Guidebook for Portland

Nathaniel & Erika
Nathaniel & Erika
Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

We would be truly surprised indeed if there was another Southern food restaurant as holistically delicious as Po'Shines. Chicken & Waffles, grits, pulled pork, hush puppies. Comfort food heaven!
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Po' Shines Cafe De La Soul
8139 N Denver Ave
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We would be truly surprised indeed if there was another Southern food restaurant as holistically delicious as Po'Shines. Chicken & Waffles, grits, pulled pork, hush puppies. Comfort food heaven!
One of our favorite breakfast/brunch spots! Upscale diner style and delicious fare, and a HUGE perk is that--unlike many Portland brunch spots--you can actually get a table immediately.
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Cup & Saucer Cafe
8237 North Denver Avenue
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One of our favorite breakfast/brunch spots! Upscale diner style and delicious fare, and a HUGE perk is that--unlike many Portland brunch spots--you can actually get a table immediately.
Coffee, baked goods, pastries, and sandwiches are bountiful in our neighborhoods only coffee shop! If you're visiting on Saturday/Sunday, they make one of the best biscuit breakfast sandwiches. EVER.
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Posies Bakery & Cafe
8208 N Denver Ave
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Coffee, baked goods, pastries, and sandwiches are bountiful in our neighborhoods only coffee shop! If you're visiting on Saturday/Sunday, they make one of the best biscuit breakfast sandwiches. EVER.
Another Portland staple is food trucks, and you would be remiss if on the way out of Powell's you didn't stop at the largest downtown food truck pod to procure delicious food on the cheap.
Southwest Alder Street
Southwest Alder Street
Another Portland staple is food trucks, and you would be remiss if on the way out of Powell's you didn't stop at the largest downtown food truck pod to procure delicious food on the cheap.
THE BEST ITALIAN IN PORTLAND. They take reservations, but even so you may have to wait. Incredibly authentic Italian food made by an incredibly authentic Italian family, great wine selection as well.
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Piazza Italia
1129 NW Johnson St
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THE BEST ITALIAN IN PORTLAND. They take reservations, but even so you may have to wait. Incredibly authentic Italian food made by an incredibly authentic Italian family, great wine selection as well.
The best dessert centric restaurant in Portland. Some very fancy desserts as well as authentic Tapas plates, and a STAGGERING, all encompassing wine menu.
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Pix Patisserie / Bar Vivant
2225 E Burnside St
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The best dessert centric restaurant in Portland. Some very fancy desserts as well as authentic Tapas plates, and a STAGGERING, all encompassing wine menu.
If you just want some simpler fare such as a great burger, Little Big Burger will take care of you. Just make sure to order a side of truffle fries with your burger!
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Little Big Burger - Mississippi Ave
3747 N Mississippi Ave
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If you just want some simpler fare such as a great burger, Little Big Burger will take care of you. Just make sure to order a side of truffle fries with your burger!
Delicious French cuisine at this restaurant/cafe/bakery. Also incredibly affordable!
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Petite Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie
3420 NE Sandy Blvd
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Delicious French cuisine at this restaurant/cafe/bakery. Also incredibly affordable!
Regarded by the entire country as THE mushroom restaurant. A truly special gourmet experience focused around many native and exotic fungi. Expensive but worth it!
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Joel Palmer House Restaurant
600 Ferry Street
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Regarded by the entire country as THE mushroom restaurant. A truly special gourmet experience focused around many native and exotic fungi. Expensive but worth it!
Turn of the century historic hotel which houses a lavishly decorated parlor style restaurant overlooking the Gorge. The food and view are superb, and it's not too expensive.
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Columbia Gorge Hotel & Spa
4000 Westcliff Dr
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Turn of the century historic hotel which houses a lavishly decorated parlor style restaurant overlooking the Gorge. The food and view are superb, and it's not too expensive.
Great microbrews and delicious menu items at modest prices in the Pearl district. Very diverse menu, if you're not sure what you feel like eating on a given day, Bridgeport has a bit of everything!
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Bridgeport Brewing
1313 NW Marshall St
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Great microbrews and delicious menu items at modest prices in the Pearl district. Very diverse menu, if you're not sure what you feel like eating on a given day, Bridgeport has a bit of everything!
THE. BEST. SUSHI. Nothing else need be said!
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Yama Sushi & Sake Bar
926 NW 10th Ave
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THE. BEST. SUSHI. Nothing else need be said!
Great affordable breakfast and lunch fare. Try The Chattington (breaded chicken breast on a biscuit with apple butter and sharp cheddar).
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Pine State Biscuits
2204 NE Alberta St
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Great affordable breakfast and lunch fare. Try The Chattington (breaded chicken breast on a biscuit with apple butter and sharp cheddar).
Dangerously close (two blocks from the house) delicious Thai food at a great value!
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Tuk Tuk
3226 N Lombard St
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Dangerously close (two blocks from the house) delicious Thai food at a great value!
Awesome authentic Mexican food and great bar/margaritas. $1.50 tacos!
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El Burrito Azteca
1942 N Rosa Parks Way
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Awesome authentic Mexican food and great bar/margaritas. $1.50 tacos!

Drinks & Nightlife

Lovely neighborhood bar with rotating micro brews, ciders, and cocktails as well as appetizers and sandwiches. Looks out onto Kenton Park, is usually very mellow, and indoor fireplace is very quaint!
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Parkside
2135 N Willis Blvd
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Lovely neighborhood bar with rotating micro brews, ciders, and cocktails as well as appetizers and sandwiches. Looks out onto Kenton Park, is usually very mellow, and indoor fireplace is very quaint!
Nice pub/sportsbar in one of the Kenton Neighborhood's oldest and longest standing historic buildings. Pretty typical pub fare, but if you watch sports this is the bar to go to in Kenton.
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Kenton Station
8303 N Denver Ave
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Nice pub/sportsbar in one of the Kenton Neighborhood's oldest and longest standing historic buildings. Pretty typical pub fare, but if you watch sports this is the bar to go to in Kenton.
Wonderful pizza for takeout or by the slice, and also a full scale Italian restaurant that makes some of the best Spaghetti we've found in Portland so far.
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Fino Bistro Bar Pizzeria
8225 N Denver Ave
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Wonderful pizza for takeout or by the slice, and also a full scale Italian restaurant that makes some of the best Spaghetti we've found in Portland so far.
Most authentic English pub we know of in Portland. Great variety of imported beer, great Old English atmosphere, and the BEST FISH AND CHIPS.
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Horse Brass Pub
4534 SE Belmont St
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Most authentic English pub we know of in Portland. Great variety of imported beer, great Old English atmosphere, and the BEST FISH AND CHIPS.
We don't even know how Pause has such upscale and inspired fare for so inexpensive, but we don't care. Rotating daily specials, and if you're lucky enough the to-die-for sticky toffee pudding. WOW.
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Pause Kitchen and Bar
5101 North Interstate Avenue
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We don't even know how Pause has such upscale and inspired fare for so inexpensive, but we don't care. Rotating daily specials, and if you're lucky enough the to-die-for sticky toffee pudding. WOW.
Wine bar with an excellent glass pour list of mostly small producers. Food is killer as well, and the view is great!
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Noble Rot
1111 East Burnside Street
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Wine bar with an excellent glass pour list of mostly small producers. Food is killer as well, and the view is great!
Cocktail and sushi bar on the top floor of The Nines hotel. SUPER trendy. Awesome outdoor patio seating with panoramic view of the entire city.
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Departure Restaurant + Lounge
525 SW Morrison St
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Cocktail and sushi bar on the top floor of The Nines hotel. SUPER trendy. Awesome outdoor patio seating with panoramic view of the entire city.
Another very trendy cocktail bar, slightly better prices than Departure and really good Happy Hour entrees. All cocktails are very unique and drummed up in house. Try the Green Dragon.
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Saucebox
214 SW Broadway
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Another very trendy cocktail bar, slightly better prices than Departure and really good Happy Hour entrees. All cocktails are very unique and drummed up in house. Try the Green Dragon.

Essentials

Lovely high end grocery store just three blocks from our house! It's small and doesn't quite have the selection of larger grocery stores, but usually has everything we need and has a focus on organic.
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Green Zebra Grocery
3011 N Lombard St
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Lovely high end grocery store just three blocks from our house! It's small and doesn't quite have the selection of larger grocery stores, but usually has everything we need and has a focus on organic.

Shopping

The Alberta arts neighborhood is great shopping in Portland and has very pleasant atmosphere. Go to La Petit Provence for fantastic French cuisine, and Salt & Straw for unique artisinal ice cream.
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Alberta
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The Alberta arts neighborhood is great shopping in Portland and has very pleasant atmosphere. Go to La Petit Provence for fantastic French cuisine, and Salt & Straw for unique artisinal ice cream.
Besides the Alberta Neighborhood, this is our other favorite Portland neighborhood along the similar vein as Alberta, but with a bit more bustle and more restaurant centric.
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North Mississippi Avenue
North Mississippi Avenue
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Besides the Alberta Neighborhood, this is our other favorite Portland neighborhood along the similar vein as Alberta, but with a bit more bustle and more restaurant centric.
If you didn't already know about the countries' largest used bookstore, this is a Portland visitors staple. Set aside some time, it's very common to spend hours in here wandering the paths of books!
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Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
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If you didn't already know about the countries' largest used bookstore, this is a Portland visitors staple. Set aside some time, it's very common to spend hours in here wandering the paths of books!
Upscale shopping area with plenty of boutiques and dining choices, including a very comfy tea room and also a gourmet chocolate shop.
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Northwest 23rd Avenue
Northwest 23rd Avenue
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Upscale shopping area with plenty of boutiques and dining choices, including a very comfy tea room and also a gourmet chocolate shop.
These guys have the most unique flavors and their staggering popularity is evidence of their incredibly rich ice creams.
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Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta St
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These guys have the most unique flavors and their staggering popularity is evidence of their incredibly rich ice creams.
If you are a tea fetishist like us, Townshend's has you covered. Our favorite are tea they sell is the Jasmine Pearl.
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Townshend's Alberta Street Teahouse
2223 NE Alberta St
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If you are a tea fetishist like us, Townshend's has you covered. Our favorite are tea they sell is the Jasmine Pearl.
Every guidebook and every person who hasn't actually spent any real time in Portland will tell you to go to Voodoo. Honestly, it's shit. Don't. Blue Star is the best, and no insane 45 minute lines!
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Blue Star Donuts
3325 SE Division St
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Every guidebook and every person who hasn't actually spent any real time in Portland will tell you to go to Voodoo. Honestly, it's shit. Don't. Blue Star is the best, and no insane 45 minute lines!

Everything Else

Our favorite ice cream spot in Portland. All in house made ice creams, great variety of unique flavors! After you've hit Piazza Italia, grab a cone and relax by the fountain in Jamison Sqaure park.
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Cool Moon Ice Cream
1105 NW Johnson St
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Our favorite ice cream spot in Portland. All in house made ice creams, great variety of unique flavors! After you've hit Piazza Italia, grab a cone and relax by the fountain in Jamison Sqaure park.
Our most favorite newly discovered Washington winery with a focus on Rhone varietals (our favorite) amidst gorgeous secluded scenery. Everything tastes superb, but we especially LOVE their "Katydid".
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Domaine Pouillon
170 Lyle Snowden Rd
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Our most favorite newly discovered Washington winery with a focus on Rhone varietals (our favorite) amidst gorgeous secluded scenery. Everything tastes superb, but we especially LOVE their "Katydid".
Great view from this winery overlooking the Gorge. All kinds of wines, but we especially like their "Three Witches" and "Sirius" blends. Tasting room staff is also very accommodating and sweet.
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AniChe Cellars
71 Little Buck Creek Rd
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Great view from this winery overlooking the Gorge. All kinds of wines, but we especially like their "Three Witches" and "Sirius" blends. Tasting room staff is also very accommodating and sweet.
Conveniently located in downtown Hood River, and they make a great Syrah and a very unique red blend.
Cerulean Wine
304 Oak St
Conveniently located in downtown Hood River, and they make a great Syrah and a very unique red blend.
We especially like Trisaetum for their Rieslings, but the tasting room is also an art gallery with full wall windows that look out onto their beautiful vineyard, which makes it a lovely experience.
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Trisaetum
18401 NE Ribbon Ridge Rd
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We especially like Trisaetum for their Rieslings, but the tasting room is also an art gallery with full wall windows that look out onto their beautiful vineyard, which makes it a lovely experience.
Out of all Willamette Valley Wineries, we think this one has the best view. Head there on a quiet Fall day and watch the rain evaporate from the tree tops below while sipping some damned fine Pinot!
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Raptor Ridge Winery
18700 SW Hillsboro Hwy
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Out of all Willamette Valley Wineries, we think this one has the best view. Head there on a quiet Fall day and watch the rain evaporate from the tree tops below while sipping some damned fine Pinot!
Dare we say they make our favorite Pinot Noir? Their "Old Stones" is always a top contender.
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Bergstrom Wines
8115 Northeast Worden Hill Road
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Dare we say they make our favorite Pinot Noir? Their "Old Stones" is always a top contender.
A long time Willamette Valley winery staple. They are a larger production winery but very consistently good, and their tasting room is set back into the woods for proper Willamette ambiance.
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폰지 와인 농장
19500 SW Mountain Home Rd
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A long time Willamette Valley winery staple. They are a larger production winery but very consistently good, and their tasting room is set back into the woods for proper Willamette ambiance.

Sightseeing

Charming arts town with many shops and boutiques and within easy driving distance of wineries and hiking. Visit the Columbia Gorge Hotel for a luxurious but inexpensive meal overlooking the river.
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Hood River
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Charming arts town with many shops and boutiques and within easy driving distance of wineries and hiking. Visit the Columbia Gorge Hotel for a luxurious but inexpensive meal overlooking the river.
Incredibly quaint, 3 block long town that is hub to 24 winery tasting rooms in the Willamette Valley. Best area to go to try as many fine wines as possible in the shortest distance and time!
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Carlton
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Incredibly quaint, 3 block long town that is hub to 24 winery tasting rooms in the Willamette Valley. Best area to go to try as many fine wines as possible in the shortest distance and time!
Ribbon Ridge is our favorite wine producing AVA in the Willamette Valley. All the tasting rooms here are on site of the vineyard, making for a very picturesque tasting experience with pastoral charm!
Ribbon Ridge
Ribbon Ridge is our favorite wine producing AVA in the Willamette Valley. All the tasting rooms here are on site of the vineyard, making for a very picturesque tasting experience with pastoral charm!
Our favorite Fall haunt. Head out to the farm stores for organic local produce and goods, and check out the u-pick farms. Join in the Fall festivities at the pumpkin patch and corn maze. GREAT BIKING.
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Sauvies Island
38799 NW Reeder Rd
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Our favorite Fall haunt. Head out to the farm stores for organic local produce and goods, and check out the u-pick farms. Join in the Fall festivities at the pumpkin patch and corn maze. GREAT BIKING.
The countries largest inner city park stretches for 100's of acres and at time you would think you're out in a wilderness area! Great trail running and biking within a ten minute drive from us.
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Forest Park
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The countries largest inner city park stretches for 100's of acres and at time you would think you're out in a wilderness area! Great trail running and biking within a ten minute drive from us.
Every Saturday from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM head over to the best farmers market in the city located on the PSU campus. This one is the food centric market.
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Portland Farmers Market - Office Location
240 N Broadway
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Every Saturday from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM head over to the best farmers market in the city located on the PSU campus. This one is the food centric market.
Visit this MASSIVE artisans market every Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from 11-4:30. Parking is difficult because of the scope of the market, with the best chances for street parking 3-5 blocks away.
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포틀랜드토요시장
2 SW Naito Pkwy
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Visit this MASSIVE artisans market every Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from 11-4:30. Parking is difficult because of the scope of the market, with the best chances for street parking 3-5 blocks away.