Good food brings people together, and so do the incredible women behind it. Our Roux Citywide Guide highlights the women-owned food, beverage, and hospitality businesses that make Portland so special: chefs, bakers, brewers, and makers who keep our community well fed and full of flavor. Visit them, follow them, and tell your friends. Every visit helps these businesses thrive!
We're Bad Nutrition and we make chia seed pudding for the rule breakers of the world. Inherently nutritious and unabashedly delicious, our chia is your official break-up letter with diet culture- welcome to the revolution!
Bar Carlo serves a playfully inventive take on Mexican-American brunch in Southeast Portland. They offer a welcoming space to savor fresh, comforting flavors in good company and a vibrant event space for celebrations of all sizes! Mel is the driving force for Latin-American hospitality in Southeast Portland. Follow @barcarlopdx on Instagram.
Cafe Olli is a seasonally focused cafe in NE Portland and Ollini is our little sister bakery just across the parking lot! We focus on cooking with produce from as many local farms as we can and these relationships mean everything to us, fostering a more democratic restaurant environment and making as much tasty food, bread and baked goods as we can!
CoKiea's Kitchen is a fully vegan, scratch-cooking food business founded by Portland native Nikiea "Kiea" Pankey, a James Beard Foundation Featured Chef. For five years we've served soul-rooted, plant-based food, from our Soul Bowl to vegan gumbo, earning a 5-star Google rating and Best Vegan Restaurant 2021-2022. Today we serve farmers markets plus catering, wholesale, and weekly meal plans. Our mission: bring affordable, culturally rooted plant-based food and jobs to food deserts. It's not soul food, it's food for the soul.
Cornet Custard is a Portland scoop shop serving rich, creamy frozen custard in scoops and pints. Inspired by French technique, the seasons, and the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful ingredients, Cornet pairs classic favorites with inventive flavors, bringing a chef’s perspective and a little everyday joy to every scoop.
Dappled tonic is the only PNW based tonic water, and is entirely women-owned. We make a line of flavored tonic waters that go beyond gin, both as a mixer, and as a non-alcohol adult soft drink.
Baking fresh daily grandma-style cakes and pastry for the greater Portland area since 2010. Find us at Beaverton Saturday Farmers Market, Pearl Sunday Farmers Market, and our adorable brick and mortar shop located in a charming historic house in Downtown Hillsboro.
Gado Gado is a lively, colorful restaurant from husband-and-wife team Chef Thomas and Mariah Pisha-Duffly. It's inspired by the Indonesian, Malaysian, and Chinese-Indonesian dishes Tom grew up eating, cooked by his mother and grandmother. It started as a series of pop-ups and became a restaurant in 2019, when the couple rebuilt a run-down Hollywood strip mall space by hand. Mariah, a longtime hospitality leader, shapes a workplace culture that puts care, collaboration, and wellbeing first. Gado Gado has earned multiple James Beard Award nominations and a spot on The New York Times' list of Portland's best restaurants. It remains a place for connection, sensory joy, and bold self-expression.
Hot Mama Salsa began out of a craving for the flavors of home, Mexican inspired Arizona style soul food. Based in Portland, OR, Hot Mama Salsa produces fresh salsas, hot sauces, Mexican style chili oils, and the best tortilla chips in town. Our salsas feature traditional recipes from the Guerrero family and their Mexican culture and include flavors that are bright, fresh, earthy, smoky, and spicy. Our hot sauces showcase chili peppers from all over the globe and include flavors from Africa, Peru, California, Mexico, and the Caribbean. We are fanatic about chili peppers; their histories, origins, and traditional uses. We delight in using and teaching traditional cooking methods that showcase the rich and expansive flavors of specific chilies and different cultures. And we are dedicated to working with our local farm community to grow these specialty chili peppers.
Kachka Fabrika is the eponymous restaurant’s distillery, cocktail and zakuski bar. Opened in 2025 in Northeast Portland, the bar was created as a place to celebrate Kachka Spirits’ award-winning house-distilled and infused bottled vodkas in creatively crafted martinis and seasonal cocktails, alongside a locally-sourced seafood-forward zakuski menu. Bar and food menus are overseen by our female-led team: Executive Chef/Co-Owner Bonnie Morales, and Beverage Director/Head Distiller Jamie Bones. The modern space, with a lofted lounge upstairs and horseshoe-shaped marble bar downstairs, feels like a cocktail party every night–made even more inviting with early and late happy hours featuring $1 oysters, flaming shots and mini martinis. “Add a couple of oysters shooters, and this is as much fun as you can have at dinner in Portland.”—Willamette Week.
Kate's Ice Cream is a plant-based and gluten-free ice cream company in Portland, OR. Since opening in 2019, Kate's Ice Cream has become a beloved part of the Portland food scene, quickly winning accolades such as 1st Place Best Vegan Ice Cream Shop in America by VegNews 2024 & 2025, and 2nd Place National Award Winner for Salted Peanut Butter Brittle ice cream. Our mission is to create inclusive experiences through plant-based and gluten-free ice cream so that everyone is able to have the classic ice cream shop experience that many grew up with, regardless of dietary restriction.
Kitchen Culture is a unique retail store, specializing in used kitchenware. Since 2022, we have offered a constantly evolving selection of used cookware, cutlery, dinnerware, glassware, kitchen tools, table linens, and cookbooks through our consignment program. Through our classes, we also provide a variety of opportunities to strengthen your kitchen prowess, with a focus on solid foundational skills such as knife use, sourdough baking, and food preservation.
La Patroncita is a labor of love that shares the warmth, culture, and stories of owner Lucy's Mexican heritage with every dish. The menu blends time-honored family recipes with creative new dishes, all made with fresh ingredients and a taste of home. As a Latina entrepreneur, Lucy is dedicated to building community and belonging in Portland and to creating opportunities for others, just as she was given the chance to chase her dreams. Through La Patroncita and her salsa brand, Salsas Locas, she celebrates diversity, welcomes everyone, and gives local talent a place to shine.
Madrina is a restaurant rooted in care, culture, and community, serving refined Mexican cuisine in a warm setting that feels like home. The menu honors traditional flavors and adds a creative touch, and every dish is made with intention and love. The name means "godmother" and reflects owner Lucy's commitment to mentoring and uplifting other Latinas in Portland's food scene. Each plate tells the story of her journey from the fields to the kitchen, and from dreamer to mentor. At Madrina, women are empowered and everyone is welcome to gather and feel seen.
MAHSA CHAI® is a premium instant chai boosted with functional adaptogens. We're obsessed with filling your cup to the brim with the most potent, flavorful, thoughtfully sourced tea, spices, and adaptogens we can find. And nothing else. Zero calories. Zero Sugar. Zero Jitters.
Sarah Marshall is the owner of Marshall’s Haute Sauce in Portland, Oregon. Her small-batch sauce company grew from her love of gardening and background in home preserving. Sarah is passionate about farmers, artisan producers, and canning seasonal ingredients. Teaching canning classes, experimenting in the kitchen, and organizing a local canning club - Portland Preservation Society, inspired her to write Preservation Pantry: Modern Canning From Root To Top And Stem To Core. Since 2019, Sarah has been co-hosting the culinary podcast Masoni & Marshall: The Meaningful Marketplace. This led to owning a podcast production company, The Joy of Creation Production House.
At Matta Cafe in Portland’s Pearl District, we invite you on an adventure into the world of coffee. Our family business, founded by Manuel and Aura Matta, is rooted in Santa Marta, Colombia, where we grow exceptional coffee on our 59-acre Sylvara Fjordhildfarm in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Oma's Hideaway is a vibrant, maximalist restaurant inspired by the life and spirit of Chef Thomas Pisha Duffly's grandmother, Kiong Tien “Tina” Vandenberg. Her ability to adapt, to make the most out of limited resources, and to stay creative while projecting warmth and brightness is the guiding force behind Oma’s Hideaway. Oma’s Hideaway is an homage to all grandmothers, matriarchs, and grandchildren. We hope you feel as spoiled walking out of Oma’s Hideaway as Chef Tom felt as a child leaving his Oma’s house with a belly full of Kopi candy.
Pamana is a Filipino restaurant located in the Hoxton Hotel in Old Town, Portland, OR. Pamana offers brunch every day with a menu inspired by Filipino ingredients and classic dishes.
Pasar means “market”, a playful place designed to make you feel like you’ve stepped into a market, from the decor to the menu, where you can try many different varieties of snacks, sweets, and night market food.
Salsas Locas, La Patroncita, and Madrina Cocina Mexicana are Latina woman-owned Mexican food businesses rooted in authentic flavors and recipes made with love. From our house-made salsas and tamales to fresh, traditional Mexican dishes, we’re proud to share the flavors of our culture with the Portland community.
Sebastiano's is a female-owned and operated Sicilian Bakery and Sandwich Shop in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, OR.
Each and every showstopper cookie is lovingly handmade and baked in southeast Portland, Oregon. I use only the best, tastiest ingredients including locally sourced flour and eggs, my own homemade vanilla extract, and 2 kinds of chocolate from Guittard. Showstopper cookies are dancing and singing their way into mouths across the country. They’re great gifts for nearly every occasion, and a magical way to treat yourself, because you definitely deserve it.
Son of Man is a different kind of cidery. We make Natural Cider. We harvest and press Oregon grown cider apples once a year during the fall harvest. These apples contain a rainbow of flavors, aromas, acid and tannin – so we never need to add gimmicky adjuncts. This artisanal process takes months instead of days. The typical American cidery is more industrial factory than farm. They use extremely cheap juice concentrate made from old grocery store eating apples, blend it with cloying amounts of added sugar, artificial flavors and loads of malic acid to
pump out tankers of alco-soda. Son of Man takes inspiration from the centuries-old Basque tradition of making pure, complex and food friendly cider. We invite you to do as the Basques do and drink well, eat well and do the long pour.
Tropicale reimagines Latin American cuisine with a bold Caribbean twist, setting itself apart from other restaurants. Our menu showcases vibrant, comforting dishes made with premium ingredients—think Passionfruit Ceviche and Los Maduros con Carne—each crafted with inventive flair. Every plate pays homage to tradition while embracing creative innovation, ensuring every meal is a celebration of flavor. Our dynamic bar stands out among bars, offering inventive cocktails and mocktails that highlight tropical spirits and fresh fruit. Unwind on our heated patio with a handcrafted Piña Colada served in a pineapple shell. Warm hospitality and an energetic ambiance welcome you at every visit.
Wajan (Warung Wajan Indonesia) is an Indonesian food shop where owner and chef Feny shares her favorite Indonesian staple foods from growing up, mixed with her family’s recipes rooted in the traditions of Sumatra and Java, along with her own version, style of cooking, and creativity.
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