Huber's Cafe in the Oregon Pioneer Building, a short walk from Pioneer Courthouse Square, is Portland's oldest operating restaurant. The interior dates largely from 1910, when the bar and back room were installed: mahogany panelling, stained glass, and a vaulted skylight ceiling. The dining room is a functioning piece of downtown Portland history rather than a themed recreation.
The menu centres on turkey — this was always a turkey-focused house, and it still does a remarkable amount of turkey business — but the main draw is the Spanish Coffee service, in which a waiter pours 151-proof rum into a glass, lights it, spins the glass to caramelise the sugar, and adds coffee and cream in a tableside performance that takes about two minutes. Order one. The lunch is a straightforward American diner menu that is good value in an expensive neighbourhood.