Valentine’s Day 2025 in Portland: Food and Drink

Dove with a rose for the Rose city.

It’s almost that time—Valentine’s Day 2025 is right around the corner. Lots of places are doing special dinners and meals, and we’ve gathered them together here for you. And don’t let V-Day just be for romantic couples! Loving yourself and your friends is just as valid on this day of love.

These listings all take place on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, unless otherwise indicated.

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Look at This Awesome Portland Trailblazers Schedule Release Video

Ćevapi (aka ćevapčići) from Two Brothers, featured in the 2024-25 Trailblazers schedule announcement.
Ćevapi (AKA ćevapčići), Sudzuka, Greek salad and more from Two Brothers, featured in the 2024-25 Portland Trailblazers schedule announcement

Thanks to Reddit, I was made aware of this video that in a very creative way announces the Portland Trailblazers 2024-25 schedule. I do not really follow basketball (I’m more of a baseball person, ngl), so I probably wouldn’t have paid much attention to this if is hadn’t been for its intersection with what this site is all about: Portland food and restaurants.

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Back After an Unplanned Break + Good Eats

Herring Under a Fur Coat at Kachka

The classic Herring Under a Fur Coat at Kachka, one of the delicious things I ate in the past couple of months.

Well, it’s been about two months since I last visited this little blog, and I sure didn’t mean to be absent for that long. Life took priority—estate work took a lot of my attention, but so did the emotional component of cancer recovery. I just didn’t have enough in me. But that has changed—I still have estate work and am still recovering from cancer, but my focus is better.

As a way of re-entry, I thought I’d recap some of the delicious things I ate in February and March.

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