Oregon

Some lunches end with an empty plate. Others end with a wrapped-up half sandwich riding home in the…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 17

Some of the best meals in Eugene come from places with no dining room, no host stand, and…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 17

Highway 101 has a way of tempting drivers to pull over every few miles, but one stop in…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 16

Some Portland mornings start with a line on the sidewalk and a plan already made. People wait on…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 16

Oregon’s Hood River Valley has a scenic driving route called the Fruit Loop, and it winds past orchards,…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 16

Some of the best steaks in Oregon are served far from any big city, in towns where cattle…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 15

Most tortillas in America come out of a plastic bag, and most of us have stopped noticing. That…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 15

Oregon gets plenty of gray, drizzly days, and few meals handle that weather better than a big bowl…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 15

Downtown Pendleton has old brick buildings, a famous underground tour, and plenty of Western history packed into a…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 14

Some fishing trips fall apart before the first cast. The boat is still at home, the bait shop…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 14

Some of the best plates in Portland come out of a kitchen not much bigger than a garden…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 14

Some places on the Oregon Coast earn a crowd through billboards. Others earn it one plate of fried…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 13

Some towns ask you to pick between the beach, a working river, and a slower pace of life.…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 13

Some people drive more than two hours along the Oregon Coast just to restock their favorite smoked treats,…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 13

A few miles west of Medford, a small Gold Rush town hides a redbrick building that has stood…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 12

Some families do not need a menu, because they already know what the kids will order before the…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 12

Some of the best burgers in Oregon are not found at fancy restaurants or trendy burger chains. They…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 12

Portland gets most of the attention when people talk about Thai food in Oregon, but some of the…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 11

Some towns are so small you could miss them if you blink at the wrong moment. Gaston, Oregon,…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 11

Out on Oregon’s high desert, towns sit far apart and a good meal can be hours away. Drivers…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 11

Astoria sits right where the Columbia River meets the Pacific, and some of its best meals come with…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 10

Some people hit snooze. Huevos rancheros fans set a second alarm just to make sure they get a…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 10

Oregon highways are full of long stretches where the next real meal feels far away. That is exactly…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 10

Some people travel across an ocean just to sit in a booth on a highway outside Beaverton. That…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 9

Some wing joints shout about themselves with giant signs and flashy promos. The one in this story keeps…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 9

Some restaurants chase every new trend, and one Portland steakhouse has spent decades politely ignoring them. Servers still…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 9

Some restaurants chase trends, and some quietly outlast them. Just south of Portland, in the suburb of Tigard,…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 8

Some meals in Portland come with a plan, and some come with a plate and no limits. On…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 8

Some families keep photo albums, and some keep a favorite booth. On the east side of Portland, one…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 8

Some Portland restaurants come and go in a single season, but one little oyster bar in Old Town…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 7

Some Oregon kids grow up thinking a half gallon of ice cream belongs on the grocery list right…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 7

Some restaurants spend big money on billboards and ads. Others let their customers do the talking, and in…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 7

Some of the best meals on the Oregon Coast happen in places you could miss with a single…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 6

Oregon weather has a way of turning lunch plans into soup plans. Once the rain settles in and…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 6

Some people go bowling for the strikes, and some people go for the burger waiting at the snack…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 6

Washington’s Hood Canal gets a lot of oyster fame, but Oregon has its own bays full of briny…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 5

Oregon has plenty of rainy days, and a big bowl of pho might be the best answer to…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 5

A giant corn dog perched on a rooftop is not something most towns can claim, yet this little…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 5

Somewhere along the winding stretch of Oregon’s Highway 101, there is a place that draws over a million…

By Logan Mercer · Oct 4