Vote: Which PDX Restaurant is So Hot Right Now?

Ladies and gentleman, on Monday, Eater will host the 2012 Eater Awards, honoring the best restaurants, chefs, and industry talent across the nation. Winners will be selected on both the local and national levels in six major categories, the voting for which began Monday with Chef of the Year 2012, and continued yesterday with the vote for Restaurant of the Year.

Here's how the voting works across the board: Eater editors have named nominees for each of five major categories, and readers will vote, narrowing the nominees to three finalists. From those three finalists, the Eater editorial team will select a winner. Ready to play your part? It's time to select the Portland restaurant that's So Hot Right Now: this poll will be open for 24 hours; voting irregularities will be strictly policed.