Guidebook for Portland
Food Scene
Everything a coffee house should be. Funky interior/decor, old couches, sandwiches, pastries, and some of the best fruit & cream pies you'll ever have for great prices. A 10-minute walk away.
111 locals recommend
Bipartisan Cafe
7901 SE Stark StEverything a coffee house should be. Funky interior/decor, old couches, sandwiches, pastries, and some of the best fruit & cream pies you'll ever have for great prices. A 10-minute walk away.
Good food, drinks, 2 happy hours. Nice laid-back restaurant (without being weird). As of 2012 you can walk through to their bar "Over and Out" in the back, good burgers and drinks and open late.
171 locals recommend
The Observatory
8115 SE Stark StGood food, drinks, 2 happy hours. Nice laid-back restaurant (without being weird). As of 2012 you can walk through to their bar "Over and Out" in the back, good burgers and drinks and open late.
Really good food, very close by. Great soups. They have a lot more than Pho (which is better at one of the Pho Hung restaurants or Pho Oregon anyway).
11 locals recommend
Hanoi Kitchen
7925 NE Glisan StReally good food, very close by. Great soups. They have a lot more than Pho (which is better at one of the Pho Hung restaurants or Pho Oregon anyway).
Great place, good for families and couples too. I especially like their new brunch menu. My parents always like to come here when they're in town. Extensive menu, good solid service.
60 locals recommend
Ya Hala Lebanese Cuisine
8005 SE Stark StGreat place, good for families and couples too. I especially like their new brunch menu. My parents always like to come here when they're in town. Extensive menu, good solid service.
Arts & Culture
$4 second-run movies, art deco interior, pizza, beer, California Rolls (from Miyamoto): what more could you ask for?
Under 21 not allowed after 8:00 p.m.
159 locals recommend
Academy Theater
7818 SE Stark St$4 second-run movies, art deco interior, pizza, beer, California Rolls (from Miyamoto): what more could you ask for?
Under 21 not allowed after 8:00 p.m.
Drinks & Nightlife
Roscoe's is a bar's bar - younger crowd, pool tables, etc. Bar food or you can order from Miyamoto Sushi, they're connected.
85 locals recommend
Roscoe's
8105 SE Stark StRoscoe's is a bar's bar - younger crowd, pool tables, etc. Bar food or you can order from Miyamoto Sushi, they're connected.
Nice inside with a neighborhood feel. Drink menu has a mix of traditional and new cocktails. Be warned that their Oaxacan margaritas are *especially* lethal.
Vintage Cocktail Lounge
7907 Southeast Stark StreetNice inside with a neighborhood feel. Drink menu has a mix of traditional and new cocktails. Be warned that their Oaxacan margaritas are *especially* lethal.
Independent 10-barrel brewer new in 2015, no restaurant but you can bring in your own food.
42 locals recommend
Montavilla Brew Works
7805 Southeast Stark StreetIndependent 10-barrel brewer new in 2015, no restaurant but you can bring in your own food.
Essentials
Trader Joe's
2122 NW Glisan StBecause it's there.
The biggest, newest Whole Foods in town. There's a smaller one at 28th & East Burnside.
630 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch StThe biggest, newest Whole Foods in town. There's a smaller one at 28th & East Burnside.
Fred Meyer Groceries
Northwest one-stop-shopping chain. The closest decent grocery store.
Local Portland Chain, similar to Whole Foods but more neighborhood-based. Closest branch and also smaller than most, check out their locations at 26th & SE Division or 33rd & NE Killingsworth.
1022 locals recommend
New Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd AveLocal Portland Chain, similar to Whole Foods but more neighborhood-based. Closest branch and also smaller than most, check out their locations at 26th & SE Division or 33rd & NE Killingsworth.
Large Asian grocery store with a deli and bubble-tea stand inside. Everything you need for Asian cooking, including an amazing produce/fruit section. Also carries a limited amount of American/Mexican.
13 locals recommend
Hong Phat Food Center
101 SE 82nd AveLarge Asian grocery store with a deli and bubble-tea stand inside. Everything you need for Asian cooking, including an amazing produce/fruit section. Also carries a limited amount of American/Mexican.
Shopping
Very nice clean little coffeehouse. Amazing pastries from Nuvrei Patisserie & Café in the Pearl.
56 locals recommend
Seven Virtues Coffee Roasters on Glisan
5936 NE Glisan StVery nice clean little coffeehouse. Amazing pastries from Nuvrei Patisserie & Café in the Pearl.
Walgreens
3909 SE Holgate BlvdClosest pharmacy, just up Burnside to 82nd.
A true Portland Icon: an AMAZING, enormous five-story independent bookstore the size of a city block. Also see their nearby technical bookstore, and their cooks and gardening bookstores on Hawthorne.
72 locals recommend
Powell's NW Warehouse
A true Portland Icon: an AMAZING, enormous five-story independent bookstore the size of a city block. Also see their nearby technical bookstore, and their cooks and gardening bookstores on Hawthorne.
Everything Else
Slightly funky district with restaurants/boutiques/shops/bookstores focused between 30th & 39th Avenues and stretches all the way up to 50th. A very Portland place.
3700 SE Hawthorne Blvd
3700 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardSlightly funky district with restaurants/boutiques/shops/bookstores focused between 30th & 39th Avenues and stretches all the way up to 50th. A very Portland place.
Best local place I've found for bike rentals. Quality local bike chain with excellent mechanics.
(I get my bikes tuned up here every winter.)
28 locals recommend
Bike Gallery
5329 NE Sandy BlvdBest local place I've found for bike rentals. Quality local bike chain with excellent mechanics.
(I get my bikes tuned up here every winter.)