Guidebook for Portland
Food Scene
Zilla Sake
1806 NE Alberta StDelicious sushi and an extensive sake selection!
Our favorite restaurant in walking distance, Eem is a phenomenal convergence of Thai + Southern BBQ. Fun cocktails and a great scene. Waits can be long - plan to get your name on the list early and then venture out to explore N. Williams.
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Eem - Thai BBQ & Cocktails
127Our favorite restaurant in walking distance, Eem is a phenomenal convergence of Thai + Southern BBQ. Fun cocktails and a great scene. Waits can be long - plan to get your name on the list early and then venture out to explore N. Williams.
Awesome wood-fired pizza in the Neapolitan style. They have a sweet happy hour deal ($7 Margherita Pizza if ordered before 6pm) - lines form early for that one!
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Life of Pie Pizza
3632 N Williams AveAwesome wood-fired pizza in the Neapolitan style. They have a sweet happy hour deal ($7 Margherita Pizza if ordered before 6pm) - lines form early for that one!
Originally opened as a food cart, serving the best house-made pasta in Portland.
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Gumba
1733 NE Alberta StOriginally opened as a food cart, serving the best house-made pasta in Portland.
Pubs & Breweries
Still relatively new, Great Notion introduced Portland to the "hazy IPA" craze that originated in New England. Great Notion still does them the best! Also great fruit beers, sours, and breakfast stouts. They have an awesome back patio space too.
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Great Notion Brewing and Barrel House
2204 NE Alberta StStill relatively new, Great Notion introduced Portland to the "hazy IPA" craze that originated in New England. Great Notion still does them the best! Also great fruit beers, sours, and breakfast stouts. They have an awesome back patio space too.
Excellent beers with a nonprofit model. Their "Perle Haggard" pilsner won gold at the 2020 GABF in the "Bohemian-Style Pilsner" category!
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Ex Novo Brewing Co.
2326 N Flint AveExcellent beers with a nonprofit model. Their "Perle Haggard" pilsner won gold at the 2020 GABF in the "Bohemian-Style Pilsner" category!
The original location of this exceptional Portland brewery is not too far from our house. Just about every beer they brew is a stand-out, including many classic NWIPAs, pilsners, barrel-aged stouts, sours, and experimental beers.
Breakside joins Fort George (Astoria, OR) and Pfriem (Hood River, OR) in making up my Oregon brewery "power trio."
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Breakside Brewery - DEKUM
820 NE Dekum StThe original location of this exceptional Portland brewery is not too far from our house. Just about every beer they brew is a stand-out, including many classic NWIPAs, pilsners, barrel-aged stouts, sours, and experimental beers.
Breakside joins Fort George (Astoria, OR) and Pfriem (Hood River, OR) in making up my Oregon brewery "power trio."