Behind the Scenes of Portland Monthly’s Best Restaurants Issue

Every year, we devote an issue to the city’s best new restaurants. How does the madness and magic happen? On this episode of The Long Play, editor in chief Zach Dundas sits down with restaurant critic Karen Brooks, senior editor Kelly Clarke, and associate editor Benjamin Tepler to discuss the wild calculus, gut feelings, and flukiness of timing behind the making of our Best Restaurants issue.