The Best French Restaurants in Portland
"Chef and owner Gabriel Rucker’s flagship restaurant is one of the city’s most beloved culinary institutions for its modern, playful, and uniquely Northwestern take on French cooking, including its famed foie gras profiteroles. Since 2006, Le Pigeon has solidified its status as a quintessential tasting menu destination, where visitors will find creative plates with the chef’s seasonal flair. Whether Rucker is dressing freshly caught kanpachi with calamansi creme anglaise or stuffing arancini with a koji-carrot hummus, the constantly rotating menu incentivizes patrons to return for any and every special occasion. To bring the wine-tasting experience home, Sergio Licea and Le Pigeon wine director and owner Andy Fortgang have opened Flor Wines, a complementary retail venture housing lesser-known bottles inspired by the restaurant’s cellar sales. Next door and in Oregon City, diners can check out Rucker’s more laid-back sibling restaurant Canard with its oeufs en mayonnaise, pork rillettes, and steak frites with bearnaise." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Katrina Yentch, Rebecca Roland
