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Portland's Best Diners

Posted on July 18, 2023   |   Updated on September 30, 2025

Rachel Monahan

pancake breakfast sandwich, maple syrup on the side, coffee, counter

Quintessential diner food from Fuller’s. (Giulia Fiaoni/City Cast Portland)

What places offer the best biscuits and gravy in a booth, the best hangover food at the counter, and the best pie in the afternoon? Eater Portland editor Brooke Jackson-Glidden talked to the City Cast Portland podcast after digging into the best diners Portland has to offer.

🍳 Stepping Stone Cafe (Breakfast)

“I love biscuits and gravy. It feels like a very Oregon breakfast food: It's American, it's everywhere, but you see [it on] a lot of diner menus and a lot of cafes in Portland. I think they do a really great version of it.”

🥧 Banning's (Afternoon)

“I really associate diners with pie. Banning's has a big pie case. So I love to go in and get a slice of pie, depending on the season. I'm kind of a key lime girl. But if I'm really sad, I need chicken pot pie — stat. I will do that at Banning's.”

🥞 My Father’s Place (Late Night)

“This is a place that opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 2:30 a.m. Right now, that’s kind of unheard of. They make this — it’s so gross and I love it more than anything on Earth — breakfast sandwich with pancakes. And that's right up my alley, baby.”

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