There are restaurants you try once… and then there are the ones you grow up with. The ones where the coffee is always hot, the booths feel like they’ve heard a thousand stories, and the pie case quietly calls your name before you even sit down. In Tigard, Oregon, that...
If you like supporting local businesses that consistently deliver phenomenal products, it doesn’t get any more local than the Pie Guy in North Plains. Bart VanDomelen, better known to his legion of loyal customers as “The Pie Guy,” has been making homemade pies out of...
There’s not a lot to see in the small, blink-and-you'll-miss-it town of Westport along Hwy 30. In fact, the one establishment you probably do know here lies between Clatskanie and Astoria and is the fantastic Berry Patch Restaurant. Nowhere else in the area can you...
If you haven't yet set foot in Banning's Restaurant & Pie House in Tigard, you're missing out on a culinary treasure trove of mouth watering breakfasts, pies, and other treats. Voted as having the best pies in Oregon by both The Oregonian and Business Insider,...
Originally published in 2023; updated in August 2026. Tucked away in the small coastal town of Reedsport, Oregon, Sugar Shack Bakery is the kind of place you may have driven past without realizing what was waiting inside. This longtime local favorite serves an...
