Black Bear Diner

There are several locations, so this could be somewhere you go when you travel, but for us it is a place that we sometimes meet with friends, especially if we want breakfast foods.

 We enjoy the black bear carvings that circle the outside of the restaurant...

and climb the pillars inside.

There are paw prints along the walkway as well, and a gift shop where you can find fine bear related merchandise.

But the best recommendation I can make for the restaurant (though it is an embarrassing one), is that I completely forgot to photograph the food. There were five of us there, and I mean to take pictures, but then it came and it was delicious and we were in the middle of a good conversation. When I remembered everything was largely gone and no longer suitable for photography.

The best are the sweet cream pancakes. They are delicious and enormous. You might thing you want to try multiple things, but if you get a triple stack - or possibly even a double stack - of the sweet cream pancakes, there isn't going to be room for anything else.

The worst is the biscuits. If you order the biscuits with gravy that can be fine, but they are a side for several dishes, and without the gravy they are dry, which you notice more because they are so big. Substitute a piece of toast.

The other potential worst has been that they are always crowded, but we went on a Monday night and it was great. I don't think enough people read this blog for me saying that to ruin it, so try going on a Monday night. (Thought it was spring break, which could have had an impact.)

The staff has always been friendly, though they can understandably get more harried at crowded times. At least the popularity is well-earned.

Prices are reasonable, especially given the portion sizes. Our party of five ate for about $15 per person, including tip.

They do have non-breakfast foods, and those are pretty good, but the breakfast is great and served all day, so that has become the way we use it.

https://blackbeardiner.com/

ETA: The location we go to is on Canyon Road in Beaverton.