Guidebook for Portland

Rochelle & Tom
Rochelle & Tom
Guidebook for Portland

Arts & Culture

Boiler Room bar made out of old boiler room parts, movie theater, restaurant, be sure to walk the halls and see all the art!
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McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Ave
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Boiler Room bar made out of old boiler room parts, movie theater, restaurant, be sure to walk the halls and see all the art!
Live music nightly
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Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta St
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Live music nightly
Great Art!
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Guardino Gallery
2939 NE Alberta St
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Great Art!

Food Scene

Best Pie in the known universe!
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Random Order Pie Bar
1800 NE Alberta St
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Best Pie in the known universe!
Fav Thai on the street
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Cha'Ba Thai
3024 NE Alberta St
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Fav Thai on the street
More good Thai
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Thai Noon Restaurant
2635 NE Alberta St
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More good Thai
All vegetarian upscale rotating locavore spot. Highly rated in restaurant guides. Reservations required
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Natural Selection
3033 Northeast Alberta Street
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All vegetarian upscale rotating locavore spot. Highly rated in restaurant guides. Reservations required
Good Japanese Happy Hour on Mississippi, a good street to check out!
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UCHU Sushi
3940 N Mississippi Ave
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Good Japanese Happy Hour on Mississippi, a good street to check out!
Pizza by the slice, back patio in good weather.
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Bella Pizza
2934 NE Alberta St
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Pizza by the slice, back patio in good weather.
Fresh fast Mexican food
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La Bonita | Food for the People
2839 NE Alberta St
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Fresh fast Mexican food
Intimate setting, highly rated food
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La Sirenita
2817 NE Alberta St
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Intimate setting, highly rated food
Long lines, but outside covered eating
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Tin Shed Garden Cafe
1438 NE Alberta St
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Long lines, but outside covered eating
Just 2 doors down, lovely breakfast
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Helser's On Alberta
1538 NE Alberta St
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Just 2 doors down, lovely breakfast
Almost always a queue, but biscuit heaven!
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Pine State Biscuits
2204 NE Alberta St
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Almost always a queue, but biscuit heaven!
Popular with the locals, queues are the norm.
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Bollywood Theater
2039 NE Alberta St
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Popular with the locals, queues are the norm.
Such a sweet and delicious Iraqi restaurant. Highly recommend!
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DarSalam
2921 NE Alberta St
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Such a sweet and delicious Iraqi restaurant. Highly recommend!
Gets high marks from all quarters...
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Pok Pok Wing
1469 NE Prescott St
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Gets high marks from all quarters...
Lovely artisan breakfasts
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Old Salt Marketplace
5027 Northeast 42nd Avenue
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Lovely artisan breakfasts
Good breakfast, fast service, usually crowded
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Milo's City Cafe
1325 NE Broadway
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Good breakfast, fast service, usually crowded
Beautiful pastries, great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Try the Meurette Benedict! Yum!
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Petite Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie
3420 NE Sandy Blvd
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Beautiful pastries, great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Try the Meurette Benedict! Yum!
Folks love their coffee
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Extracto Coffee Roasters
2921 NE Killingsworth St
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Folks love their coffee
Roasted on the premises
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Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting
2909 NE Alberta St
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Roasted on the premises
Portland restaurant of the year not so many years ago
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Aviary
1733 NE Alberta St
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Portland restaurant of the year not so many years ago
Yum pizza by the slice. 2 locations
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Sizzle Pie Central Eastside
624 E Burnside St
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Yum pizza by the slice. 2 locations

Everything Else

Fabulous teas, great local hang out, basement overflow seating
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Townshend's Alberta Street Teahouse
2223 NE Alberta St
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Fabulous teas, great local hang out, basement overflow seating
Vegan Bakery, beautiful pastries
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Back To Eden Bakery
2215-2217 NE Alberta St
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Vegan Bakery, beautiful pastries
Natural groceries, also my cheap eats pick. Take a metal bowl, fill it as high as you can with veggies, then choose your meat & sauce & they'll fry it up. One price no matter how much you stuff in!
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New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division St
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Natural groceries, also my cheap eats pick. Take a metal bowl, fill it as high as you can with veggies, then choose your meat & sauce & they'll fry it up. One price no matter how much you stuff in!
Local Coop just 1 block away!
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Alberta Cooperative Grocery
1500 NE Alberta St
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Local Coop just 1 block away!
Fresh & large donuts! Ice cream too
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Angel's Donuts & Ice Cream
2805 NE Alberta St
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Fresh & large donuts! Ice cream too
Right near Powell's city of books
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Sizzle Pie West Portland
949 W Burnside St
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Right near Powell's city of books
Corn Maze in the fall, fresh produce in the summer, nude beach for the bathers.
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Sauvies Island
38799 NW Reeder Rd
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Corn Maze in the fall, fresh produce in the summer, nude beach for the bathers.
Time for a day trip? Soak in the natural hot springs, eat vegetarian food, hike a beautiful gorge. Wonderful river!
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Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center
53000 Breitenbush Rd SE
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Time for a day trip? Soak in the natural hot springs, eat vegetarian food, hike a beautiful gorge. Wonderful river!

Drinks & Nightlife

Live music
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Alberta Street
1036 NE Alberta St
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Live music
Late Late night happy hour
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Radio Room
1101 NE Alberta St
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Late Late night happy hour
One of the original artisan cocktail bars
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Mint
816 N Russell St
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One of the original artisan cocktail bars

Essentials

Natural Foods Market
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Whole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch St
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Natural Foods Market

Shopping

Best bookstore in the galaxy
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Isifunda sasePowell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
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Best bookstore in the galaxy

Sightseeing

Only time for 1 outdoor adventure? See a bunch of waterfalls on this loop. (Note: address is incorrect, map Latourell Falls & drive on to the other falls from there, ending at Multnomah Falls.
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Isifunda sase Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
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Only time for 1 outdoor adventure? See a bunch of waterfalls on this loop. (Note: address is incorrect, map Latourell Falls & drive on to the other falls from there, ending at Multnomah Falls.
Great view of the Columbia Gorge
Crown Point Highway
Crown Point Highway
Great view of the Columbia Gorge
Only extinct volcano in the city limits of the lower 48 and my favorite park in Portland. Anchors Hawthorne Blvd, spot for funky shops/etc. If you go to top of Tabor you can see downtown Portland.
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Mount Tabor
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Only extinct volcano in the city limits of the lower 48 and my favorite park in Portland. Anchors Hawthorne Blvd, spot for funky shops/etc. If you go to top of Tabor you can see downtown Portland.
You can walk/run/bikes 11 miles one-way on the Leif Erikson trail. Forest Park is enormous!
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Iphaki yomduliya
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You can walk/run/bikes 11 miles one-way on the Leif Erikson trail. Forest Park is enormous!
Lovely roses, fab Mt Hood view on clear day
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Lewis & Clark College Rose Garden
615 SW Palatine Hill Rd
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Lovely roses, fab Mt Hood view on clear day