Guidebook for Portland

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Guidebook for Portland

Drinks & Nightlife

Great dive bar with that classic relaxed, pre-hipster Portland vibe that made people love this city in the first place. Cheap drinks, dim lighting, cool people, well-chosen post-punk music, tasty food.
13 recommandé par les habitants
Low Brow Lounge
1036 NW Hoyt St
13 recommandé par les habitants
Great dive bar with that classic relaxed, pre-hipster Portland vibe that made people love this city in the first place. Cheap drinks, dim lighting, cool people, well-chosen post-punk music, tasty food.
Classic Irish pub -- they serve Irish Soda Bread as a snack. Very close.
23 recommandé par les habitants
Kells Brewery
210 NW 21st Ave
23 recommandé par les habitants
Classic Irish pub -- they serve Irish Soda Bread as a snack. Very close.
Cozy basement bar with live music and an excellent free comedy show, late nights Friday and Saturday at 10:30pm. They have residencies by excellent musicians from time to time. Very chill scene.
12 recommandé par les habitants
McMenamins Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave
12 recommandé par les habitants
Cozy basement bar with live music and an excellent free comedy show, late nights Friday and Saturday at 10:30pm. They have residencies by excellent musicians from time to time. Very chill scene.

Food Scene

Incredible value, delicious full dinners at lunch prices: prime rib special is $12 and most things are cheaper (lamb shank, beef brisket, swordfish steak salad, salmon sliders). My favorite food place on earth. Closes early (4pm usually).
Gastro Mania Deli
1986 NW Pettygrove St
Incredible value, delicious full dinners at lunch prices: prime rib special is $12 and most things are cheaper (lamb shank, beef brisket, swordfish steak salad, salmon sliders). My favorite food place on earth. Closes early (4pm usually).
It's a fancy French bakery two blocks away. I don't know how else to explain it! :-) Great espresso drinks, too, and pizza on Monday nights. Get a baguette or a chocolate croissant or a tart or .....
81 recommandé par les habitants
Ken's Artisan Bakery
338 NW 21st Ave
81 recommandé par les habitants
It's a fancy French bakery two blocks away. I don't know how else to explain it! :-) Great espresso drinks, too, and pizza on Monday nights. Get a baguette or a chocolate croissant or a tart or .....
I haven't been but a couple of guests did and they recommend it. Can't get much more convenient
10 recommandé par les habitants
Carina Lounge
410 NW 21st Ave
10 recommandé par les habitants
I haven't been but a couple of guests did and they recommend it. Can't get much more convenient
This is where real Portlanders go for dessert and a drink after dinner or a movie somewhere else. Bustling with delicious decadent desserts. 2 blocks away.
189 recommandé par les habitants
Papa Haydn
701 NW 23rd Ave
189 recommandé par les habitants
This is where real Portlanders go for dessert and a drink after dinner or a movie somewhere else. Bustling with delicious decadent desserts. 2 blocks away.
High-end Peruvian restaurant with adventurous chef and top-notch drinks (including the best Pisco Sour in the Northwest.) The consensus best restaurant around (in walking distance). Wise to make reservations, but you can often eat in the bar without.
183 recommandé par les habitants
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St
183 recommandé par les habitants
High-end Peruvian restaurant with adventurous chef and top-notch drinks (including the best Pisco Sour in the Northwest.) The consensus best restaurant around (in walking distance). Wise to make reservations, but you can often eat in the bar without.
Not too spicy Indian/Kashmirian food.
8 recommandé par les habitants
BHUNA
704 NW 21st Ave
8 recommandé par les habitants
Not too spicy Indian/Kashmirian food.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful views of the city (3 mountains) plus hundreds of varieties of roses, all kinds and colors. Many people get married here. Next to Japanese Gardens and kiddie train to the zoo, too. And it's FREE!
627 recommandé par les habitants
International Rose Test Garden
400 SW Kingston Ave
627 recommandé par les habitants
Beautiful views of the city (3 mountains) plus hundreds of varieties of roses, all kinds and colors. Many people get married here. Next to Japanese Gardens and kiddie train to the zoo, too. And it's FREE!

Essentials

Cheap, healthy and delicious food. Just one block away. If you don't know Trader Joe's, check it out!
480 recommandé par les habitants
Trader Joe's
2122 NW Glisan St
480 recommandé par les habitants
Cheap, healthy and delicious food. Just one block away. If you don't know Trader Joe's, check it out!
Not just groceries, they sell a little bit of everything. Inexpensive, just 3 blocks away. A great resource.
616 recommandé par les habitants
Fred Meyer
3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd
616 recommandé par les habitants
Not just groceries, they sell a little bit of everything. Inexpensive, just 3 blocks away. A great resource.

Arts & Culture

785 recommandé par les habitants
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave
785 recommandé par les habitants
Unique views into Oregon history, interactive museum, diverse perspectives.
86 recommandé par les habitants
Oregon Historical Society Museum
1200 SW Park Ave
86 recommandé par les habitants
Unique views into Oregon history, interactive museum, diverse perspectives.

Shopping

Tremendous bookstore, great staff, coffee shop!
976 recommandé par les habitants
Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St
976 recommandé par les habitants
Tremendous bookstore, great staff, coffee shop!

Getting Around

Actually there's a Biketown stand even closer, on NW 21st Ave & Glisan! Bright orange bikes for rent ~ with locations all over town to drop off. We have helmets you can borrow, too!
67 recommandé par les habitants
BIKETOWN
67 recommandé par les habitants
Actually there's a Biketown stand even closer, on NW 21st Ave & Glisan! Bright orange bikes for rent ~ with locations all over town to drop off. We have helmets you can borrow, too!