Equinox (830 N. Shaver St., 503/460-3333, 5–9 p.m. Tues.–Thurs., 5–10 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. and 5–10 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Sun., $7–19) offers an international and eclectic menu and one of the city’s nicest alfresco dining spaces in a quiet courtyard just off Mississippi Avenue [1]. You’ll face choices like sweet corn risotto with smoked mozzarella, a spinach salad with roasted Bing cherries and apples, or the Horns of Diablo, roast peppers stuffed with shiitake mushrooms.
Links:
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/oregon/portland/sights/north-and-northeast-portland/north-mississippi-avenue