Portland’s 10 best new restaurants of 2025
OregonLive.com • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Portland's 2024-2025 dining scene remains vibrant despite challenges like rising food costs and immigration enforcement, with diverse venues from fine dining to dive bars delivering creativity and joy.
- Astera offers polished vegan fine dining with plant-based tasting menus priced between $115 and $165, featuring innovative dishes like maitake mushrooms over kohlrabi purée.
- Balong, a Filipino cafe-bakery in Powellhurst-Gilbert, is known for its breakfast sandwiches and crispy hash browns, blending LA energy with Filipino bakery nostalgia.
- Bauman’s on Oak combines a cider bar with standout pizzas and house-baked bread, while L’Echelle honors the legacy of chef Naomi Pomeroy with French bistro fare
