52 More New Restaurants: Portland, San Juans & Vancouver, BC

Last Updated: October 25, 2022

It’s time once again to take a little peek at my Foursquare checkins & Foodspotting pics, as I’ve hit another 50 new places to eat. This time around, Portland had a little competition from the San Juan Islands, Vancouver, and the Oregon coast. So here are the new restaurants, bars, and coffee shops I’ve been to lately…

1. Arabian Breeze (now Nicholas 2) – so so, Ya Hala is still my favorite
2. Spella Cafe – Affogato!



3. Apizza Scholls – doesn’t everyone love Apizza Scholls? I would give it another try, but not a fan of ordering a giant pizza and then discovering I totally misordered, but I’m stuck with a pizza that I don’t like.
4. Mudai Lounge
5. St Jack – I’ve been hearing awesome things about St Jack, so we finally headed to brunch there last month, and I was so disappointed! The pain au chocolate from the bakery was great. My omelet, not so much. Only 25% of our brunch party enjoyed it. Sad. I still want to give their dinner menu a try though.
6. Sip Juicery – love love love. This little juice cart is outside of People’s Co-op and is one of my new favorite places to stop. Chocolate peanut butter. Say no more. The berry ginger is also super tasty.
   
7. Green Dragon
8. Gorditos Mexican, Everett, WA – Yelp fail
9. Maloulas, Friday Harbor, WA – Yelp fail. Ok, more like Friday Harbor is just expensive. Not that great.
10. Lime Kiln Cafe, Roche Harbor, WA – brilliant. As I mentioned in my post about biking from Friday Harbor, I hope my recommendation isn’t skewed from riding the 9.5 miles there. :) Yelp, you are redeemed.



11. Downriggers Restaurant, Friday Harbor, WA – blackened salmon sandwich and sweet potato fries quite tasty after our ride out to Roche Harbor.
12. World’s Skinniest Latte Shop, Friday Harbor, WA – carrot, apple, ginger juice was tasty
13. Rocky Bay Cafe, Friday Harbor, WA
14. Stark Naked Pizza – tasty
15. The Wrapture (food cart) – meh
16. Diamond Thai (food cart) – I don’t know about their food, but crazy cheap and refreshing Thai iced tea
17. Caffe Umbria – it’s like Portland’s Little Italy in one coffee shop
18. Fifty Licks
19. Central – this place is almost too cool for school. Our last stop on an impromptu DIY cocktail crawl. Complex, no seriously, cocktails.
    
20. Waves Coffee House, Vancouver, BC – good paninis
21. Uva Wine Bar, Vancouver, BC – I just ordered a beer. (at our Meet, Plan, Go hosts meetup at TBEX)
22. Guu, Vancouver, BC – I was really excited to try this Izakaya restaurant, but we were short on time and I only ordered one thing. Boo.
23. Steamworks Brewing Company, Vancouver, BC – not that great. Also, there was a mouse in the bathroom. True story.
24. Smiley’s Public House, Vancouver, BC – free drink tickets are fine by me, TripAdvisor’s After Party for TBEX.
25. Giovane Cafe, Vancouver, BC
26. Japadog, Vancouver, BC – seriously tasty veggie dog!
    




27. Thai Pod – zero atmosphere, but my new favorite place when I just want some pad thai
28. Crow Bar – typical Mississippi Ave dive bar
29. Manzanita News & Espresso, Manzanita, OR – Manzanita is one of my favorite cities on the Oregon coast.
30. Delta Cafe – so much good food. I want to go back.
31. B-Side Tavern
32. Rontoms – Hey look, I finally went to Rontoms. Hipster.
33. Gilt Club – Another place I finally went to. We stopped at Gilt for a drink after riding around town one night.
34. Fruitilandia – smoothies
35. Cricket Cafe
36. Irving St Kitchen – awesome happy hour. This one had been on my list to try for a while, and their mac & cheese is delicious.
    
37. La Buca
38. The Slammer Tavern
39. McMenamin’s Grand Lodge – Perfect weekend getaway from Portland. Disc golf, bocce, Ruby, movie theater, soaking pool etc. Typical McMenamins, a little quirky, some history, lots of fun and easy on the bank account. :)
40. Hair of the Dog Brewery
41. Katie O’Brien’s
42. Foster Burger – I love it that Foster Burger was in Bon Appetit magazine. A had the kiwi burger and a strawberry shake. So filling.
43. Tiny’s Coffee
44. The Globe – The Globe is one of my recent favorite happy hours. Caramelized onion & blue cheese pizza for $6!



45. Water Avenue Coffee
46. Alder Pastry & Dessert – fairly new place on Burnside. They have gelato too.
47. Fire on the Mountain
48. Rotture
49. Helser’s on Alberta – German pancake. Yum.
50. Santeria – this place used to be called El Grillo. Even though it’s right between Tugboat Brewing & Bailey’s Taproom, I never really noticed it. Good for late night food. Interestingly, the bathrooms are through the back door — in a strip club (Mary’s Club). Giggle-worthy.
51. Accanto – They should have named Accanto Genoa Jr. Tasty gnocchi & cheap happy hour menu.
52. Dante’s – ewww

How it all started: I had a goal to visit one new restaurant a week.
1-52: Go To 52 New Restaurants – 30 Before 30 List
53-103: 52 [More] New Restaurants
104-156: 156 New Portland Restaurants, Bars, Coffee Shops in 299 Days
157-208: 208 New Places in One Year

What new places have you tried lately?