Guidebook for Portland
Food Scene
Jam On Hawthorne
2239 SE Hawthorne BlvdOne of the best brunch places in Portland.
Café, restaurant, free wifi, good place for an informal meeting or to hang out with friends. Great menu.
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Rocking Frog Cafe
2511 SE Belmont StCafé, restaurant, free wifi, good place for an informal meeting or to hang out with friends. Great menu.
Bakery. Café. Sandwiches. They have seating and food for a euro-style breakfast, or you can pick up coffee to go.
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Grand Central Bakery - Hawthorne cafe
2230 SE Hawthorne BlvdBakery. Café. Sandwiches. They have seating and food for a euro-style breakfast, or you can pick up coffee to go.
Blue Pig Cafe
2028 SE Hawthorne BlvdTasty food. Usually brunch. Why else?
Great local food. For a fancy evening out. If you want even fancier, go next door to Castagna (not the "cafe").
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Castagna Restaurant
1752 SE Hawthorne BlvdGreat local food. For a fancy evening out. If you want even fancier, go next door to Castagna (not the "cafe").
Vincente's Gourmet Pizza
1935 SE Hawthorne BlvdGreat pizza. Awesome salads.
Nice place for an informal meeting, or to hang out over coffee with friends. Lovely walking around Ladd's Addition. Easy to get lost though...
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Palio Dessert and Espresso
1996 SE Ladd AveNice place for an informal meeting, or to hang out over coffee with friends. Lovely walking around Ladd's Addition. Easy to get lost though...
Home to some of the most famous food carts in Portland, this pod features Whiffies fried pies, a crepe cart, and a poutine cart (Potato Champion). Those are so tasty I've never tried the other ones.
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Whiffies
1204 SE Hawthorne BlvdHome to some of the most famous food carts in Portland, this pod features Whiffies fried pies, a crepe cart, and a poutine cart (Potato Champion). Those are so tasty I've never tried the other ones.
One of my favorite restaurants in Portland. This place is amazing. Very upscale, fancy, delicious. Ultra-local sustainable sourcing.
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Clarklewis Restaurant
1001 SE Water AveOne of my favorite restaurants in Portland. This place is amazing. Very upscale, fancy, delicious. Ultra-local sustainable sourcing.
Awesome locally-sourced sustainable food. Sort of a pacific northwestern modern-american meets Italian cuisine.
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Nostrana
1401 SE Morrison StAwesome locally-sourced sustainable food. Sort of a pacific northwestern modern-american meets Italian cuisine.
1711 SE Hawthorne Blvd
1711 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardGreat sandwiches. Free delivery from 5 PM unti 2:30 AM. (Open until 3 AM.)
Everything Else
Clever Cycles
900 SE Hawthorne BlvdBike shop! They do rentals.
Bike shop, specializing in non-standard bikes, trailers, and such.
Coventry Cycle Works -RecumbentPDX
2025 SE Hawthorne BlvdBike shop, specializing in non-standard bikes, trailers, and such.
Bike shop – this is where I usually go to do repairs on my bike myself.
Citybikes Workers Cooperative Repair Shop
1914 SE Ankeny StBike shop – this is where I usually go to do repairs on my bike myself.
Nice hike. About three miles from my house to the top on foot, about five hundred feet of vertical rise. Great views of the city. Lovely park.
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Mount Tabor
Mount TaborNice hike. About three miles from my house to the top on foot, about five hundred feet of vertical rise. Great views of the city. Lovely park.
Colonel Summers Park
Great open space to hang out nearby.
My local credit union. They have an ATM that gives printed receipts for deposits, including an image of the check deposited, and I like that.
Rivermark Community Credit Union
2537 SE Hawthorne BlvdMy local credit union. They have an ATM that gives printed receipts for deposits, including an image of the check deposited, and I like that.
Arts & Culture
Ultra-local movie theater, tends to have good shows. $5 matinees, $7 for shows that start after 6pm.
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Cinemagic
2021 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardUltra-local movie theater, tends to have good shows. $5 matinees, $7 for shows that start after 6pm.
Essentials
Kruger's Farm Market
2310 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardNeighborhood produce stand, run by a local farmer.
Fresh fish and frozen meat, sometimes eggs (chicken or duck), bacon, or specialty items.
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Flying Fish Company LLC
3004 E Burnside StFresh fish and frozen meat, sometimes eggs (chicken or duck), bacon, or specialty items.
Thursdays, 3 to 7pm, from June through September. Great source of local food in season, directly from the people who grow or make it.
Buckman Portland Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3 to 7pm, from June through September. Great source of local food in season, directly from the people who grow or make it.
Laurelhurst Market
3155 E Burnside StButcher's shop. Great restaurant attached.
New Seasons is a large local chain of natural foods stores. They focus on local sourcing and great customer experience.
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New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division StNew Seasons is a large local chain of natural foods stores. They focus on local sourcing and great customer experience.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hawthorne Hideaway
2221 SE Hawthorne BlvdFree pool. Jukebox. Food is ... okay.
30th floor view overlooking the city. Awesome experience, day or night. Great happy-hour menu.
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Portland City Grill
111 SW 5th Ave30th floor view overlooking the city. Awesome experience, day or night. Great happy-hour menu.