Paley's Place Dessert. Photo John Valls
I split this category into two parts: restaurant desserts, and places that primarily serve desserts.
Out of 924 votes:
Restaurants were a fairly tight vote:
- Paley’s Place – I agree. 1204 Northwest 21st Ave. Portland, OR 97209 Map (503) 243-2403 My review.
- Nostrana – 1401 Southeast Morrison St. Portland, Oregon 97214 (503) 234-2427 Map. My review
- Castagna – 1752 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214. Map (503) 231-7373
Honorable mention: Tabla
Amelie at Pix Patisserie
Dessert focused businesses:
- Pix Patisserie – 3901 North Williams Ave. Portland, OR 97227 (503) 282-6539 and 3402 Southeast Division St. Portland, OR 97202 (503) 232-4407 Map
- Papa Haydn -701 Northwest 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR (503) 228-7317 and 5829 Southeast Milwaukie Ave., Portland, OR 97202 (503) 232-9440. Map
- The Sugar Cube – This is a cart. Closed at the moment, but supposed to pop up at the 43rd and Belmont at the Good Food Here food cart spot. @TheSugarCube
Honorable mentions: Two Tarts, Random Order (both advertisers here, but that didn’t make any difference in the score)
Papa Haydn? Sure, they’d deserve a top spot, were this 1989. They haven’t gone down, it’s just that everyone else has risen above them.
Should have a “breakfast pastry” category. Ristretto would win.
Is Ristretto doing their own pastries now? I thought they brought them in from Nuvrei.
Speaking of Ristretto, seems like it’s been a while since Ms. Rommelman has chimed in around these parts…
Ristretto has used this baker since July: Kim Boyce.
Nancy has been really busy; her novel came out a few weeks ago.
Nice to be missed, JDG! Yes, Kim Boyce has been doing all of Ristretto’s baking since last fall; she is incredible and also, a doll. Thrilled to have her.
Papa Haydn is desserts for the masses. Nothing special hidden under lots of toppings.
There is nothing, no dessert in Portland that is as wonderful as the banana cream pie at ThreeDoorsDown Cafe in SE Portland. Hands down, the best dessert in town. Huge banana chunks, fresh whipped cream piled high with drizzled caramel on top and the graham cracker crust. Unbelievable!
Anything that is under “fresh whipped cream piled high” makes me suspicious.
Nothing to be suspicious about at all. If you don’t like this dessert, I’ll send you a green picture of a dead president. Lincoln.
Yum!
I would just like to give a shout out to the pastry chef at Spints. Laurie’s desserts are well executed, balanced, seasonal, and a steal at $5 each.
Agreed – I had the most wonderful frozen sabayon dessert at Spints a few months back. Papa Haydn and Pix typically leave me disappointed with overly sweet, boring flavors.
Unrelated to the survey but related to responses, Nancy Rommelmann will be reading from her book, “The Bad Mother”, tonight at Ristretto Roasters, 3808 N. Williams Ave. at 7 pm
Nostrana: Yes. The fruit crisp is ripping. The donuts at Grüner are amazingly good.
Agree w/Spints- also, if you can save room, you MUST try the desserts at Screen Door. They are sooooo good now (than when first open)! Yum.