10 Must-Try Restaurants Near the Alberta Arts District in Portland

By Jen Stevenson

Fun and funky reigns at the retail core of Portland’s eclectic and ever-evolving Alberta Arts District, where carefully curated secondhand shops, artisan jewelers and rare booksellers span a 20-block stretch of unique shops and galleries interspersed with vacant lots and boarded up windows bearing coming soon signs. And when shoppers need an edible pick-me-up, be it a quick single-origin espresso, leisurely candy shop rummage, wait-worthy biscuits and gravy or elegant multi-course menu, they need only ask the way from a friendly character passing by (perhaps on a tall bike). Where are you shopping when you aren’t noshing? Vote for your favorite food purveyors, stores and more in our Portland Shopping and Food Lover's survey.