# Tigard Eats > A friendly locals' guide to great places to eat in Tigard, Oregon: the best restaurants, coffee and breakfast spots, breweries, and food carts, verified and without hype. Tigard Eats is a dining guide to Tigard, Oregon, published by Idaho Associate Broker Paul Knighton. It covers the city's standout restaurants (including Banning's Restaurant & Pie House, Din Tai Fung at Washington Square, and Thai Delicious), coffee and breakfast (Symposium Coffee, Well & Good Cafe, 85°C Bakery Cafe), night-out spots (FlyBoy Brewing, McMenamins John Barleycorns, Creekside Brewing & Tap Room, Thirsty Lion), and food cart pods (Universal Plaza, Hudson Plaza, Tigard's Carts on Broadway, Food Carts at the Square, Baller Park). ## Core pages - [Home](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/): Great places to eat in Tigard, Oregon, one full locals' guide on a single page. - [Tigard Community Events](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/events/): A curated guide to Tigard community events, from the farmers market and Broadway Rose shows to library programs and fall and holiday festivals. - [Tigard Dining Blog](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/): Longer guides to Tigard dining: cart pods, coffee, date nights and family-friendly tables. ## Blog posts - [Best Mexican food in Tigard: a locals' guide](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/best-mexican-food-tigard/): Tigard's Mexican food scene, from a family taqueria on downtown Main Street and a taco shop with a bakery case on Pacific Highway to full-service dinner rooms and a street-side cart, with addresses. - [Kann: a live-fire Haitian evening in Southeast Portland](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/kann-portland/): This week's date night pick: chef Gregory Gourdet's James Beard Award-winning live-fire Haitian restaurant in Southeast Portland, about 16 to 20 minutes from Tigard, with seasonal, gluten-free and dairy-free plates meant to be shared. - [Brix Tavern: dinner and drinks on the Tualatin Commons lake](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/brix-tavern-tualatin/): This week's date night pick: an American tavern on the Tualatin Commons lake in Tualatin, minutes from Tigard, with Northwest comfort food, strong cocktails and a patio that sits right over the water. - [Oswego Grill: a wood-fired evening minutes from Tigard](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/oswego-grill-lake-oswego/): This week's date night pick: a wood-fired American steakhouse in Lake Oswego's Kruse Way area, minutes from Tigard, where steaks and prime rib are grilled over mesquite and applewood, with scratch-made desserts and a welcoming price. - [decarli: seasonal Italian worth the drive from Tigard](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/decarli-beaverton/): This week's date night pick: a farm-to-table Italian restaurant in Old Town Beaverton, about ten minutes from Tigard, serving house-made pastas and Oregon and Washington-influenced, seasonal cooking with a serious wine list. - [Fogo de Chão: a Brazilian churrasco evening at Bridgeport Village](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/fogo-de-chao-tigard/): This week's date night pick: a Brazilian churrascaria at Bridgeport Village where gaucho chefs carve fire-roasted meats tableside, from picanha and filet mignon to lamb and Parmesan-crusted pork. - [Sip D'Vine: a Northwest wine evening in downtown Tigard](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/date-night/sip-dvine-wine-bar/): This week's date night pick: a wine bar and bottle shop on Tigard's Main Street pouring exclusively Oregon and Washington wines, by the flight, glass or bottle, in a cozy room with a knowledgeable team. - [Where to grab lunch in Tigard: a weekday field guide](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/where-to-grab-lunch-in-tigard/): Real Tigard lunch stops for the midday rush: banh mi and pho, smash burgers from a downtown cart, deli sandwiches on Main Street, and sushi for a sit-down change of pace. - [A guide to Tigard's food cart pods](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/tigard-food-cart-pods-guide/): Four real cart pods, from the Launch Pod incubator at Universal Plaza to the tap-cart pod beside Washington Square, with the carts to look for at each. - [Best coffee in Tigard: a locals' shortlist](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/best-coffee-in-tigard/): Where Tigard actually gets its coffee: a Main Street living room, the quick drive-thrus, a bakery famous for sea salt coffee, and a cafe that does breakfast too. - [Tigard date night: where to eat, drink and wander](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/tigard-date-night-guide/): A practical date-night route through Tigard, from dumplings and stone-fired pizza to a taphouse with a cart pod attached and a show downtown. - [Family-friendly dining in Tigard](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/family-friendly-dining-in-tigard/): Pie for everyone, dumplings for the adventurous, burgers under string lights, and parks nearby when the kids need to burn off the meal. - [Best happy hour in Tigard: real spots, real deals](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/best-happy-hour-in-tigard/): Verified happy hour in Tigard: Thirsty Lion, McMenamins and Cooper Mountain Ale Works, with days and times. Deals change, so confirm with the venue. - [Breakfast and brunch in Tigard: where locals go](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/blog/breakfast-and-brunch-in-tigard/): Real breakfast and brunch in Tigard: Banning's pie, Biscuits Cafe biscuits and gravy, and more wallet-friendly plates, with hours to plan around. ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/sitemap-index.xml): Full machine-readable index of every URL on the site. - [Robots.txt](https://tigard-eats.huzi.site/robots.txt): Crawl directives.