5 Iconic Eats Portland

Why it made the list: The pink box that put Portland doughnuts on the map: gleefully weird creations like the bacon-topped maple bar, sold around the clock from a neon-lit Old Town shop. It's touristy and proud of it, and pure Portland.

Why it made the list: Portland practically invented the modern food-cart scene, with hundreds of carts clustered in 'pods' serving everything under the sun. Nong's Khao Man Gai, a cart-turned-legend, does one perfect thing, Thai chicken and rice, and is the ideal introduction.

Why it made the list: The Portland-born ice cream shop that turned farm-to-cone into an art, with adventurous, ever-changing flavors like sea salt with caramel ribbons or seasonal oddities. The line out the door is part of the ritual.

Why it made the list: Portland is one of the great beer cities on earth, with more breweries than almost anywhere, and a hoppy Northwest IPA is the local pour. The Deschutes Public House in the Pearl is a reliable, welcoming place to start.

Why it made the list: Portland helped lead the third-wave coffee movement, and Stumptown is its most famous export, dark, rich and serious about the bean. A cup at the original Division Street roaster is a proper Portland morning.