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.
OrderThe vada pav with green chutney
TipCounter 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.
OrderThe three-piece fried chicken plate with curry roti
TipTwo 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.
OrderThe biscuits and bacon gravy with potato cakes
TipDog-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.
Worth the queueMaple-blueberry vegan doughnut
TipWeekend service runs until 20:00 with a sundae menu. Cash and card.
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.
Worth the queueSea salt with caramel ribbons
TipFive Portland scoop counters. Alberta is the original. The rotating monthly menu is the draw.
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.
TipWood-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.
TipThe 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.
TryDaily rotating Vietnamese soup
TipOpen 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.
OrderBiscuits and bacon gravy with potato cakes
TipDoggie 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.
OrderThe daily soup and a Vietnamese coffee
TipOpen 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.
TipThe 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.
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