Portland’s Best Restaurants and Bars, Spring 2025 | Eater Portland

"Northeast MLK’s Cafe Olli is a haven for gorgeous pastries, running the gamut of morning Danishes and evening cannelloni, breakfast porridges and after-dinner panna cotta, char-dotted pizzas and bubbling pastas al forno. Oregon produce plays a major role in dictating rotating menus, though a few dishes have become beloved constants: the simple breakfast sandwich, featuring a juicy house-made sausage patty and a fluffy milk bun; pizza pomodoro, showcasing the flavor of the hearth as much as the tomato and grain in the dough. Cafe Olli’s charm is in those fleeting seasonal portraits, from springtime green garlic cavatelli to summery beet salad dotted with Rainier cherries. Dessert, such as the restaurant’s famed thick-sliced chocolate cake, is mandatory. There’s even a gorgeous wood-fired oven at the center of the space, tying it all together." - Katherine Chew Hamilton