Guidebook for Portland

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Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

Favorite pizza (salami), favorite cocktail (pepper smash), great music (Joy Division).
62 locals recommend
Oven and Shaker
1134 NW Everett St
62 locals recommend
Favorite pizza (salami), favorite cocktail (pepper smash), great music (Joy Division).
Even if you have total cupcake fatigue, the menu has sandwiches, ice cream, and a smoked alderwood chocolate chip cookie.
18 locals recommend
Masu Sushi
406 SW 13th Ave
18 locals recommend
Even if you have total cupcake fatigue, the menu has sandwiches, ice cream, and a smoked alderwood chocolate chip cookie.
You will find expensive brunch here, but they serve my favorite Bloody Mary.
38 locals recommend
Irving Street Kitchen
701 NW 13th Ave
38 locals recommend
You will find expensive brunch here, but they serve my favorite Bloody Mary.
I love the Breakfast Euro Board (a bunch of salty and savory things to eat)
82 locals recommend
Olympia Provisions
107 SE Washington St
82 locals recommend
I love the Breakfast Euro Board (a bunch of salty and savory things to eat)
From the owners of Pok Pok, but it's a block away and has a shorter wait.
Ping Restaurant
From the owners of Pok Pok, but it's a block away and has a shorter wait.
One of the few places to get soft serve ice cream
428 SW 12th Ave
428 Southwest 12th Avenue
One of the few places to get soft serve ice cream
The New York Times called their breakfast sandwich the most perfect breakfast sandwich they ever tasted.
7 locals recommend
Bunk Sandwiches
7 locals recommend
The New York Times called their breakfast sandwich the most perfect breakfast sandwich they ever tasted.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Quintessential Portland.
347 locals recommend
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division St
347 locals recommend
Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Quintessential Portland.
Too much of a coffee snob for Stumptown? Barista proudly brews Intelligentsia Coffee.
301 locals recommend
Barista
1725 NE Alberta St
301 locals recommend
Too much of a coffee snob for Stumptown? Barista proudly brews Intelligentsia Coffee.
Too much of a coffee snob for Stumptown? Barista proudly brews Intelligentsia Coffee.
301 locals recommend
Barista
1725 NE Alberta St
301 locals recommend
Too much of a coffee snob for Stumptown? Barista proudly brews Intelligentsia Coffee.
Miso soft serve ice cream and incredible rice bowls and ramen.
40 locals recommend
Boke Bowl
1028 SE Water Ave
40 locals recommend
Miso soft serve ice cream and incredible rice bowls and ramen.
My favorite ramen in Portland. After 11pm they have a secret burger at the bar.
52 locals recommend
Biwa
215 Southeast 9th Avenue
52 locals recommend
My favorite ramen in Portland. After 11pm they have a secret burger at the bar.
The cheese board is incredible, and you have to get the Asado Argentino. Adjacent to The Whey Bar, a cute bar.
192 locals recommend
OX Restaurant
2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
192 locals recommend
The cheese board is incredible, and you have to get the Asado Argentino. Adjacent to The Whey Bar, a cute bar.
Too much of a snob for Stumptown? Try Coava.
296 locals recommend
Extracto Coffee Roasters
2921 NE Killingsworth St
296 locals recommend
Too much of a snob for Stumptown? Try Coava.
Incredible charcuterie. Always empty for brunch. I love the Breakfast Euro Board (a bunch of salty and savory things to eat)
82 locals recommend
Olympia Provisions
107 SE Washington St
82 locals recommend
Incredible charcuterie. Always empty for brunch. I love the Breakfast Euro Board (a bunch of salty and savory things to eat)
Packed on the weekends, but they do weekday brunch and it's not as bad. I love the breakfast board and the Tasty Jerk (it's a Bloody Mary with beef jerky!)
482 locals recommend
Tasty n Daughters
4537 SE Division St
482 locals recommend
Packed on the weekends, but they do weekday brunch and it's not as bad. I love the breakfast board and the Tasty Jerk (it's a Bloody Mary with beef jerky!)

Sightseeing

Take SW Market Drive all the way up to SW Vista Ave, walk/drive across it. This is the best view you could walk to in 20 minutes from my apartment. SW Vista Avenue turns into 23rd Ave above Burnside.
Southwest Vista Avenue
Southwest Vista Avenue
Take SW Market Drive all the way up to SW Vista Ave, walk/drive across it. This is the best view you could walk to in 20 minutes from my apartment. SW Vista Avenue turns into 23rd Ave above Burnside.
The Chinese Gardens.
405 locals recommend
Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett St
405 locals recommend
The Chinese Gardens.

Everything Else

Interesting little city park with a not-neutral Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_Springs_Park
17 locals recommend
Tanner Springs Park
17 locals recommend
Interesting little city park with a not-neutral Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_Springs_Park
Friendly staff, great bagels (try the kimchi cream cheese!). Also has a small selection of hyper-local only-in-Portland goods.
7 locals recommend
Bowery Bagels
310 NW Broadway
7 locals recommend
Friendly staff, great bagels (try the kimchi cream cheese!). Also has a small selection of hyper-local only-in-Portland goods.

Entertainment & Activities

Essentially *the* place to get ice cream in Portland. Lovely atmosphere, every aspect of the experience, including the ice cream is executed beautifully.
1078 locals recommend
Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta St
1078 locals recommend
Essentially *the* place to get ice cream in Portland. Lovely atmosphere, every aspect of the experience, including the ice cream is executed beautifully.
The Voodoo Doughnuts is open 24/7 making it the perfect midnight snack destination, and it's so close you can actually walk there in your pajamas.
366 locals recommend
Voodoo Doughnut
8145 SE 82nd Ave
366 locals recommend
The Voodoo Doughnuts is open 24/7 making it the perfect midnight snack destination, and it's so close you can actually walk there in your pajamas.

Shopping

The closets yarn shop.
Knit Purl
1101 SW Alder St
The closets yarn shop.
The closest fabric shop.
Josephine's Dry Goods
2609 SE Clinton St
The closest fabric shop.
The closest embroidery shop.
The Playful Needle
1103 SW Alder St
The closest embroidery shop.
It's Powells!
72 locals recommend
Powell's NW Warehouse
72 locals recommend
It's Powells!
For nerds: Powell's Technical Books.
976 locals recommend
Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
976 locals recommend
For nerds: Powell's Technical Books.
Tchotchkes.
44 locals recommend
Canoe
1233 SW 10th Ave
44 locals recommend
Tchotchkes.

Essentials

It's our local Whole Foods!
630 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch St
630 locals recommend
It's our local Whole Foods!
If you forgot some toiletries, the Rite Aid is a good place to pick up some travel items.
70 locals recommend
Rite Aid
2440 SE Cesar Estrada Chavez Blvd
70 locals recommend
If you forgot some toiletries, the Rite Aid is a good place to pick up some travel items.
If you forgot some toiletries, the Rite Aid is a good place to pick up some travel items.
Payless ShoeSource
7807 Evergreen Way
If you forgot some toiletries, the Rite Aid is a good place to pick up some travel items.
I know it's Starbucks, but it's maybe the best Starbucks to work out of. Big tables, comfy seats. Check in on Foursquare to get a free extra shot in your drink. Oh yeah, they serve wine.
111 locals recommend
Starbucks
6003 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
111 locals recommend
I know it's Starbucks, but it's maybe the best Starbucks to work out of. Big tables, comfy seats. Check in on Foursquare to get a free extra shot in your drink. Oh yeah, they serve wine.

Drinks & Nightlife

If you like beer, you'll love the selection here.
30 locals recommend
Bailey's Taproom
30 locals recommend
If you like beer, you'll love the selection here.
A classy cocktail bar
52 locals recommend
Teardrop Lounge
1015 NW Everett St
52 locals recommend
A classy cocktail bar
A cute cocktail bar.
24 locals recommend
Gruner Restaurant
527 SW 12th Ave
24 locals recommend
A cute cocktail bar.
An adorable bar adjacent to Ox, an incredible Argentine steakhouse.
Whey Bar
2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
An adorable bar adjacent to Ox, an incredible Argentine steakhouse.