Portland’s Best and Most Iconic Restaurant Dishes | Eater Portland

"Nearby 28th Avenue’s so-called “Restaurant Row” could populate this map single-handedly: beer braised rabbit from Stammtisch, arroz con pollo from Pambiche, or one of a dozen cute first-date snacks from the previous entry on this list, Cheese and Crack. But if there’s one dish that simply has to live up to the hype it’s fresh oysters, and Flying Fish shucks them to the highest standards. It’s not a complicated plating: just a dozen halved bivalves on crushed ice. Good oysters are absolutely dependent on freshness, quality, and the knowledge of the staff, all of which Flying Fish maintains to an exacting standard. Anything fresher would require a drive to the coast." - Ben Coleman