The Best Restaurants and Bars in Portland’s Pearl District

The Pearl is a neighborhood constantly in flux, with a seemingly endless stream of high-rise condos dwarfing the repurposed brick warehouses that attracted so many longterm locals. In the shadows of these tall buildings lie a host of restaurants and bars, churning out everything from al dente pasta to butternut squash mole. The restaurants found in the Pearl echo the architectural blueprint of this changing neighborhood: solid standbys that have managed to hang on for more than a decade, along with a healthy dose of buzzy new hotspots.

It’s almost impossible to fit all the worthwhile restaurants and bars of such a thriving neighborhood into one map, but this collection of spots captures the highlights among both the veterans and the rookies. For more neighborhood-specific maps, this collection can help.