Guidebook for Portland
Food Scene
Excellent excellent coffee and espresso. Minimal snacks but terrific atmosphere.
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Albina Press
4637 N Albina AveExcellent excellent coffee and espresso. Minimal snacks but terrific atmosphere.
If you like sweets with your coffee, head here. Also bagels (and a lox plate!) and other items to make a meal. Cushy couches, a great magazine selection, and open late (beer & wine too).
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Common Grounds Coffeehouse
4321 SE Hawthorne BlvdIf you like sweets with your coffee, head here. Also bagels (and a lox plate!) and other items to make a meal. Cushy couches, a great magazine selection, and open late (beer & wine too).
Closest cup of coffee to our house. Sandwiches too, and computers you can use.
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Red Square Cafe
4505 SE Belmont StClosest cup of coffee to our house. Sandwiches too, and computers you can use.
By-donation coffeehouse - a community supported nonprofit, in a church (with a huge fireplace and stained glass windows!). Great for toddlers and kids, with a play area and leather couches.
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Taborspace
5441 SE Belmont StBy-donation coffeehouse - a community supported nonprofit, in a church (with a huge fireplace and stained glass windows!). Great for toddlers and kids, with a play area and leather couches.
The one and only original Stumptown location. A southeast Portland must-visit!
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Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division StThe one and only original Stumptown location. A southeast Portland must-visit!
There's a near-consensus that this is the BEST pizza in the city. Get there before they run out of dough for the crust!
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Apizza Scholls
4741 SE Hawthorne BlvdThere's a near-consensus that this is the BEST pizza in the city. Get there before they run out of dough for the crust!
By day it's a fancy cake factory - by evening (at JaCiva's After Dark) it's a dessert house. Delicious.
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Jaciva's Bakery And Chocolatier
4733 SE Hawthorne BlvdBy day it's a fancy cake factory - by evening (at JaCiva's After Dark) it's a dessert house. Delicious.
Healthy food, cooked up quick, amazing chips and guacamole, lots of drink choices including Mexican coke and of course Mexican beer. Reused building materials complete the Portland vibe.
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¿Por Qué No?
4635 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardHealthy food, cooked up quick, amazing chips and guacamole, lots of drink choices including Mexican coke and of course Mexican beer. Reused building materials complete the Portland vibe.
A food cart serving juices and smoothies. If you've always wondered why those juice-people are so devoted to their juice, now you'll understand.
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Kure Juice Bar
4380 SE Hawthorne BlvdA food cart serving juices and smoothies. If you've always wondered why those juice-people are so devoted to their juice, now you'll understand.
Our local food cart pod - about ten (??) carts serving your every need, including coffee & breakfast, Viking Soul Food, Mediterranean, dessert, beer & wine. Something for everyone, and tables too.
4250 SE Belmont St
4250 Southeast Belmont StreetOur local food cart pod - about ten (??) carts serving your every need, including coffee & breakfast, Viking Soul Food, Mediterranean, dessert, beer & wine. Something for everyone, and tables too.
Make your own pancakes on griddles in your table. Fun, and as many blueberries as you want! A wide variety of toppings, and a full breakfast and lunch menu too. Gluten-free available, of course.
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Slappy Cakes
4246 SE Belmont StMake your own pancakes on griddles in your table. Fun, and as many blueberries as you want! A wide variety of toppings, and a full breakfast and lunch menu too. Gluten-free available, of course.
Fat Straw
806 NW 23rd AveBubble Tea & wifi!
Portland's friendly sushi chain. Good sushi for a good price, and happy hour specials too.
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Mio Sushi
2735 N Killingsworth StPortland's friendly sushi chain. Good sushi for a good price, and happy hour specials too.
There are three Thai restaurants within a few blocks of us, but THIS is the one I put in the guide - it really stands out. Creative yet traditional, really special.
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Chiang Mai
There are three Thai restaurants within a few blocks of us, but THIS is the one I put in the guide - it really stands out. Creative yet traditional, really special.
Everything Else
Best video store ever. Amazing selection of movies and television, organized by genre, awards won, actor, director, etc. Also props and costumes from movies as diverse as Fight Club and Casablanca.
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Movie Madness Video and More
4320 SE Belmont StBest video store ever. Amazing selection of movies and television, organized by genre, awards won, actor, director, etc. Also props and costumes from movies as diverse as Fight Club and Casablanca.
Far from the only yoga studio around, but my recommendation for visitors because of their $8 drop-in classes, and super sweet attitude.
4246 SE Belmont St
4246 Southeast Belmont StreetFar from the only yoga studio around, but my recommendation for visitors because of their $8 drop-in classes, and super sweet attitude.
Float On
4530 SE Hawthorne BlvdFloat in salt water in the dark. Amazingly liberating.
Shopping
It may not be glamorous but it IS two blocks away - your necessary corner store. Beer (good local selection), wine, snacks, even eggs and milk.
Jae's Market
4735 SE Belmont StIt may not be glamorous but it IS two blocks away - your necessary corner store. Beer (good local selection), wine, snacks, even eggs and milk.
The UPS Store
4110 SE Hawthorne BlvdAll your mailing and packaging needs. Copy, fax, etc.
Essentials
It's a nice walk through the neighborhood to our very busy library branch. Free wifi or sign up to use a computer for up to an hour a day. Local events posted and very good neighborhood maps too.
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Multnomah County Library - Belmont
1038 SE Cesar Estrada Chavez BlvdIt's a nice walk through the neighborhood to our very busy library branch. Free wifi or sign up to use a computer for up to an hour a day. Local events posted and very good neighborhood maps too.
Our local full-service grocery & natural foods chain (though this is a smaller store). Great deli items, coffee window, produce, fish, supplements, etc. A Portland institution.
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New Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd AveOur local full-service grocery & natural foods chain (though this is a smaller store). Great deli items, coffee window, produce, fish, supplements, etc. A Portland institution.
Sightseeing
A volcano in our neighborhood. Ascend to the top for great views of the city (and a workout, too). Lovely shade on a hot day.
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Mt Tabor Dog Park
2219 SE Lincoln StA volcano in our neighborhood. Ascend to the top for great views of the city (and a workout, too). Lovely shade on a hot day.
Great for running (several paved paths weave through the park) and duck-spotting. Basketball courts and a playground too.
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Laurelhurst Park
SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark StGreat for running (several paved paths weave through the park) and duck-spotting. Basketball courts and a playground too.
And two doors down, Powell's Books for Cooks and Gardeners. Don't miss Powell's City of Books downtown, but for a nice walk and some excellent browsing in the heart of Hawthorne, head here.
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Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne BlvdAnd two doors down, Powell's Books for Cooks and Gardeners. Don't miss Powell's City of Books downtown, but for a nice walk and some excellent browsing in the heart of Hawthorne, head here.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Tannery Bar
5425 E Burnside StCozy bar with great food and atmosphere.
Our favorite bar. "Eat - Drink - Kiss" is their suggestion and this place has the sweetest, most welcoming vibe. Always full of every kind of human enjoying themselves. Excellent 10 pm Happy Hour.
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Sapphire Hotel Bar
5008 SE Hawthorne BlvdOur favorite bar. "Eat - Drink - Kiss" is their suggestion and this place has the sweetest, most welcoming vibe. Always full of every kind of human enjoying themselves. Excellent 10 pm Happy Hour.
Bar of the Gods
4801 SE Hawthorne BlvdYour classic bar.
Sports bar, Hawthorne style. Mellow (for a sports bar, that is).
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Tanker Bar
Sports bar, Hawthorne style. Mellow (for a sports bar, that is).
Divey, with huge fancy fishbowl cocktails. Experience 1980s Portland (no gentrification here!).
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Space Room & Genie's
4800 SE Hawthorne BlvdDivey, with huge fancy fishbowl cocktails. Experience 1980s Portland (no gentrification here!).
Over a thousand beers - purchase a selection of bottles to take home or try one of the interesting choices on tap. Food too.
4500 SE Stark St
4500 Southeast Stark StreetOver a thousand beers - purchase a selection of bottles to take home or try one of the interesting choices on tap. Food too.
Authentic and delicious fish'n'chips paired with a very large, rotating selection of beers on tap from around the world. Football on the telly and darts too.
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Horse Brass Pub
4534 SE Belmont StAuthentic and delicious fish'n'chips paired with a very large, rotating selection of beers on tap from around the world. Football on the telly and darts too.