The Best Restaurants to Eat and Drink Around the Buckman Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon | Eater Portland

"Kachka is almost always a default restaurant rec given to many newcomers in Portland; oftentimes, it also serves as an extravagant introduction to Eastern European cuisine, emphasizing Russian dining of the Soviet era. The colorful, homey interior serves as an energizing backdrop to charcuterie boards covered with herring salad, pickled vegetables, and smoked fish buterbrodi. Ordering the Ruskie Zakuski Experience will incentivize the team to customize an array of these items for you, which should rightfully be served alongside one of the dozen-plus vodkas infused with spices like horseradish, caraway, and sour cherry. Other must-have items unique to Kachka include pelmeni and vareniki dumplings served with their addictively savory “fancy” broth, along with the clay pot rabbit braised in a liquid of sour cherries, porcini, and smetana." - Katrina Yentch