Twenty blocks of NE Alberta Street between MLK and 33rd, where the ice cream queues form and the bakeries open at seven. Galleries, cocktails, brunch.
Troy MacLarty's spice-loud Indian street-food canteen on NE Alberta in Portland, modelled on the chaat stalls of Mumbai and Hyderabad since 2012.
Signature: Vada pav, Kati roll
Order: The vada pav with green chutney
Tip: Counter order, table service. The Division Street outpost has closed; Alberta is the original room.
Earl Ninsom and Alan Akwai's Southern Thai chicken shop in NE Portland, with rice-flour-battered free-range chicken and sweet-spicy chili sauce.
Signature: Fried chicken, Roti and curry
Order: The three-piece fried chicken plate with curry roti
Tip: Two outposts (Killingsworth, Belmont) and a stall at Eem Pod. Killingsworth is the original room.
The LGBTQ-, women- and veteran-owned brunch garden on NE Alberta in Portland, with topping-layered potato cakes, vegan tofu bowls and pineapple mimosas.
Signature: Biscuits and bacon gravy, Vegan tofu bowl
Order: The biscuits and bacon gravy with potato cakes
Tip: Dog-friendly with a doggie menu. The covered patio is the seat to ask for in summer.
Portland's first all-vegan doughnut shop on NE Sandy, open since 2017 with handcrafted seasonal flavours and house-made vegan ice cream. Booking recommended.
Tip: Weekend service runs until 20:00 with a sundae menu. Cash and card.
Worth the queue: Maple-blueberry vegan doughnut
Cousins Tyler and Kim Malek's farm-to-cone ice cream counter on NE Alberta in Portland, the 2011 shop that grew into the Pacific Northwest's defining brand.
Tip: Five Portland scoop counters. Alberta is the original. The rotating monthly menu is the draw.
Worth the queue: Sea salt with caramel ribbons
Breakside's flagship NE Dekum pub in Portland, the 2010 brewery that grew into one of the Pacific Northwest's most decorated craft houses with IPA-led lineup.
Tip: Wood-fired pizzas from the kitchen pair to the IPA. Free street parking is easier than the Slabtown brewery.
Great Notion's R&D brewery on NE Alberta in Portland, originator of the hazy-IPA Pacific Northwest style with a beer garden. Located in Alberta Arts.
Tip: The Alberta flagship pours brewery-only beers. The NW 28th outpost has more food. Beer-garden patio in summer.
Christina Luu and William Vuong's Vietnamese soup counter on SE 82nd in Portland, with two rotating soups daily and the city's most authoritative pho-shop.
Try: Daily rotating Vietnamese soup
Tip: Open Wed-Sun 08:00-15:00. Two soups daily, each runs only one day a week. They sell out by noon.
The dog-friendly garden brunch cafe on NE Alberta in Portland, with potato cakes, bacon biscuits and pineapple mimosas served on a covered heated patio.
Order: Biscuits and bacon gravy with potato cakes
Tip: Doggie menu and a covered patio. Reservations available; walk-ins absorbed within 25 minutes.
Christina Luu and William Vuong's Vietnamese soup counter on SE 82nd in Portland for morning soup, with two daily soups, banh mi and a strict sellout policy.
Order: The daily soup and a Vietnamese coffee
Tip: Open from 08:00, but most regulars eat soup for lunch. They sell out by noon on weekends.
Radio Room is the 1949 Art Deco restaurant and cocktail bar on NE Alberta with a heated rooftop patio, half covered with a fireplace and half open to the sky.
Tip: The roof has its own bar and stays open seven days; the fireplace half stays warm in shoulder season, the open half is the sunset perch in summer.