PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the third consecutive year, The New York Times has named two Oregon eateries alongside the best in the U.S.
The daily newspaper released The Restaurant List 2026 on Tuesday, recognizing dining spots across the nation that gave food reporters “that feeling” — whatever that may be. Portland’s OK Chicken and Khao Soi was one of those 50 spots.
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The New York Times marked the business as “new,” among multiple others that have opened since the publication released last year’s restaurant list. OK Chicken and Khao Soi debuted on 3226 SE Division St. earlier in January.
“This Northern Thai spot has big culinary shoes to fill,” the Times wrote. “It occupies the rambling indoor-outdoor space once home to Andy Ricker’s Pok Pok, a restaurant that helped change the conversation around Thai food in the United States. With the local restaurant mini-mogul Earl Ninsom (of Langbaan renown) at the helm and the chef Patrick Delsid running the kitchen, OK Chicken is more than up to the task.”…