Guidebook for Portland

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Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

Voted best restaurant in Portland in 2016. Also a great cafe during the morning/day with sublime baked goods.
101 locals recommend
Coquine
6839 SE Belmont St
101 locals recommend
Voted best restaurant in Portland in 2016. Also a great cafe during the morning/day with sublime baked goods.
The Cheese Bar provides fancy cheese to the best restaurants in town and is a low key place to sit and enjoy incredible cheese plates with affordable and well selected wines.
32 locals recommend
Cheese Bar
6031 SE Belmont St
32 locals recommend
The Cheese Bar provides fancy cheese to the best restaurants in town and is a low key place to sit and enjoy incredible cheese plates with affordable and well selected wines.
James Beard nominated southern restaurant. I suggest asking for the dark meat fried chicken. It is off menu, but they are happy to do it for those in the know.
117 locals recommend
The Country Cat Dinner House and Bar
7937 SE Stark St
117 locals recommend
James Beard nominated southern restaurant. I suggest asking for the dark meat fried chicken. It is off menu, but they are happy to do it for those in the know.
Fun spot with a great lamb burger
171 locals recommend
The Observatory
8115 SE Stark St
171 locals recommend
Fun spot with a great lamb burger
Great tapas with huge slices of delicious cake for desert
101 locals recommend
Navarre
10 NE 28th Ave
101 locals recommend
Great tapas with huge slices of delicious cake for desert
My favorite restaurant in Portland. Also one of the most acclaimed. Order the craziest sounding thing on the menu and you'll be very happy. You'll be even happy if you just order everything on the menu.
112 locals recommend
Le Pigeon
738 E Burnside St
112 locals recommend
My favorite restaurant in Portland. Also one of the most acclaimed. Order the craziest sounding thing on the menu and you'll be very happy. You'll be even happy if you just order everything on the menu.
Small space. Shared tables. Bonkers food. It is 5 courses or nothing here, so make reservations and go hungry because it is an experience of joy that you'll want to be able to accomplish.
133 locals recommend
Beast
5425 NE 30th Ave
133 locals recommend
Small space. Shared tables. Bonkers food. It is 5 courses or nothing here, so make reservations and go hungry because it is an experience of joy that you'll want to be able to accomplish.
Se Asian street food and an absolute institution of the Portland food scene. Order everything.
460 locals recommend
Pok Pok
3226 SE Division St
460 locals recommend
Se Asian street food and an absolute institution of the Portland food scene. Order everything.
Portland's most famous ice cream shop with crazy sounding (but amazing) flavors like blue cheese and pear or balsamic strawberry.
1078 locals recommend
Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta St
1078 locals recommend
Portland's most famous ice cream shop with crazy sounding (but amazing) flavors like blue cheese and pear or balsamic strawberry.
Donuts! Fun mix of crazy sounding and classics. Their apple fritter is my all time favorite apple fritter.
403 locals recommend
Blue Star Donuts
3325 SE Division St
403 locals recommend
Donuts! Fun mix of crazy sounding and classics. Their apple fritter is my all time favorite apple fritter.
Tiny Donuts! So, so good.
219 locals recommend
Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai
4759 NE Fremont St
219 locals recommend
Tiny Donuts! So, so good.
If you like coffee, you will love Heart
170 locals recommend
Heart Coffee Roasters
2211 E Burnside St
170 locals recommend
If you like coffee, you will love Heart
Stumptown is Portland's most famous coffee brand and this is where it all started.
347 locals recommend
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division St
347 locals recommend
Stumptown is Portland's most famous coffee brand and this is where it all started.
Some say this is the best pizza in town. Everyone says that it is super good pizza
140 locals recommend
Ken's Artisan Pizza
304 SE 28th Ave
140 locals recommend
Some say this is the best pizza in town. Everyone says that it is super good pizza
Always at the top of the "best pizza" in Portland lists
221 locals recommend
Apizza Scholls
4741 SE Hawthorne Blvd
221 locals recommend
Always at the top of the "best pizza" in Portland lists
A Japanese restaurant famous for its burger? yup.
107 locals recommend
Yakuza Izakaya Restaurant
5515 NE 30th Ave
107 locals recommend
A Japanese restaurant famous for its burger? yup.
This Argentinean restaurant is a meat lover's paradise
192 locals recommend
OX Restaurant
2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
192 locals recommend
This Argentinean restaurant is a meat lover's paradise

Drinks & Nightlife

Great Cocktails and solid pub food (Burgers and Steak Frites type fare). Their "fist full of dollars" is one of my all time favorite cocktails
56 locals recommend
The Tannery Bar
5425 E Burnside St
56 locals recommend
Great Cocktails and solid pub food (Burgers and Steak Frites type fare). Their "fist full of dollars" is one of my all time favorite cocktails
Sexy bar with great food from Navarre – the tapas restaurant next-door.
83 locals recommend
Angel Face
14 NE 28th Ave
83 locals recommend
Sexy bar with great food from Navarre – the tapas restaurant next-door.
Great bar, very good vegan food
146 locals recommend
The Sweet Hereafter
3326 SE Belmont St
146 locals recommend
Great bar, very good vegan food
Amazing happy hour from 5-7 with $2-3 drinks and food. Design"y" atmosphere with eclectic crowds
76 locals recommend
Aalto Lounge
3356 SE Belmont St
76 locals recommend
Amazing happy hour from 5-7 with $2-3 drinks and food. Design"y" atmosphere with eclectic crowds
Voted best bar in Portland in 2016. Huge "U" shaped bar with great cocktails and pretty people. Music venue in the basement.
51 locals recommend
The Liquor Store
51 locals recommend
Voted best bar in Portland in 2016. Huge "U" shaped bar with great cocktails and pretty people. Music venue in the basement.
Sexy, rum themed cocktails
63 locals recommend
Rum Club
720 SE Sandy Blvd
63 locals recommend
Sexy, rum themed cocktails
Sexy basement bar with oysters.
46 locals recommend
Pépé le Moko
407 SW 10th Ave
46 locals recommend
Sexy basement bar with oysters.
Great place for dancing and themed parties
73 locals recommend
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St
73 locals recommend
Great place for dancing and themed parties

Parks & Nature

Huge old growth trees and beautiful views make this one of Portland's most famous parks.
155 locals recommend
Mount Tabor - Stairs
6738 Mt Tabor
155 locals recommend
Huge old growth trees and beautiful views make this one of Portland's most famous parks.
A beautiful park for slow strolls around the pond.
437 locals recommend
Laurelhurst Park
SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark St
437 locals recommend
A beautiful park for slow strolls around the pond.
One of the best known Japanese Gardens outside of Japan. It is stunning in spring when the cherry blossoms bloom.
1015 locals recommend
Portland Japanese Garden
611 SW Kingston Ave
1015 locals recommend
One of the best known Japanese Gardens outside of Japan. It is stunning in spring when the cherry blossoms bloom.
Amazing tea house looking out over the gardens. Well worth a visit.
405 locals recommend
Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett St
405 locals recommend
Amazing tea house looking out over the gardens. Well worth a visit.

Shopping

As Portlandly as can be.
40 locals recommend
Beam & Anchor
2710 N Interstate Ave
40 locals recommend
As Portlandly as can be.
A great place to find beautiful household goods.
44 locals recommend
Canoe
1233 SW 10th Ave
44 locals recommend
A great place to find beautiful household goods.
The most famous store in Portland competes with the "Strand" in NYC as the most famous bookstore in the US. If you like books, it is a must visit.
976 locals recommend
Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
976 locals recommend
The most famous store in Portland competes with the "Strand" in NYC as the most famous bookstore in the US. If you like books, it is a must visit.

Essentials

A grocery store with household essentials as well.
616 locals recommend
Fred Meyer
3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd
616 locals recommend
A grocery store with household essentials as well.
A high end grocery store with beautiful and tasty things
1022 locals recommend
New Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd Ave
1022 locals recommend
A high end grocery store with beautiful and tasty things

Entertainment & Activities

$3 old run movies with pizza and beer
159 locals recommend
Academy Theater
7818 SE Stark St
159 locals recommend
$3 old run movies with pizza and beer