THE RESTAURANT AWARDS DIARIES

Nestled in the course of Oregon wine state, Okta integrates the roots, fruits, leaves and creatures — even the twigs and rocks — with the Pacific Northwest into a tasting menu with spiritual Proportions. The chef Matthew Lightner (formerly of Castagna in Portland, Ore., and Atera in Big apple) after cooked at Noma, whose impact is apparent in d

Lilia Comedor describes by itself as serving Pacific Northwest Delicacies in the lens of a Mexican American chef, an apt if somewhat wan description in the chef Juan Gomez’s vibrant and exact cooking. Ideal to Allow dishes like silky halibut with morels, mole and flakes of rice chicharron, and pork collar confit with heirloom carrot escabeche com