Southland Whiskey Kitchen

Portland

Southern Food Restaurant

$$$$

On trendy NW 23rd, SWK stands out not for being flashy or extravagant, but by honoring food & drink basics and crafting a meat-and-bourbon emporium. In a wood-laden dining room lit by wagon wheel-shaped chandeliers, you can eat all the baby backs, beef brisket, house-stuffed sausage, and BBQ chicken you want, even though that quantity is probably way more than what would be healthy. All the food comes from the 2,6000 lb. wood smoker they've got, so you can eat knowing this is the best BBQ around.