The Essentials: Coffee, Food, Booze and Nature

Chris
The Essentials: Coffee, Food, Booze and Nature

Food scene

This place is Southern Thai inspired so it's a lot of good, fried goodness. The fried chicken with sticky rice is awesome!
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Hat Yai
1605 NE Killingsworth St
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This place is Southern Thai inspired so it's a lot of good, fried goodness. The fried chicken with sticky rice is awesome!
My wife loves the noodles from Poppyseed.
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Killingsworth Station Food Cart Pod
1331 N Killingsworth St
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My wife loves the noodles from Poppyseed.
A fantastic, close spot for delicious BBQ. Make sure you try the brisket and ribs, if they aren't sold out! I'd recommend calling to verify what they still have before you go because they are only open until they sell out of BBQ for the day.
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Podnah's BBQ
1625 NE Killingsworth St
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A fantastic, close spot for delicious BBQ. Make sure you try the brisket and ribs, if they aren't sold out! I'd recommend calling to verify what they still have before you go because they are only open until they sell out of BBQ for the day.
Jambalaya. Boudin. Gumbo. This place is great!
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Miss Delta Restaurant and Bar
3950 N Mississippi Ave
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Jambalaya. Boudin. Gumbo. This place is great!
A Portland staple. If you head down to the Saturday market, you've got to stop by and grab a donut! Beware the line; if you see it short, I'd recommend stopping then!
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Voodoo Doughnut
8145 SE 82nd Ave
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A Portland staple. If you head down to the Saturday market, you've got to stop by and grab a donut! Beware the line; if you see it short, I'd recommend stopping then!

Neighborhoods

A bustling street filled with food carts, coffee bars, restaurants, and shops. Occasionally on nice weather evenings you can catch fire dancers or jugglers.
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Alberta Arts District
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A bustling street filled with food carts, coffee bars, restaurants, and shops. Occasionally on nice weather evenings you can catch fire dancers or jugglers.
Another great neighborhood, filled with bars/restaurants, great coffee shops, and all sorts of different food trucks.
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Foster - Powell
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Another great neighborhood, filled with bars/restaurants, great coffee shops, and all sorts of different food trucks.
Another great street/neighborhood filled with great, local spots. A great place to spend a Saturday afternoon/evening. Great night life as well. I'd recommend verifying business hours prior to heading over there due to the impacts COVID-19.
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North Mississippi Avenue
North Mississippi Avenue
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Another great street/neighborhood filled with great, local spots. A great place to spend a Saturday afternoon/evening. Great night life as well. I'd recommend verifying business hours prior to heading over there due to the impacts COVID-19.

Coffee Shops

One of the best dirty chai lattes I've had in Portland. If you head west over the big blue snake (Willamette River), you should definitely grab one!
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The Abbey Bar & Bottle Shop
716 NW 21st Ave
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One of the best dirty chai lattes I've had in Portland. If you head west over the big blue snake (Willamette River), you should definitely grab one!

Nature

A great little park with several small, wood-chip trails through and around. If the weather is nice, there's a great grass field to throw down a blanket and enjoy the sunshine! Only 5/6 blocks, east of our place on Killingsworth.
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Alberta Park
1905 NE Killingsworth St
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A great little park with several small, wood-chip trails through and around. If the weather is nice, there's a great grass field to throw down a blanket and enjoy the sunshine! Only 5/6 blocks, east of our place on Killingsworth.
Info below from Wikipedia: Forest Park is a public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Stretching for more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River, it is one of the country's largest urban forest reserves. The park, a major component of a regional system of parks and trails, covers more than 5,100 acres (2,064 ha) of mostly second-growth forest with a few patches of old growth. About 70 miles (110 km) of recreational trails, including the Wildwood Trail segment of the city's 40-Mile Loop system, crisscross the park.
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Ipharki yomdiliya
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Info below from Wikipedia: Forest Park is a public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Stretching for more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River, it is one of the country's largest urban forest reserves. The park, a major component of a regional system of parks and trails, covers more than 5,100 acres (2,064 ha) of mostly second-growth forest with a few patches of old growth. About 70 miles (110 km) of recreational trails, including the Wildwood Trail segment of the city's 40-Mile Loop system, crisscross the park.

Sightseeing

Info below from Wikipedia: The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the United States. It is held every Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March through December 24, in Tom McCall Waterfront Park underneath Burnside Bridge and south of the bridge, as well as within an adjacent plaza just across Naito Parkway, extending west to the Skidmore Fountain. The market's hours of operations are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on Sundays, and admission is free.
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I-Portland Saturday Market
2 SW Naito Pkwy
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Info below from Wikipedia: The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the United States. It is held every Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March through December 24, in Tom McCall Waterfront Park underneath Burnside Bridge and south of the bridge, as well as within an adjacent plaza just across Naito Parkway, extending west to the Skidmore Fountain. The market's hours of operations are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on Sundays, and admission is free.