The Best Caribbean Food in Portland OR
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The best Caribbean food in Portland OR, according to the experts: AAA, the James Beard Awards, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. kann comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Portland.
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Rank 1. kann
Caribbean
Gregory Gourdet won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant here, which tells you the industry noticed what he was doing with Haitian cuisine long before most diners caught up. Kann is a full-service restaurant where dishes like griyo and legim carry the weight of actual culinary history, not just a concept. The cooking draws on French technique and deep Haitian roots, and the menu quietly teaches you something without ever making you feel like you're in a lecture.
The awards
- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Winner · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Gregory Gourdet
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Gregory Gourdet
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Rank 2. Bake on the Run - Authentic Masterful Guyanese Cuisine
Guyanese Caribbean
A mother-and-son food cart in a Milwaukie food park, turning out Guyanese cooking that's rare in Portland and rarer nationally. The namesake bakes are fluffy, slightly sweet fried-dough pockets stuffed with anything from salt cod to Nutella, so lunch and dessert can share a single pastry. Curry and chow mein reflect Guyana's Indian and Chinese roots. It's cart-priced, with covered seating nearby, and Eater has put it on its list of the best in town.
The awards
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Rank 3. Merendero Estela
Honduran Caribbean
The awards