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===Cuisine and breweries=== [[File:Widmer Brewing Company headquarters - Portland, Oregon.JPG|thumb|right|Widmer Brewing Company headquarters]] [[Food carts in Portland, Oregon|Food carts are extremely popular within the city]], with over 600 licensed carts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/travel/ci_15975669|title=A Few Favorite Portland Food Carts|work=[[The Denver Post]]|access-date=September 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Food carts for dessert|url=http://www.portlandpulp.com/food-wine/126032579.html|author=Brett Burmeister|publisher=PortlandPulp|date=August 25, 2011|access-date=March 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911000422/http://www.portlandpulp.com/food-wine/126032579.html|archive-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> The city is home to [[Stumptown Coffee Roasters]] as well as dozens of other micro-roasteries and cafes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/dining/reviews/16brief-001.html|title=A Seductive Cup|work=The New York Times|date=September 16, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2009|first=Oliver|last=Strand}}</ref> Portland has 58 active breweries within city limits,<ref name="Facts β Oregon Craft Beer">{{cite web|url=http://oregoncraftbeer.org/facts/|title=Facts β Oregon Craft Beer|publisher=OregonCraftBeer.org|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227110857/http://oregoncraftbeer.org/facts/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 70+ within the surrounding metro area.<ref name="Facts β Oregon Craft Beer"/> and data compiled by the Brewers Association ranks Portland seventh in the United States as of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/insights/brewery-growth-both-urban-and-rural/|title=Brewery Growth is Both Urban and Rural|date=December 10, 2018|publisher=Brewers Association|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref> Portland hosts a number of festivals throughout the year that celebrate beer and brewing, including the [[Oregon Brewers Festival]], held in [[Tom McCall Waterfront Park]]. Held each summer during the last full weekend of July, it is the largest outdoor craft beer festival in North America, with over 70,000 attendees in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2008/07/2008_obf_biggest_ever_say_orga.html|title=2008 OBF biggest ever|last=Foyston|first=John|work=The Oregonian|date=July 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922011706/http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2008/07/2008_obf_biggest_ever_say_orga.html|archive-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> Other major beer festivals throughout the calendar year include the Spring Beer and Wine Festival in April, the North American Organic Brewers Festival in June, the [[Portland International Beerfest]] in July,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Brewers, beer lovers get many reasons to raise a glass|first=Anne Marie|last=Distefano|newspaper=Portland Tribune|date=July 8, 2005|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=30717|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206074237/http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=30717|archive-date=December 6, 2008|access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> and the Holiday Ale Festival in December.
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