Guidebook for Portland

Ravi
Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

Portland has LOTS of amazing places to eat/drink. I can't keep up on all the new places, but here's a list of favorite/classic Portland places you'll want to experience.
People flock here from across the city, beware that there is often a long wait. They have delicious tapas and beautiful scene.
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Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St
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People flock here from across the city, beware that there is often a long wait. They have delicious tapas and beautiful scene.
Delicious. Family-friendly. Southern.
41 localnici recomandă
Russell St. BBQ (Belmont)
4246 SE Belmont St
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Delicious. Family-friendly. Southern.
Awarded best restaurant for several years, they have a very meat focused south american menu...expect a wait.
192 localnici recomandă
OX Restaurant
2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
192 localnici recomandă
Awarded best restaurant for several years, they have a very meat focused south american menu...expect a wait.
Quality, affordable pizza. Party pack (2 pizzas, breadsticks, soda) and dinner for 4 deals can't be beat. Good beer selection, and the salads are great too. We have them on speed dial for Friday night.
20 localnici recomandă
Sparky's Pizza
2434 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
20 localnici recomandă
Quality, affordable pizza. Party pack (2 pizzas, breadsticks, soda) and dinner for 4 deals can't be beat. Good beer selection, and the salads are great too. We have them on speed dial for Friday night.
Great "office" for grabbing coffee and working...they even have a printer. Nice menu with breakfast and lunch options too. Friendly hipster vibe.
33 localnici recomandă
Tiny's Coffee North East
2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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Great "office" for grabbing coffee and working...they even have a printer. Nice menu with breakfast and lunch options too. Friendly hipster vibe.
The best salsa/guac EVER. Expect a line. Not super kid friendly, but depends on your kids. Great drinks.
342 localnici recomandă
¿Por Qué No?
3524 N Mississippi Ave
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The best salsa/guac EVER. Expect a line. Not super kid friendly, but depends on your kids. Great drinks.
Best french toast...huge scrambles. Expect a wait after 8:30. One of the best breakfast places in town.
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Gravy
3957 N Mississippi Ave
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Best french toast...huge scrambles. Expect a wait after 8:30. One of the best breakfast places in town.
This is a family favorite for breakfast. The eggs Benedict are amazing, with fresh fruit bowl. Good waffles at a reasonable size/prize for kids or for a couple to share.
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Milo's City Cafe
1325 NE Broadway
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This is a family favorite for breakfast. The eggs Benedict are amazing, with fresh fruit bowl. Good waffles at a reasonable size/prize for kids or for a couple to share.
It's Portland's version of Olive Garden, only better.
38 localnici recomandă
Pastini
2027 SE Division St
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It's Portland's version of Olive Garden, only better.
Nice place for a cocktail near the yellow line MAX. Great outdoor space in the summer.
15 localnici recomandă
Mint
816 N Russell St
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Nice place for a cocktail near the yellow line MAX. Great outdoor space in the summer.
Fantastic small urban brewery with roll up garage door and outdoor seating in summer. The menu is delicious...includes "bacon for the table" for non-vegan visitors. You won't feel guilty for splurging, because amazingly, they give 100% of net proceeds to local charities!
75 localnici recomandă
Ex Novo Brewing Co.
2326 N Flint Ave
75 localnici recomandă
Fantastic small urban brewery with roll up garage door and outdoor seating in summer. The menu is delicious...includes "bacon for the table" for non-vegan visitors. You won't feel guilty for splurging, because amazingly, they give 100% of net proceeds to local charities!
Long standing neighborhood favorite, an easy walk to the Broadway.
19 localnici recomandă
Blind Onion Pizza & Pub
3345 NE Broadway
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Long standing neighborhood favorite, an easy walk to the Broadway.
Perfect ice cream shop. Great flavors (better than Salt and Straw in my opinion).
125 localnici recomandă
Ruby Jewel Ice Cream
3713 N Mississippi Ave
125 localnici recomandă
Perfect ice cream shop. Great flavors (better than Salt and Straw in my opinion).
This is admittedly how I get my kids to go hiking... Fresh interesting flavors, without being too strange. Hood Strawberry is a treat.
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Fifty Licks Ice Cream
2742 E Burnside St
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This is admittedly how I get my kids to go hiking... Fresh interesting flavors, without being too strange. Hood Strawberry is a treat.
Nicholas is definitely Portland's best Lebanese restaurants (and we have several great ones). It's the ultimate exotic comfort food.
125 localnici recomandă
Nicholas Restaurant Lebanese and Mediterranean Cuisine
3223 NE Broadway
125 localnici recomandă
Nicholas is definitely Portland's best Lebanese restaurants (and we have several great ones). It's the ultimate exotic comfort food.
Delicious local Thai place with authentic feel and flavor.
11 localnici recomandă
Full Moon Thai Restaurant
3445 NE Broadway
11 localnici recomandă
Delicious local Thai place with authentic feel and flavor.
A fun seafood restaurant on a houseboat...perfect for a beautiful evening.
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The Deck
2901 NE Marine Dr
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A fun seafood restaurant on a houseboat...perfect for a beautiful evening.

Everything Else

My very favorite place for drinks, late eats (popcorn and dessert are super yummy), and a great atmosphere. You feel like an adult here without feeling old. ;-) Beautiful ballroom too...
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The Secret Society
116 NE Russell St
85 localnici recomandă
My very favorite place for drinks, late eats (popcorn and dessert are super yummy), and a great atmosphere. You feel like an adult here without feeling old. ;-) Beautiful ballroom too...
Sadly as busy parents we've only been to see a show once, but it's a great venue. I sat in the balcony (7 months pregnant) and the view was great. Good sound, happening, but intimate.
111 localnici recomandă
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St
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Sadly as busy parents we've only been to see a show once, but it's a great venue. I sat in the balcony (7 months pregnant) and the view was great. Good sound, happening, but intimate.
Good for a drink while you wait for a table at SS. Awesome queso dip! Haven't tried the sandwiches, but they look good.
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Bunk Bar Wonder
128 NE Russell St
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Good for a drink while you wait for a table at SS. Awesome queso dip! Haven't tried the sandwiches, but they look good.
Great local chain grocery store. Easy walk, 15+. It has everything you could want and more.
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New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division St
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Great local chain grocery store. Easy walk, 15+. It has everything you could want and more.
Great new place just around the corner. Nice place to stop on the way to the streetcar...or on the way back.
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Reverend Nat's Hard Cider
2425 Southeast 35th Place
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Great new place just around the corner. Nice place to stop on the way to the streetcar...or on the way back.
Classic McMenamin's bar...there's a hostel above, and there's a chance I was conceived there.
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Blue Moon Tavern & Grill
432 Northwest 21st Avenue
49 localnici recomandă
Classic McMenamin's bar...there's a hostel above, and there's a chance I was conceived there.

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing pizza, great dinner music scene for families. Mississippi is too fun to miss.
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Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave
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Amazing pizza, great dinner music scene for families. Mississippi is too fun to miss.
Worth walking all the way up Mississippi for a drink. Great outdoor vibe.
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Prost! Portland
4237 N Mississippi Ave
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Worth walking all the way up Mississippi for a drink. Great outdoor vibe.
One of our go-to brewpubs. Family friendly, great menu.
48 localnici recomandă
Lompoc Brewing/5th Quadrant
3901 North Williams Avenue
48 localnici recomandă
One of our go-to brewpubs. Family friendly, great menu.
You don't really have to bike to go here, although people will think you are cooler. Great outdoor space. Very family friendly. Pretzels and soft serve are a must.
96 localnici recomandă
Hopworks N Williams Pub and Beergarden
3947 N Williams Ave
96 localnici recomandă
You don't really have to bike to go here, although people will think you are cooler. Great outdoor space. Very family friendly. Pretzels and soft serve are a must.
Very European meets NW feels. Delicious.
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Petisco
1411 NE Broadway
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Very European meets NW feels. Delicious.
The cocktails are AMAZING. Food tasty. Ambience cozy, fun and hip. You'll be glad you can walk home.
75 localnici recomandă
Hale Pele
2733 NE Broadway
75 localnici recomandă
The cocktails are AMAZING. Food tasty. Ambience cozy, fun and hip. You'll be glad you can walk home.
Great neighborhood place to enjoy a drink/bite out.
Pour Wine Bar
2755 NE Broadway
Great neighborhood place to enjoy a drink/bite out.

Entertainment & Activities

A great local park that has a brand new playground and water park. It's just a few blocks from New Season's, so it's great to combine a trip with kids.
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Dawson Park
1 N Stanton St
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A great local park that has a brand new playground and water park. It's just a few blocks from New Season's, so it's great to combine a trip with kids.
Beautiful neighborhood movie house of generations past...newly renovated with a mix of new and classic films.
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Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
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Beautiful neighborhood movie house of generations past...newly renovated with a mix of new and classic films.

Neighborhoods

Exceptionally "livable." Grant Park feels like a quintessential Portland neighborhood. Quiet, affluent without being hoity-toity, neighborly. Life seems to revolve around the park and newly renovated high school. Nearby everything NE Portland has to offer, easy access to SE and downtown.
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Grant Park
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Exceptionally "livable." Grant Park feels like a quintessential Portland neighborhood. Quiet, affluent without being hoity-toity, neighborly. Life seems to revolve around the park and newly renovated high school. Nearby everything NE Portland has to offer, easy access to SE and downtown.
Located a 5-10 minute drive to north, Alberta has tons of restaurants and shops. The neighborhood had become a ghetto, when artists moved in, renovated homes and began a monthly art night. If you're in town on the Last Thursday, you definitely need to check out the creative scene for people watching alone.
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Alberta Arts District
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Located a 5-10 minute drive to north, Alberta has tons of restaurants and shops. The neighborhood had become a ghetto, when artists moved in, renovated homes and began a monthly art night. If you're in town on the Last Thursday, you definitely need to check out the creative scene for people watching alone.
Food lots of great food options, Mississippi may make it hard to choose...fun artsy shops too.
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North Mississippi Avenue
North Mississippi Avenue
217 localnici recomandă
Food lots of great food options, Mississippi may make it hard to choose...fun artsy shops too.