The Best Dishes Eater Portland Ate in January, 2025 | Eater Portland

"Named Eater Portland’s 2024 Best New Restaurant, this spot offers a focused happy-hour snack program and cider-forward pairings. Brenna Houck, Cities Manager, notes the $5 snack section includes "Ruffles with bleu cheese dip, crusty slices of sourdough with butter, and smoked salmon rolls." She goes on: "I could have probably been sated stopping there but I’m glad we stuck it out for another round of tart loganberry cider with plump chicken cappalletti swimming in broth and the robust, heaping chicory salad. It was difficult to pick a favorite, I’m a sucker for seafood so I suppose it had to be the crab roll. Similar to the smoked salmon during happy hour, they stuff a beautifully lacquered potato roll with lump Dungeness crab meat tossed with just the right amount of miso mayo for an added umami hit and dimpled with chives. If the cider wasn’t so good, it would steal the show." - Brenna Houck