Founded in Portland in 1999, Stumptown helped pioneer what has now become an industry practice for real-deal roasters—traveling the world to develop direct relationships with coffee farms, paying fair trade prices (and often higher) for good beans, and shortening the time from farm to roaster to cup. Read more...

Iced coffee is courtesy of mad-scientist-style contraptions imported from Kyoto. And even your standard cup of joe takes a minimum of five minutes, as the beans are ground and individually filtered when you order. But all that care has paid off. In January the company scored $25.75 million in funding from techy A-listers like Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and Twitter Read more...

This precariously perched restaurant is located atop a towering 282-foot waterfall. The Dining Room serves up fresh seafood caught locally in the Pacific Northwest and offers stunning views of Snoqualmie Falls below. Visit for brunch and dine on house-made biscuits with honey from their own hives, or enjoy locally foraged mushrooms and butter roasted black cod. After dining, guests can Read more...

Giving a Southern California twist on the traditional Chicago deep-dish pizza, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse offered great pizza and a family-friendly menu when it opened in 1978. By 1996, the franchise had seven locations and experienced a pivot: craft beer. In the 20 years since, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse has been given more than 150 awards for its craft brews, Read more...