If you know me at all from reading my blog or following my Instagram feed, you know that I love good food. In fact, I'll travel the world to find and share great food. One great little gem right in NE Portland is Pine State Biscuits. If you are looking for amazing Southern-style breakfast/brunch/lunch food, this is a place you must try.
Pine State Biscuits
Pine State Biscuits started at the Portland Farmers Market in 2006 and launched into a brick and mortar (literally) store front in 2008. While I've only recently moved to Portland, I wish I'd been around to enjoy their food for the last 6 years. They've been featured in lots of local news outlets (including Portland Monthly Magazine), but also in Food and Wine Magazine and on “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.” You know it has to be good when Guy Fieri stops by to check it out.
You walk in, and the place has a rustic feel. It's fun and cozy, with a diner feel but stepped up food quality. A place like this with lots of reclaimed wood always wins me over. Order at the counter, and you're given a number; your meal will be delivered to you when it's ready.
We sat at the counter bar so we could see what the cooks were preparing. Everything looked delicious! I had a Bloody Mary while I waited for my food, which was phenomenal…spicy and zingy with a great vegetable spear and spiced rim.
For brunch, I ordered the BBQ Biscuit—Podnah’s pulled pork with Carolina style bbq sauce topped with slaw. It was so good. The BBQ flavor was incredible and it was possibly the best slaw I've ever had. We were there on a Tuesday morning right before the lunch crowd would arrive, and it was busy. I wouldn't want to even try coming near this place on a weekend. The line would wrap around the block.
If You Go:
2204 NE Alberta
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 477-6605
Disclaimer: This is NOT a sponsored post. I visited this establishment as part of my Foodie Friday series and paid for my meal all on my own. No compensation was received.
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I wish I was local because both the food and drink look delicious! I love barbeque, especially the side dishes!
We visited last month when we were staying in PDX. While we found it to be tasty, the wait time and cost was a bit much for us. Definitely a treat on occassion but needed more planning head to make it a better experience for our crew!
Definitely not cheap, but certainly tasty. Our wait time was reasonable, but we were definitely not there during the crazy times. Have you seen that episode of Portlandia where there is the all-day wait for brunch? That’s what I envision this place to be like on a sunday morning!
Oh my goodness, that sandwich looks great and the Bloody Mary looks Ah-MAZING (they are my favorite!) If I ever make it back out to the west coast I will definitely try to work this into my itinerary!
Biscuits look yummy! Sounds like a fun place too!
Oh my yum! That sounds like a great place to visit!
Yum, looks delicious! I love homemade biscuits!
On Saturday mornings, I do go to the one at PSU Farmers Market. Both to help them out (so they don’t have to carry all those biscuits and fried chickens back, but they don’t have all the options the brick and mortar does) and because since you order and then when it’s ready you picnic outside on the grass, you don’t feel pressured to hurry and eat like in the smaller dining areas of their brick and mortars!
Wow…that biscuit sandwich looks amazing!