It’s dark and rainy outside, and a bowl of ramen might be just what you need to pick up your spirits.

Hundreds of readers nominated their favorite ramen shops in the Portland area, and the 10 that received the most nods are finalists for The Oregonian’s Readers Choice Awards.

You can vote for the best place for ramen once a day at this link or at the bottom of this post until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. We’ll reveal the results Friday, Nov. 22 at oregonlive.com/readers-choice.

Afuri

This Tokyo-based chain known for its clear, citrus-spiked yuzu shio ramen picked Portland for its first international location in 2016. Now, it has dozens of restaurants in Japan, the United States, Canada and Portugal, including two in Portland and one in Beaverton. And there’s more than just ramen to love. Our dining critic Michael Russell picked Afuri’s Winged Gyoza as one of Portland’s best dumplings last year.

1620 N.W. 21st Ave., Portland, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday; 50 S.W. 3rd Ave., Portland, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. daily; 12555 S.W. 1st St., Beaverton, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday; afuriramen.com

Baka Umai Ramen House

Japanese slang for “stupid delicious,” Baka Umai offers 12 different ramens, several of which have vegetarian or vegan options. The spicy ramen options got several shout outs from nominators, and one reader said the pork broth is “easily the best in the city.”

4707 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Ste 100, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 12-7:30 p.m. Sunday; bakaumai.com

FuddoYama Ramen

FuddoYama offers a dozen different ramens, including the Oregon Deluxe, a tonkotsu broth with pesto paste topped with your choice of meat, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, crunchy onions, corn, green onions and half an ajitama. “It’s a quirky suburban joint with robot delivery, limited cocktails, Japanese knick-knacks, and that black garlic broth is to die for,” said one reader.

8610 S.W. Hall Blvd., Beaverton, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday; fuddoyamaramenpdx.com

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