.

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Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland hotel in Portland

Portland, United States

Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland

Positioned on SW Broadway at the center of Portland's downtown grid, Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland sits closer to Powell's Books, the Pearl District, and the city's restaurant corridor than most of its competitive set. The wine-country-inflected identity sets it apart from the design-led independents and full-service luxury chains sharing the same zip code. For travelers who want walkable access to Portland's food and cultural scene, the address does most of the work.

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The Clyde Hotel Portland by Kasa hotel in Portland

Portland, United States

The Clyde Hotel Portland by Kasa

The Clyde Hotel Portland by Kasa sits on SW Harvey Milk Street in downtown Portland, positioning itself within the city's mid-tier independent hotel segment rather than the branded luxury corridor occupied by properties like The Ritz-Carlton or The Nines. Kasa's tech-forward, apartment-style hospitality model trades traditional front-desk formality for a streamlined, app-managed guest experience suited to longer stays and repeat Portland visitors.

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The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown hotel in Portland

Portland, United States

The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown

The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown occupies a central position on SW Washington Street, placing guests within walking distance of the Pearl District, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, and Portland's most concentrated stretch of independent restaurants and bars. As downtown Portland has shifted and reconfigured over the past decade, the hotel has evolved alongside it, offering a known-quantity flag in a neighbourhood that rewards those who understand its current rhythm.

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The Hotel Zags Portland hotel in Portland

Portland, United States

The Hotel Zags Portland

Hotel Zags sits at 515 SW Clay Street in Portland's South Park Blocks corridor, positioning it within walking distance of the Pearl District and downtown's restaurant cluster. The property occupies a design-led niche in Portland's mid-to-upper hotel market, where independent spirit and neighbourhood integration matter more than brand affiliation. It offers a grounded base for exploring one of the American West's most serious food and drink cities.

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Portland

Where to go for a drink in Portland

Selected entries from the current guide for Portland.

Division Wines bar in Portland

Portland, United States

Division Wines

On SE Division Street, a few miles from central Portland, Division Wines has earned a place on every serious wine lover's itinerary in the city. The shop and tasting room operates as a neighbourhood anchor, drawing a loyal clientele that returns not for spectacle but for depth of selection and the kind of low-key expertise that doesn't announce itself. For visitors, it offers a more grounded introduction to Portland's drinking culture than the downtown bar circuit.

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Portland

Which wineries to visit in Portland

Selected entries from the current guide for Portland.

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