SE Division between 11th and 60th is the city's food row, with the original Pok Pok building, Stumptown's 1999 roastery and a line of bakeries.
Earl Ninsom, Sam Smith and Eric Nelson's Northern Thai room in Portland reopened the OG Pok Pok building in January 2026 with khao soi and grilled chicken.
Signature: Khao soi, Gai yang
Order: Khao soi with extra crispy egg noodles on top
Tip: Walk-ins always welcome. The late-night karaoke lounge runs Friday and Saturday after the kitchen closes.
Earl Ninsom's Bangkok-Chinatown room in Portland's Montavilla neighbourhood, Portland Monthly's 2023 Restaurant of the Year for Thai-Chinese hawker cooking.
Signature: Crispy fried oyster, Five-spice braised pork
Order: Crispy fried oysters with chili jam
Tip: Walk-ins only. Arrive by 17:30 on weekends or expect a 60-minute wait at the door.
Mariah and Thomas Pisha-Duffly's Indonesian and Malaysian room on SE Division in Portland, all disco balls, sea-creature wallpaper and bold sambal.
Signature: Mie goreng, Beef rendang
Order: The beef rendang with coconut rice
Tip: The bar runs a strong cocktail programme worth arriving early for. Plates are sized to share.
Duane Sorenson's Italian dining room on SE Division in Portland, with Italian wine list, market-driven pastas and a vegetable-led tasting menu.
Tip: The bar takes walk-ins for the full menu. Order the vegetable antipasti as a starter even if the menu pushes pasta first.
The Clinton Street seafood and oyster room in Portland that moved to a bigger SE 25th and Clinton space in November 2024. Oysters, crab, cocktails.
Signature: Oysters on the half-shell, Dungeness crab roll
Order: A half-dozen Pacific oysters and a martini
Tip: Oyster happy hour from 16:00 to 17:30 weekdays. The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room books on Resy.
Duane Sorenson's original 1999 Stumptown roastery on SE Division in Portland, replacing the Hair Bender beauty parlour whose name became the espresso blend.
Signature drink: Hairbender espresso
Tip: The original counter still hosts public cuppings on Saturday mornings. Order Hairbender as a cortado.
Duane Sorenson's largely vegan and gluten-free cafe on SE Division in Portland, all-day breakfast and brunch with caramelised onion toast and smoothie bowls.
Signature drink: Smoothie bowl and cardamom latte
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to 16:00. Shares the lot with Ava Gene's; one entry per concept.
Lauretta Jean Bonfiglio's all-butter-crust pie bakery on SE Division in Portland, with savoury pies for lunch, sweet pies by the slice and a strong cocktail list.
Tip: Closed Tuesday. Order the salted honey pie warm with whipped cream; it's the canonical Portland pie.
Worth the queue: Salted honey pie
Micah Camden's brioche-based doughnut counter on SE Division in Portland, the upscale answer to Voodoo with cocktail-inspired flavours since 2012.
Tip: Brioche dough means doughnuts go stale fast; arrive before noon. The downtown location closed; SE Division is the flagship.
Worth the queue: Blueberry bourbon basil
Duane Sorenson's Stumptown opened on SE Division in Portland in 1999. The original Hairbender espresso blend still hangs on the roastery sign and the menu.
Tip: The original beauty-parlour roastery still stands. Public cuppings on Saturday mornings; bring cash for beans.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Cold brew, Whole bean retail
The bar at Ava Gene's on SE Division in Portland, focused on Italian regional pours and Willamette Valley wines, with full kitchen access for walk-ins.
Signature pour: Etna Rosso by the glass
Wine focus: Italian growers and Willamette Valley
Food: Italian antipasti and pasta
Tip: Order the antipasti as a snack with two glasses of wine; the kitchen will plate a smaller portion.
Heather Lawless's SE Clinton Street cocktail bar in Portland, with classic spec martinis, Pacific oysters on the half-shell and a relocated 2024 dining room.
Signature drink: Martini paired with Pacific oysters
Food: Seafood and oysters
Tip: Oyster happy hour 16:00 to 17:30 weekdays. The bar walks in; the dining room books on Resy.
Portland's most famous dive bar on SE Division, with fishing-lure-encrusted resin tables, poker machines and the city's best broasted fried chicken.
Signature drink: Cheap beer and broasted chicken
Food: Fried chicken and jojos
Tip: One deep fryer means the chicken can take an hour at peak. Order at the bar and drink while you wait.
Portland's most famous dive on SE Division for late-night fried chicken, with the bar open until 02:00 and the fryer pulling chicken until they sell out.
Try: Broasted fried chicken and beer
Tip: Last fryer order around 23:30. After that, beer only. Pool table and poker machines stay open.
Earl Ninsom's Northern Thai room on SE Division in Portland has a Friday-Saturday late-night karaoke lounge with khao soi, fried chicken and a cocktail bar.
Try: Khao soi and late-night karaoke
Tip: Late-night karaoke menu starts at 22:00 Fri-Sat. Walk-ins only for the lounge.