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21 Best Restaurants in Portland, OR | Condé Nast Traveler

"Step into the small Belmont dining room—with a Turkish rug, framed pigeon paintings, and an eclectic soundtrack—and you’ll feel like you’ve landed in an eccentric Portlander’s home as you work through one of three tasting menus that become progressively more arresting: examples include a fall poached celeriac on creamed kale and sautéed mushrooms with roasted leek demi-glace and a crispy buñeulo pipetted with a maitake “lardon” cashew cheese, and a parsnip ice cream with carrot butterscotch topped by a delicate rye sable cookie." - Hannah Wallace