In years past, naming the best bites of the year was as easy as scrolling through our guide to Portland’s best new restaurants and picking the best dish at each. As with so many things this year, 2021 ...

2021 was an interesting year, to say the least. It was a year of vaccines, of restaurant reopenings and closings, of staff shortages, of pivoting and readjusting to keep customers safe and businesses ...

The editors at Eater LA highlight our best dishes each week on the site, so it’s only appropriate with 2021 drawing to a rapid close to name our very best dishes of the year. From Korean cold noodles ...

We eat a lot. It's our job. So trust us when we say a dish is worthy of dropping everything to try. From a pastrami sandwich to beautifully prepared duck, these meals blew us away this year, so much ...