Restaurant/Bed & Breakfast License Application: how to file the Multnomah County restaurant license
Send the license application and fee (it can go with the plan review), then call for the pre-opening inspection once construction is done; you get the license and can open after it passes. Restaurant workers need food handler cards.
- Agency
- Multnomah County Environmental Health
- Where it applies
- Portland
- How it's filed
- Paper form, mailed
- Fee
- Varies$970 for up to 15 seats, $1,150 for 16 to 50, $1,290 for 51 to 150, $1,545 above 150; $890 for limited service (2026).
- How long it takes
- The pre-opening inspection can take up to 5 business days to schedule.
- Renewal
- Every year: the license runs for the calendar year, renewed by paying by January 1.
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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