If you’re a Grimm fan ready to explore real filming locations, or you are a local looking for a new Portland dining adventure, here's a list of some of the food and dining spots featured on the show.
Pulled from mysouthwaterfront archives, this list highlights the cozy diners and iconic eateries that helped give the show such an authentic Portland feel. Dive in and start planning your own Grimm-inspired food adventure.
Address: 136 NW 9th Ave, Pearl District
Notes: Classic Portland diner since 1960; seen throughout the series.
Key Episodes:
Episode 401: Thanks for the Memories
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| Fuller's Coffee Shop in 2013 (c) mysouthwaterfront.com |
2. Café Nell
Address: NW 20th Ave & Kearney, Northwest Portland
Notes: Popular restaurant location used across different seasons, and just a great place to go anyways! Nice happy hour.
Key Episodes:
Episode 210: The Hour of Death
Episode 310: The Eye of the Beholder
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| Cafe Nell on nbc.com/grimm |
3. Huber's Cafe
Address: 411 SW 3rd Ave
Notes: Established in 1879, Huber's is Portland's oldest restaurant, and definitely worth a visit! Huber's offers their famous Flaming Spanish Coffee amid an ambience of mahogany, archways and stained glass.
Read more about the history and family behind this iconic Portland restaurant.
Key Episode:
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| Huber's on nbc.com/grimm |
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| https://www.koin.com/news/where-we-live-hubers-cafe-and-spanish-coffee/ |
Address: NW 18th Ave, Northwest Portland
Notes: Another distinctive diner, as seen in season 2.
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| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sultan_Cafe-1.jpg |
Address: 301 NW Murray Blvd
Notes: Shown as the "Junkyard Dog" bar in the second season.
Episode 214: Natural Born Wesen
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| Junkyard Dog on nbc.com/grimm |
The Other Grim Take
More than half of the restaurants and diners featured in the Grimm series have closed since the show was filmed, many a byproduct of the 2020 lockdown.
Below is a memorial to their time in the spotlight:
6. Raven & Rose (Closed)
Address: Corner of SW Columbia & SW Broadway
Notes: One of the most interesting buildings in Grimm, the Ladd Carriage House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Raven & Rose was a British and Irish inspired pub with an upstairs cocktail bar. A casualty of the 2020 lockdown, it closed fully by 2021.
Key Episode:
Episode 303: A Dish Best Served Cold
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| Ladd Carriage House in 2014 |
7. Golden Touch Family Restaurant (Closed)
Address: 8124 SW Barbur Blvd, Portland
Notes: Retro family diner frequently appearing in Grimm’s mid-series episodes. Off the beaten tourist path, but not too far from Monroe's house.
Golden Touch closed down and is now a vegan restaurant, Vertical Diner and The Gold Room, yet maintains some of that vintage vibe.
Key Episode: Episode 310: The Eye of the Beholder
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| Golden Touch in 2014 (c) mysouthwaterfront.com |
Fun Fact: Just a few blocks down, you'll find Portland's The Original Pancake House, established in 1953. Not filmed in Grimm, but with it's classic 1950's exterior and red and white awnings, it would make a great movie cameo.
8. Hobo’s Restaurant & Lounge (Closed)
Address: 120 NW 3rd Ave, Old Town/Chinatown
Notes: Moody underground bar aesthetic; appeared in several scenes. Hobo's, was a restaurant, gay bar, and piano bar in Old Town/Chinatown, in a building with access to the Shanghai tunnels. This made it a starting point for unique guided tours of Portland.
Unfortunately, Hobo's was a casualty of the Covid shutdown in 2020. So today, rather than a meal at Hobo's, perhaps sign up for a haunted, underground tour of Portland?
9. Lotus Cardroom & Café (Closed)
Address: SW 3rd & Salmon, Downtown Portlandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ-oFrPoYfI
10. Bridgeport Brewery (Closed)
Address: 1318 NW Northrup
Notes: Bridgeport closed in 2019.
Key Episode: Episode 303: A Dish Best Served Cold
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| wikipedia.org |
11. Food Front Co-op (Recently Closed)
Address: NW Thurman St, Northwest Portland
Notes: Neighborhood grocery store seen in background shots in early episodes. As of November 2025, the Food Front building is now owned by a development company, with plans ahead for the building.
Episode 116: The Thing with Feathers
12. Tippy Canoe Restaurant & Bar (Closed)
Location: Troutdale, along the Historic Columbia River Highway
Notes: Roadside bar/restaurant featured in the Season 3 premier, was closed in 2020 due to a fire. The property was purchased by the owners of the Sugarpine Diner, which is worth a visit on your way through town!
Episode 301: The Ungrateful Dead
Feel free to drop me a line if there's anything that needs to be added to the list...and with your restaurant reviews. Enjoy!
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