Chef Crush

WALT and KEVIN @ Pine State Biscuits (503) 236-3346
3640 SE Belmont Street, Portland, Oregon, 97214

Why they’re dreamy:
Biscuits, baby, biscuits! It’s all about the fluffy flour pucks here, and these guys know how to serve them up with flair. Keep it sweet and simple with jam, butter and honey, or Pine State pimento cheese spread, or go for the heart-cloggingly complex “Reggie deluxe” with fried chicken, bacon, egg, cheese, and gravy. (No, we’re not joking.) Crushing on these cuties might be hard on the hips, but it’s definitely easy on the eyes and the pocketbook!

RYAN @ Francis (503) 288-8299
2338 NE Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon, 97211

Why he’s dreamy:
Southern comfort food with a Northwest twist makes this cutie a keeper. We adore biscuits with sausage gravy and the almost-a-dessert oatmeal brulee. Grits or hash browns? We only wish we had to make that choice more often! As if breakfast doesn’t make us blush enough, the smoked roasted beet salad and creamtastic mac and cheese always manage to charm us into lunch. Extra chef crush hearts for being a restaurant where our vegan and gluten-sensitive friends can crush without starving, but where we don’t have to eat soy anything unless we want to.