If you’re a savory breakfast person, Milk Glass Mrkt’s biscuit is for you: the light and airy counter-service cafe uses a generous amount of cheddar in its biscuits, giving them a rich savory flavor while maintaining the height and flakiness of traditional buttermilk biscuits. Choose between a biscuit sandwich with perfectly cooked scrambled egg and your choice of protein and/or vegetables or the crowd-pleasing deconstructed version, known as “The Kiddo.”

Although Irving Street Kitchen’s menu has always been a hit-and-miss hodgepodge of New American and Southern-ish cuisine, certain menu items are not to be missed: butterscotch pudding, fried chicken, and its perfectly crisp and buttery biscuits. Come during brunch for a plate of biscuits drizzled with house-made spicy honey or under poached eggs in its smoked salmon Benedict; be sure to hit the huge, open patio to people-watch.

Tilt’s super stark and industrial modern vibe in The Pearl has always been an odd fit with its menu, which offers all the greasy comfort food your body craves after a particularly rough night out. Although more known for its burgers, Tilt offers a crisp, flaky biscuit that shouldn’t be missed. Grab a biscuit sandwich loaded with fried chicken, prime rib, or brisket, all layered between gooey cheese and a sunny-side-up egg.

Although Imperial, located within Hotel Lucia, looks and feels very much like a hotel restaurant, its fare has always been better than the standard hotel menu due to the guidance of owner Vitaly Paley. Imperial offers a rustic, homey biscuit during weekend brunch service, available as a side with a hearty serving of honey butter, on its own biscuits-and-gravy plate, or with incredibly crisp and succulent fried chicken.

Big-city-sophisticated Radar’s biscuits and gravy is proof that the restaurant is one of the most underrated weekend brunches in the city. Although its buttery pastries are on the smaller side, each one is so well layered that flakes actually shatter off when pierced with a fork. Radar serves the biscuits under a heaping portion of an umami-rich mushroom gravy so unbelievable you’ll be eating it by the spoonful.

Sweedeedee has been a hip destination for a while, serving a classic brunch with a healthyish bent in a minimalist, Scandinavian-style setting. Its biscuit is one of the larger ones on this list, with two generous buttery halves sandwiching an egg, salad, preserves, and your favorite breakfast meat. An added dose of bee pollen gives the biscuits extra color and a subtle sweetness that complements the spicy kick from the preserves.

With its easy-to-miss location on busy MLK, it’s easy to overlook Bushel and Peck as just another convenience coffee shop. But its cozy neighborhood vibe and buttermilk biscuits are definitely worth staying for — the biscuits are the classic definition of A Good Biscuit, with a vibrant golden color and craggy sides showing off its many layers. Biscuits are available two ways: with butter and jam on the side, or as a breakfast sandwich with rotating flavors and fillings.

Pine State Biscuits is probably the restaurant that single-handedly started the biscuits revolution in Portland. At locations on Division, Alberta, Broadway, or a stall at the farmers market, choose between various fried chicken biscuit sandwiches and other breakfast menu items for a hearty, carby breakfast.

Inside neighborhood Italian restaurant La Buca, brunch pop-up HunnyMilk serves fun, slightly elevated weekend brunches in a playful setting, complete with vintage toys and coloring books. Because the menu is so fun and innovative, it can be hard to opt for the biscuit and gravy. But you won’t regret it if you do: HunnyMilk’s soft, fluffy biscuits are surrounded by a craggy, crispy crust, perfect to sop up chorizo gravy, a sunny side egg, and spinach seared in bacon fat.

Despite the spotty service, Lauretta Jean’s offers a cozy, homey setting similar to your grandma’s living room, as well as some of the best breakfast biscuits in town. Originally a pie bakery, the restaurant has upped its brunch game significantly, crafting biscuits are on the crisp side and are adorned with house-made jams and sausages. Don’t miss the LJ Classic and the Sausage Cheddar Biscuit.

The Woodsman Tavern is the perfect neighborhood pub, with a cozy interior complete with dark private booths and a long, open bar in the center of the restaurant. Its comfort food menu focuses on a mix of seafood and tavern classics with a Southern bent, and its brunch biscuits are some of the best in the city: Huge, with a crispy, buttery crust and pillowy insides. Be sure to order the breakfast sandwich, which slices a biscuit in half to stuff it with cheese, sausage, and jalapeno jam.