365 Things To Do In Portland, Oregon

I warned you.  You're going to be able to eat your way through Portland, Oregon like a pro after reading these posts.  I tried to refrain from a restaurant post today, but I've had the pleasure of visiting Irving Street Kitchen in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District a couple times this week, and I am a very happy camper.

Irving Street Kitchen is the new occupant of the space formerly known as Bay 13, which didn't fare so well, and closed last year. I was a little worried that the Bay 13 vibes might continue on for this new place, but my worries were appeased QUICKLY.  Very nice staff and a menu full of really good, not too expensive food.  The space is cool.  It's a large space for a restaurant in the neighborhood, but the new owners managed to warm the place up a bit.  The far side of the dining room has cozy little booths with curtains, and the main dining room is lit with some really nice chandeliers with Edison-style bulbs.

And the food, you ask?

Bacon wrapped fried oysters? Yes please.  Duck confit with duck sausage and wild rice? I'll have two!  The food is really well put together.  It's classy comfort food, and both servers that helped me definitely seemed to be foodies, as well.  They were able to navigate me through the menu and had well formed opinions to share.  

The chocolate cake with pistachio brittle and the spicy doughnuts with coffee semifreddo were SO GOOD.  

Definitely try out this new Pearl District eatery.  I hope they'll be there for a long time.  Oh, oh!  And during the day, they set up shop right on the corner of NW 13th and Irving, and you can buy all kinds of awesome BBQ food for really good deals at lunch time.  

Irving Street Kitchen
701 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
503-343-9440

www.irvingstreetkitchen.com