Portland's Top 10 Restaurants That Focus on Farm-to-Table Food

Irving Street Kitchen offers outstanding Pacific Northwest cuisine made from the highest quality of ingredients. It also has amazing service. All the ingredients on Irving Street Kitchen's menu are house made, local & sustainable as available. Since they know exactly what is in their food they can easily accommodate food allergies. Even their fry oil is recycled into bio-diesel. The food creations are appetizing and interesting for example the Bibb Wedge Salad. This wedge is prepared with with Rogue Blue Cheese, Pink Lady Apple, Radish, Candied Pecans, and Tasso Bacon. They are open for brunch on the weekends and during warm days have a nice patio.

Radar is a one of a kind neighborhood candle lit restaurant run by a husband and wife team. They've created a warm and inviting place to dine, especially enjoyable on a crisp fall day. The menu is ideal for sharing with a variety small plate and larger plate options. Small plates offer selections like deviled eggs, three ways. Large plates like the chicken fried McFarland Springs trout with celeriac remoulade, lettuce, radish, shallots, tarragon aioli, and trout chicharrones are a heaping portion. Pair your dinner with a cocktail like the Night Owl made with bourbon, Coconib Ramazzootti, and toasted pecan bitters. Savor it, as it gets better with each sip. An indulgent brunch is available on weekends only.

Boasting one of Portland's most innovative brunch menus, Tasty n Sons delights diners with a warm, comforting ambiance, unique tapas-esque menu design and gracious service. The menu changes often for seasonal variations, local farmers' produce availability. Start with a brilliant Bloody Mary paired with glorious chocolate potato doughnuts with creme anglaise, grilled asparagus with a sunny side up egg or yams glazed with cumin-maple syrup. Then, indulge in bigger plates like the tender steak and eggs with a crisp cornmeal pancake and heavenly jalapeno butter. Tasty n Sons also serves dinner and hosts a long happy hour from 2:30 - 5 PM everyday.

A historic building houses this gem of a restaurant that offers diners the perfect combination of food and wine, along with specialty drinks and microbrews. The seasonal menu employs organic ingredients and fresh produce. Sliced duck breast, halibut and lamb take to new heights with the well-practiced recipes and seasonings used by the innovative chef. Top quality service and attention to detail are added treats at this Eighth Avenue bistro. Private dining rooms are perfect for groups, and outdoor sidewalk seating allows you to dine while taking in the action of the city. They also offer private dinning and happy hour every night from 5-6 P.M.

If you're looking for a casual eatery with an upscale ambiance, head to Clarklewis where they pride themselves on their exquisite farm to table ingredients. They offer tasty dishes in the way of American, Italian and European cuisine. A changing menu and the use of organic, local produce make each visit to this Eastside favorite a fresh experience. You can order a la carte or opt for the chef's menu. A cocktail, wine and beer list accompanies the fine menu, or you can choose to bring your own. An outdoor seating area is perfect during cooperative weather. Happy hour is from 4:30-6:30 PM Monday - Saturday.

One restaurant that appears on just about everybody's best-of Portland list is Andina. With the tagline, "A Taste of Peru in the Pearl," Andina has taken traditional South American cuisine to the level of fine art. Located in the heart of Portland's Pearl District, the neighborhood is comprised of boutique shops, art galleries and old industrial building converted into high-end lofts. Andina has a formal dining room and a more casual bar featuring live, Latin-influnced music every night of the week. Though Andina is one of the more expensive restaurants in Portland, most diners agree that the food and attentive service is well worth the cost. The tapas menu, happy hour and lunch offerings make sampling Andina food affordable for almost anyone. Andina sources it's food from local Oregon farms and direct trade with a community of organic farmers in Chincha, Peru.

Le Pigeon, considered by many to be the best restaurant in Portland, serves adventurous French-inspired food along with a wide variety of exciting wines in an intimate dining room on East Burnside. Reservations are accepted at one of the communal tables. There is also a chef's counter - 10 seats that wrap around the open kitchen - which is available on a walk-in basis. You can take part in the set seven course tasting menu for dinner or order off the menu. A typical dinner could included Pigeon Wonton, Duck Mu Shu, Creme Brulee, and much more. Le Pigeon uses quality ingredients from local sources.

Meriwether's grows their own produce and serves it at their onsite restaurant. Chef Michael Delaney creates menus inspired by the Willamette Valley to go along with their seasonal harvest. They get their other ingredients from farmers, fishers and ranchers in the Pacific Northwest. Another nice touch is the way they cook over a real wood fire. On a nice day sit out in their gardens tailored to accommodate large or small groups. The gardens feature stone paths, a sunken patio and gazebo with a fire pit. Meriwether's is open for lunch and dinner everyday. On the weekends they are also open for breakfast.

SE Wine Collective was created to be a unique multi-faceted urban winery designed to bring together like-minded wineries that are sustainably growing their businesses by establishing a venue for commercial custom crush wine production. The SE Wine Collective's Tasting Bar offers visitors a chance to enjoy tastes, glass pours and carafes of wines on tap from four resident artisanal wine producers. They have inspirational wines from all over the world, as well as amazing food to complement the wines. The food menu is created by Chef Althea Potter and she sources almost all of her ingredients from local farms including the Beginning Urban Farmers program. To see what kind of special events they offer each month be sure to check their online calendar. They offer dinners, brunches, and much more.

Beast is the adventurous carnivore's delight. One six-course dinner is offered each week, Wednesday through Sunday. Price is per person and the small dining room offers two seatings per night, at 6 and 8:45. The menu each week is the invention of the two women who own Beast, and they are inspired by what they find in the market. As the name suggests, the dinners are heavy on meats of all kinds. Vegetarians should not despair as Beast is now periodically offering a vegetarian meal series on some Tuesdays. Though one of Portland's more expensive restaurants, Beast offers a completely unique dining experience with dishes that cannot be found anywhere else. Hand-selected wine parings for each course are available. Sunday brunch offers a different menu with the same creative flare.