Guidebook for Portland

Sarah
Guidebook for Portland

Arts & Culture

Great venue, multiple restaurants and great views from the rooftop bar!
Great place for shows!
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Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St
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Great place for shows!
Great Science Museum. Meets up with the Eastbank Esplanade for a great bike ride along the river.
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OMSI
1945 SE Water Ave
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Great Science Museum. Meets up with the Eastbank Esplanade for a great bike ride along the river.

Food Scene

Thai food, close!
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Sunee's Thai & Lao Kitchen
1400 SE Stark St
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Thai food, close!
Great little deli!
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Meat Cheese Bread
1406 SE Stark St
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Great little deli!
My favorite coffee in the city and I'm a crazy coffee snob.
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Heart Coffee Roasters
2211 E Burnside St
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My favorite coffee in the city and I'm a crazy coffee snob.
Plan to wait in line for a reason. Go on a weekday. Southern comfort food.
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Screen Door
2337 E Burnside St
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Plan to wait in line for a reason. Go on a weekday. Southern comfort food.
My favorite. The most memorable meals I've ever had in PDX. James Beard Award winning chef. French/Creative food.
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Le Pigeon
738 E Burnside St
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My favorite. The most memorable meals I've ever had in PDX. James Beard Award winning chef. French/Creative food.
Le Pigeons sister restaurant downtown. Make reservations!
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Little Bird Bistro
215 SW 6th Ave
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Le Pigeons sister restaurant downtown. Make reservations!
Amazing ice cream.
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Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta St
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Amazing ice cream.
Hipster central. Good food and shopping.
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Northeast Alberta Street
Northeast Alberta Street
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Hipster central. Good food and shopping.
Start at 28th and Stark and go North towards Burnside. Lots and lots of great restaurants, good food cart pod.
Southeast 28th Avenue
Southeast 28th Avenue
Start at 28th and Stark and go North towards Burnside. Lots and lots of great restaurants, good food cart pod.
Good gelato
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Staccato Gelato
232 NE 28th Ave
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Good gelato
Best bakery in Portland. Great coffee.
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Crema Bakery & Cafe
2728 SE Ankeny St
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Best bakery in Portland. Great coffee.
Cathy Whims is another celebrity chef. Good happy hour. Italian.
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Nostrana
1401 SE Morrison St
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Cathy Whims is another celebrity chef. Good happy hour. Italian.
Breakfast/lunch only. Lines move quickly. Buttery scones served right away. One of my favorite breakfast spots.
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Zell's Cafe
1300 Southeast Morrison Street
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Breakfast/lunch only. Lines move quickly. Buttery scones served right away. One of my favorite breakfast spots.
Funky little place in an old house. Coffee and deserts.
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Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
707 SE 12th Ave
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Funky little place in an old house. Coffee and deserts.
Best chocolate chip cookies in Portland! Stumptown coffee. Grab coffee and a cookie and go directly south through Ladd's Addition to look at the fancy houses and rose garden.
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Oui Presse
1740 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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Best chocolate chip cookies in Portland! Stumptown coffee. Grab coffee and a cookie and go directly south through Ladd's Addition to look at the fancy houses and rose garden.
Best fancy pizza in Portland.
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Ken's Artisan Pizza
304 SE 28th Ave
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Best fancy pizza in Portland.
They deliver. 503-230-0699. Very unique sourdough crust.
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American Dream Pizza
4620 NE Glisan St
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They deliver. 503-230-0699. Very unique sourdough crust.
Responsibly sourced sushi.
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Bamboo Sushi
310 SE 28th Ave
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Responsibly sourced sushi.
Small plates and wine.
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Navarre
10 NE 28th Ave
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Small plates and wine.
Good and affordable burger joint with local beef and truffle oil fries.
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Little Big Burger - Hawthorne
2028 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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Good and affordable burger joint with local beef and truffle oil fries.
Fancy pizza, expensive, but good.
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Apizza Scholls
4741 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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Fancy pizza, expensive, but good.
Excellent Vietnamese food. 82nd is not scenic, but lots of good Asian food.
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Pho Van
1919 SE 82nd Ave
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Excellent Vietnamese food. 82nd is not scenic, but lots of good Asian food.
The decor is nothing to write home about, but great Ethiopian at a good price.
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Enat Kitchen
300 N Killingsworth St
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The decor is nothing to write home about, but great Ethiopian at a good price.
Delicious Korean bbq. Huge plates, good value. Only open on weekdays. Close early, go for lunch. Always tops the Cheap Eats list.
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Du's Grill
5365 NE Sandy Blvd
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Delicious Korean bbq. Huge plates, good value. Only open on weekdays. Close early, go for lunch. Always tops the Cheap Eats list.
Cuban food, great desserts!
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Pambiche
2811 NE Glisan St
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Cuban food, great desserts!

Drinks & Nightlife

Local wine bar. Good noshes by Olympic Provisions.
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ENSO Winery
1416 SE Stark St
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Local wine bar. Good noshes by Olympic Provisions.
Belgium beer selection is off the hook. Two blocks away.
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Beer
1410 SE Stark St
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Belgium beer selection is off the hook. Two blocks away.
Bars, food, shows
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Doug Fir Lounge
301 E Burnside St
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Bars, food, shows
LGBT and everyone bar.
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Crush Bar
1400 SE Morrison St
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LGBT and everyone bar.
Bar near the Doug fir. Always an adventure.
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Rontoms
600 E Burnside St
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Bar near the Doug fir. Always an adventure.
Hipster meeting place.
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Dig A Pony
736 SE Grand Ave
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Hipster meeting place.
Mid-century stylish bar, with back patio and excellent cocktails.
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Aalto Lounge
3356 SE Belmont St
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Mid-century stylish bar, with back patio and excellent cocktails.
Chicken wings, deep fried pickles, sports bar ambiance.
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Fire on the Mountain Buffalo Wings | Burnside
1708 E Burnside St
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Chicken wings, deep fried pickles, sports bar ambiance.
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Canard
734 E Burnside St
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Shopping

Fun shopping/eating/drinking street. A little New Orleans in PDX. Chicken and waffles at Miss Delta. Books and zines at Reading Frenzy. Clothing shops and vintage finds.
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North Mississippi Avenue
North Mississippi Avenue
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Fun shopping/eating/drinking street. A little New Orleans in PDX. Chicken and waffles at Miss Delta. Books and zines at Reading Frenzy. Clothing shops and vintage finds.
Upscale and dense. Good shopping and food.
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Northwest Portland
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Upscale and dense. Good shopping and food.
Start at 12th ave and Division Street. Speckled /restaurants/cafes/businesses until 39th. Work your way up the numbers. Shopping and restaurants.
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Southeast Division Street
Southeast Division Street
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Start at 12th ave and Division Street. Speckled /restaurants/cafes/businesses until 39th. Work your way up the numbers. Shopping and restaurants.
Everything you want along this street. Shopping goes from 12th Ave (with a great food court) up to 50th Ave.
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Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
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Everything you want along this street. Shopping goes from 12th Ave (with a great food court) up to 50th Ave.
For antiquing or vintage searches.
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Sellwood - Moreland
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For antiquing or vintage searches.
Everyone seems to love these doughnuts. It must be the creative combinations and shapes.
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Voodoo Doughnut - Davis
1501 NE Davis St
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Everyone seems to love these doughnuts. It must be the creative combinations and shapes.

Essentials

For your emergency vegan needs.
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Food Fight! Grocery
1217 SE Stark St
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For your emergency vegan needs.
One stop shopping. Has large natural foods section too.
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Fred Meyer
3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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One stop shopping. Has large natural foods section too.
For emergency beer, milk, etc.
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Plaid Pantry
11 SE 20th Ave
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For emergency beer, milk, etc.
Convenience store.
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Penny Market
2001 SE Stark St
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Convenience store.
Lots of produce, much of it local from Sauvie Island.
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Kruger's Farm Market
2310 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
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Lots of produce, much of it local from Sauvie Island.

Sightseeing

Walk a mile up the street and turn left. Design is based on Central Park. Look for baby ducks! Must go!
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Laurelhurst Park
SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark St
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Walk a mile up the street and turn left. Design is based on Central Park. Look for baby ducks! Must go!
Hike for views on this extinct volcano.
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Mt Tabor Dog Park
2219 SE Lincoln St
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Hike for views on this extinct volcano.
Beautiful Garden.
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Portland Japanese Garden
611 SW Kingston Ave
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Beautiful Garden.
Visit the Chinese Garden.
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Old Town Chinatown
13 NW 4th Ave
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Visit the Chinese Garden.
If you have a car, you must visit!
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Isifunda sase Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
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If you have a car, you must visit!
The largest city park in the US.
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Washington Park
4033 SW Canyon Rd
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The largest city park in the US.
Beautiful garden and wetland!
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Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
5801 SE 28th Ave
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Beautiful garden and wetland!

Everything Else

Arts school across the street has two play areas and long slide. Indoor community pool open in fall '15. I have a community garden plot. You may find some surprises if you come during the harvest.
Buckman Elementary School
320 SE 16th Ave
Arts school across the street has two play areas and long slide. Indoor community pool open in fall '15. I have a community garden plot. You may find some surprises if you come during the harvest.
Short trip out of the urban hustle to the serene country. Some great little hikes. Look for Herons.
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Sauvies Island
38799 NW Reeder Rd
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Short trip out of the urban hustle to the serene country. Some great little hikes. Look for Herons.
My favorite store for vintage finds (furniture and decor.)
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Grand Marketplace
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My favorite store for vintage finds (furniture and decor.)
One of the largest book stores in the world. Definitely the coolest.
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Isixeko sasePowell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
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One of the largest book stores in the world. Definitely the coolest.
Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery