Your Neighborhood & Portland Guidebook
Favorite restaurants, cafes, bars
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4635 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardWalkable! Great street tacos and more! Owners favorite!
Walkable! Old Portland history here as it used to be a thriving brothel back in the day! With great libations, dim date-like setting, and good eats.
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Sapphire Hotel Bar
5008 SE Hawthorne BlvdWalkable! Old Portland history here as it used to be a thriving brothel back in the day! With great libations, dim date-like setting, and good eats.
Bollywood Theater
2039 NE Alberta StClose by! Delicious Indian street food and cool scene
Taquería Los Puñales
3312 Southeast Belmont StreetClose by! Delicious "guisado" style street tacos
Walkable! Coffee shop up the hill, with so much more than good coffee. Used to be a firehouse!
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Stark Street Station
6049 SE Stark StWalkable! Coffee shop up the hill, with so much more than good coffee. Used to be a firehouse!
Casa Italia
3035 SE Division StClose by! Our favorite local Italian restaurant
Makes some of the best, and we've tried them all around here!
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Pad Thai Kitchen
2309 SE Belmont StMakes some of the best, and we've tried them all around here!
Close by! One of our personal favorite. Vegan, and you would never know it!
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Kati Portland
2932 SE Division StClose by! One of our personal favorite. Vegan, and you would never know it!
Walkable and just around the corner!
All the beers from everywhere! AND a hop and a skip just down the street from here :) they also have a smash burger cart there too.
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Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark StWalkable and just around the corner!
All the beers from everywhere! AND a hop and a skip just down the street from here :) they also have a smash burger cart there too.
Yataimura Maru
3810 SE Division StSome of our favorite sushi, udon, small plates
Not just a tasting room!! Stop here to walk the grounds of this old rustic former farmhouse manor turned hotel. There ar several restaurants, bars, live music, spa, 9 hole golf course, and a theater. Good combo to stop here if going to the Columbia River Gorge.
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McMenamins Edgefield Winery Tasting Room
2126 SW Halsey StNot just a tasting room!! Stop here to walk the grounds of this old rustic former farmhouse manor turned hotel. There ar several restaurants, bars, live music, spa, 9 hole golf course, and a theater. Good combo to stop here if going to the Columbia River Gorge.
Walkable! Create and make your own pancakes (or not)! This place is tasty and fun! Walkable from here
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Slappy Cakes
4246 SE Belmont StWalkable! Create and make your own pancakes (or not)! This place is tasty and fun! Walkable from here
Walkable! Food carts just down the street, many delicious options!
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The Bite on Belmont
4255 SE Belmont StWalkable! Food carts just down the street, many delicious options!
Red Square Cafe
4505 SE Belmont StWalkable! Good coffee and breakfast bagels
Gado Gado
1801 NE Cesar E Chavez BlvdNot fay! Rare deliciousness
Walkable! Lovely historic rustic hip tavern with high end bar food
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Tabor Tavern
5325 E Burnside StWalkable! Lovely historic rustic hip tavern with high end bar food
Never Coffee
4243 SE Belmont StWalkable! Delicious!
Walkable and just around the corner! Delicious Thai food. Tip: usually tell them to reduce the bamboo shoots and add more veggies ;)
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Sivalai | Thai Restaurant
4806 SE Stark StWalkable and just around the corner! Delicious Thai food. Tip: usually tell them to reduce the bamboo shoots and add more veggies ;)
Bellwether Bar
Walkable! A neighborhood favorite with delicious food and cocktails and lovely patio!
Close by! One of our favorite most delicious sushi restaurants with unique other dishes. Ans only sushi restaurant with sustainable practices.
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Bamboo Sushi
310 SE 28th AveClose by! One of our favorite most delicious sushi restaurants with unique other dishes. Ans only sushi restaurant with sustainable practices.
Ava Gene's
3377 SE Division StClose by! Delicious and beautiful!
Salt and Straw
3345 SE Division St Close by! Famous in Portland and delicious ice cream flavors!
Beautiful and most delicious high end taqueria roof top dining and patio downtown. Owners favorite!
Tope
Beautiful and most delicious high end taqueria roof top dining and patio downtown. Owners favorite!
Noble Rot
1111 East Burnside StreetHigh end American fare in a lovely rooftop restaurant w patio!
Close by and also walkable! Food carts w many delicious options as well as a cocktail bar serving on an open deck!
Hinterland Bar & Food Carts
Close by and also walkable! Food carts w many delicious options as well as a cocktail bar serving on an open deck!
Walkable! Freshly made breads and pastries. Just moved even closer to us and we’re so excited!
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Tabor Bread
4438 SE Hawthorne BlvdWalkable! Freshly made breads and pastries. Just moved even closer to us and we’re so excited!
Sightseeing
International Rose Test Garden
400 SW Kingston AveA must visit when in the City of Roses
Walkable! Gorgeous local park, walk to the top and see Portland in all her glory! Mount Tabor Park is less than 1 mile from our Portland home, and is a great spot for a local woodsy hike/sunset picnic with awesome views of the city.
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Mt Tabor Dog Park
2219 SE Lincoln StWalkable! Gorgeous local park, walk to the top and see Portland in all her glory! Mount Tabor Park is less than 1 mile from our Portland home, and is a great spot for a local woodsy hike/sunset picnic with awesome views of the city.
Walkable! Beautiful, historic, and large! Famous Laurelhurst Park also less than 1 mile away for walks around the lake, ample spots for lounging in the grass, and depending on the season you might catch some live music surprise shows or even community movie night!
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Laurelhurst Park
SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark StWalkable! Beautiful, historic, and large! Famous Laurelhurst Park also less than 1 mile away for walks around the lake, ample spots for lounging in the grass, and depending on the season you might catch some live music surprise shows or even community movie night!
Portland Japanese Garden
611 SW Kingston AveStunning and worth the visit!
Go visit old Portland for a beautiful walk along the waterfront
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Waterfront Park Trail,
209 Waterfront Park TrailGo visit old Portland for a beautiful walk along the waterfront
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
5801 SE 28th AveWorth the short visit! Mondays are free
Just over a half hour is the famous Columbia River Gorge with breathtaking views, and home to the famous Multnomah Falls on its old historic highway known as "The Waterfall Corridor", go here while in Portland! Some of the most gorgeous area ever!
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Isifunda sase Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Just over a half hour is the famous Columbia River Gorge with breathtaking views, and home to the famous Multnomah Falls on its old historic highway known as "The Waterfall Corridor", go here while in Portland! Some of the most gorgeous area ever!
Another must see in the Columbia River Gorge
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Crown Point State Scenic Corridor
40700 Crown Point HwyAnother must see in the Columbia River Gorge
Grocery Stores
New Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd AveOur favorite natural grocery store nearby
Whole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch StNatural foods grocery market nearby
QFC
6411 SE Milwaukie AveWalkable! Grocery store with a good mix of natural and not. Nearby!
Entertainment
McMenamins Bagdad Theater and Pub
3702 SE Hawthorne BlvdHistoric theater and pub combo
Historic theater running old movies. Can drink beer while viewing.
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Laurelhurst Theatre
2735 E Burnside StHistoric theater running old movies. Can drink beer while viewing.
Historic theater running new & old movies. Can drink beer and eat pizza while viewing.
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Academy Theater
7818 SE Stark StHistoric theater running new & old movies. Can drink beer and eat pizza while viewing.
QuarterWorld Arcade
4811 SE Hawthorne BlvdWalkable! Fun for all! Huge selection of games!
Bowling at it's finest. With restaurant and bar on site too.
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Central Kitchen & Bowl
808 SE Morrison StBowling at it's finest. With restaurant and bar on site too.
Walkable! A trip to the past. Rent movies and check out their museum of film history! One of a kind gem of a place!! Just down the street.
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Movie Madness Video and More
4320 SE Belmont StWalkable! A trip to the past. Rent movies and check out their museum of film history! One of a kind gem of a place!! Just down the street.
Dessert
Famous donuts
Voodoo Doughnut
8145 SE 82nd AveWhile in Portland…🍩
Doe Donuts
4110 Northeast Sandy BoulevardVegan donuts
NOLA Doughnuts
110 NW 10th AveDonuts New Orleans style
Petunia's Pies & Pastries
610 SW 12th AveVegan desserts & eats
Petite Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie
3420 NE Sandy BlvdOne of our favorite desserts stops
Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta StHippest trendiest and quite delicious ice cream around 🍦