(includes Banks & Buxton)
BAKERIES, COFFEE, ICE CREAM, JUICE & TEA
●Coava Coffee Roasters – 1300 Southeast Grand Avenue; 503-894-8134; coavacoffee.com; shares space with bamboo wood product supplier; for coffee afficianados.
●Heart Coffee Roasters – 2211 East Burnside; 503-206-6602; heartroasters.com; unusually light roasted beans.
●Heart Coffee Roasters – 1111 Southwest Stark Street (at West End Bikes, around corner from Ace Hotel); 503-208-2993; heartroasters.com; unusually light roasted beans.
●Little t American Baker – 2600 Southeast Division Street; 503-238-3458; littletbaker.com; excellent coffee and baked goods.
●Lovely’s 50-50 – 4039 North Mississippi Avenue, #101; 503-281-4060; lovelysfiftyfifty.com; ice cream.
●Red E Café – 1006 North Killingsworth Street; 503-998-1387; theredecafe.com; North Portland coffee institution.
●Salt & Sea – 838 Northwest 23rd Avenue; 971-271-8168; saltandstraw.com; try tomato water & olive oil sherbet.
●Salt & Sea – 2035 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-208-3867; saltandstraw.com; try tomato water & olive oil sherbet.
●Salt & Sea – 3345 Southeast Division Street; 503-208-2054; saltandstraw.com; try tomato water & olive oil sherbet.
●Sterling Coffee Roasters – 2120 Northwest Glisan Street; 503-367-6943; sterlingcoffeeroasters.com; under eaves of Trader Joe’s in residential area; somewhat formal.
●Stumptown Coffee Roasters – 4525 Southeast Division Street (original location); 503-230-7702; stumptowncoffee.com.
●Stumptown Coffee Roasters – 128 Southwest 3rd Avenue; 503-295-6144; stumptowncoffee.com.
●Stumptown Coffee Roasters – 1026 Southwest Stark Street; 503-224-9060; stumptowncoffee.com.
●VooDoo Doughnut – 22 Southwest 3rd Avenue; 503-241-4704; voodoodoughnut.com; “Dirty Snowball” is chocolate cake donut with pink marshmallow glaze; “Memphis Mafia” is chocolate chip, banana, and peanut butter donut.
BARS & NIGHTCLUBS
●Bailey’s Taproom – 213 Southwest Broadway; 503-295-1004; baileystaproom.com; beer bar.
●Cascade Brewing Barrel House – 939 Southeast Belmont Street; 503-265-8603; cascadebrewingbarrelhouse.com.
●Clyde Common – 1014 Southwest Stark Street; 503-228-3333; clydecommon.com; try hot drink, “Fallen Angel,” tequila, ginger agave syrup, lime, crème de cassis, cinnamon bitters, and boiling water.
●Corkscrew Wine Bar – 1665 Southeast Bybee Boulevard (Sellwood-Westmoreland); 503-239-9463; corkscrewpdx.com.
●Cosmo Lounge – 6707 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue (Sellwood-Westmoreland); 503-233-4220.
●Expatriate – 5424 Northeast 30th Avenue; 503-867-5309; expatriatepdx.com; cocktails; some snacks.
●Hopworks Bikebar – 3947 North Williams Avenue; 503-287-6258; hopworksbeer.com; “bikes” here mean “bicycles.”
●Huber’s – 411 Southwest 3rd Avenue; 503-228-5686; hubers.com; oldest bar in Portland, also fanciest; order “Spanish Coffee”; when downtown Portland flooded in 1894, Cantonese chef, Jim Louie, served turkey sandwiches from rowboat tied to counter to customers who rowed in.
●Nostrana – 1401 Southeast Morrison Street; 503-234-2427; nostrana.com; Italian; for cocktail, order Susina Sour.
●Oso Market + Bar – 726 Southeast Grand Avenue; 503-232-6400; osomarket.com; cheery, food-focused cafe.
●Pepe Le Moko – 407 Southwest 10th Avenue (beneath Ace Hotel); 503-546-8537; pepelemokopdx.com; cocktails; bunkerlike; serves kind of drinks your parents loved; ask for Amaretto Sour.
●Pok Pok Noi – 3226 Southeast Division Street; 503-232-1387; pokpokpdx.com.
●Pok Pok Som – 1469 Northeast Prescott Street; 503-287-4149; pokpokpdx.com.
●Teardrop Cocktail Lounge – 1015 Northwest Everett Street; 503-445-8109; teardroplounge.com; uses smoked ice.
●Upright Brewing – 240 North Broadway, #2; 503-735-5337; uprightbrewing.com.
●Whiskey Soda Lounge – 3226 Southeast Division Street; 503-232-1387; pokpokpdx.com; bar attached to Pok Pok restaurant; meant for late-night carousing.
●Woods – 6637 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue; 503-890-0408; thewoodsportland.com; former funeral home in Mission-style 1929 building with gaudy chandaliers and Art Nouveau lounge; variety of live acts, from comedy to music.
FOOD TRUCKS
●Potato Champion! – 1207 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard; 503-683-3797; potatochampion.com; try PB&J fries (fries with peanut sauce and raspberry-chipotle jelly).
HOTELS
●Ace Hotel – 1022 Southwest Stark Street; 503-228-2277; acehotel.com; part of avant-garde chain; completely reimagined environment; must visit.
●Benson Hotel – 309 Southwest Broadway; 503-228-2000 or 800-663-1144; bensonhotel.com.
●Crystal Hotel & Ballroom – 303 Southwest 12th Avenue; 503-972-2670 or 855-205-3930; mcmenamins.com; 51 rooms and soaking pool; affordable, barebones, and funky; each room has “musical theme,” with Room 307 dedicated to Wilson Pickett.
●Heathman Hotel – 1001 Southwest Broadway; 503-241-4100 or 800-551-0011; heathmanportland.com; eco-conscious, upscale boutique.
●Kennedy School Bed & Breakfast – 5736 North-East 33rd Avenue; 503-249-3983; kennedyschool.com; bed & breakfast, restaurant, and theater in old elementary school.
●Hotel Modera – 515 Southwest Clay Street; 503-484-1084 or 877-484-1084; hotelmodera.com.
●Nines – 525 Southwest Morrison Street; 503-222-9996 or 877-229-9995; thenines.com; comfortable and fashionable.
RESTAURANTS
●Ava Gene’s – 3377 Southeast Division Street; 971-229-0571; avagenes.com; gorgeous new eatery from Duane Sorenson (brains behind Stumptown Coffee & Woodsman Tavern); serves Italian charcuterie & pasta.
●Beast – 5425 Northeast 30th Avenue; 503-841-6968; beastpdx.com; 1-room restaurant; all-female staff; Sunday brunches reflecting Louisiana roots.
●Biwa – 215 Southeast 9th Avenue; 503-239-8830; biwarestaurant.com; Izakaya (Japanese tapas); try breaded, deep-fried kimchi.
●Blue Hour – 250 Northwest 13th Avenue; 503-226-3394; bluehouronline.com.
●Broder – 2508 Southeast Clinton Street; 503-736-3333; broderpdx.com; brunch spot; Scandinavian.
●Cabezon – 5200 Northeast Sacramento Street; 503-284-6617; cabezonrestaurant.com; seafood bistro.
●Country Cat Dinnerhouse & Bar – 7937 Southeast Stark Street; 503-408-1414; thecountrycat.net; in Montavilla; serves excellent brunch (cinnamon rolls and pecan spoon bread); skillet-fried chicken; organic pork.
●Davenport – 2215 East Burnside Street; 503-236-8747; davenportpdx.com; refined restaurant focusing on simple, well-prepared dishes while maintaining integrity of premier Northwest ingredients.
●Foster Burger – 5339 Southeast Foster Road; 503-775-2077; fosterburger.com; local, artisanal ingredients.
●Grain & Gristle – 1473 Northeast Prescott Street; 503-298-5007; grainandgristle.com; especially for brunch.
●The Heathman Restaurant & Bar – 1001 Southwest Broadway; 503-790-7752; heatmanrestaurantandbar.com; downtown icon; some of city’s finest dining.
●Helser’s on Alberta – 1538 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-281-1477; helsersonalberta.com; brunch spot that serves breakfast all day.
●Higgins – 1239 Southwest Broadway; 503-222-9070; Higgins.ypguides.net.
●Kennedy School Bed & Breakfast – 5736 North-East 33rd Avenue; 503-249-3983; kennedyschool.com; bed & breakfast, restaurant, and theater in old elementary school.
●Laurelhurst Market – 3155 East Burnside Street; 503-206-3099; laurelhurstmarket.com; focuses on meats (sandwiches at lunch, entrees at dinner); excellent 12-hour brisket.
●Little Bird Bistro – 219 Southwest 6th Avenue; 503-688-5952; littlebirdbistro.com; owned by Le Pigeon chef.
●Lovely Hula Hands – 4057 North Mississippi Avenue; 503-445-9910; lovelyhulahands.com; in Mississippi neighborhood; sister-owners; manned by Chez Pannise alum.
●Luce – 2138-2140 East Burnside Street; 503-236-7195; luceevents.blogspot.com; bare bones Italian food; worth special trip.
●Lucier – 1910 Southwest River Drive; 503-222-7300; lucier-portland.com; luxe restaurant; charming stream skirts dining room’s perimeter; $75 3-course meals; 4*, French.
●Maurice – 921 Southwest Oak Street; 503-224-9921; mauricepdx.com; pastries, Nordic-French fare, coffee & cocktails served in tiny, all-white dining room.
●Miho – 4057 North Interstate Avenue; 503-719-6152; mihopdx.com; in remodeled, Craftsman house; Japanese small plates; patio.
●Mirakutei – 536 East Burnside Street; 503-467-7501; pdx.eater.com/tags/mirakutei; izakaya Japanese.
●Navarre – 10 Northeast 28th Street; 503-232-3555;
navarreportland.blogspot.com/navarre; Italian.
●Ned Ludd – 3925 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard; 503-288-6900; nedluddpdx.com.
●Noble Rot – 111 East Burnside Street, 4th Floor; 503-233-1999; noblerotpdx.com; wine bar that grows much of own produce.
●Noraneko – 1430 Southeast Water Avenue; 503-238-6356; noranekoramen.com.
●Nostrana – 1401 Southeast Morrison Street; 503-234-2427; nostrana.com; Italian; for cocktail, order Susina Sour.
●Oso Market + Bar – 726 Southeast Grand Avenue; 503-232-6400; osomarket.com; cheery, food-focused cafe.
●Paley’s Place – 1204 Northwest 21st Avenue; 503-243-2403; paleysplace.net.
●Le Pigeon – 738 East Burnside Street; 503-546-8796; lepigeon.com; simple setting; laundry list menu; Oregon’s 2008 “Restaurant of Year.”
●Ping – 102 Northwest 4th Avenue; 503-229-7464; pingpdx.com; Thai and Vietnamese street-food.
●Pine State Biscuits – 3640 Southeast Belmont Street; 503-236-3346; pinestatebiscuits.com; great fried chicken; excellent for breakfast and lunch.
●Podnah’s Pit – 1625 Northeast Killingsworth; 503-281-3700; podnahspit.com; Texas-style barbecue.
●Pok Pok Noi – 3226 Southeast Division Street; 503-232-1387; pokpokpdx.com; pan-Asian food; try Vietnamese fish-sauce wings.
●Pok Pok Som – 1469 Northeast Prescott Street; 503-287-4149; pokpokpdx.com; pan-Asian food; try Vietnamese fish-sauce wings.
●¿Por Que No? – 3524 North Mississippi Avenue; 503-467-4149; porquenotacos.com; taqueria; umbrella-shaded outside tables.
●Saucebox – 214 Southwest Broadway; 503-241-3393; saucebox.com.
●Sauvage At Fausse Piste – 537 Southeast Ash Street, Suite 201 (Industrial District, Buckman); 971-258-5829; SauvagePDX.com; intimate restaurant and wine-making operation; beautiful small plates worth special trip.
●Screen Door – 2337 East Burnside Street; 503-542-0880; screendoorrestaurant.com; on unremarkable corner; Louisiana and southern traditional cuisine, including crawfish cakes and perfect coconut cake.
●Sel Gris – 1852 Southeast Hawthorne Street; 503-517-7770; selgris.net; 1-room restaurant on Portland’s Eastside; American contemporary; excellent meats.
●Tasty N Alder – 580 Southwest 12th Avenue; 503-621-9251; tastynalder.com; try pork schnitzel breakfast.
●Tasty N Sons – 3808 North Williams Avenue; 503-621-1400; tastynsons.com; try Burmese red pork stew.
●Ten-01 – 1001 Northwest Couch Street; 503-226-3463; ten-01.com; $15 power lunches; excellent.
●Tin Shed Garden Café – 1438 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-288-6966; tinshedgardencafe.com; brunch spot with rustic patio.
●Toro Bravo – 120 Northeast Russell Street; 503-281-4464; torobravopdx.com; tapas; smoked meats (bacon, coppa steak, and pork shoulder) – anything with romesco; try lemon-scented olive oil cake.
●Uno Mas – 2329 Northeast Glisan Street; 503-208-2764; unomastaquiza.com; tacos.
●Waffle Window – 3610 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard; 503-239-4756; wafflewindow.com; try liege waffle (pearl sugar based); toppings include blueberry compote, cream cheese pudding, and graham cracker crusted.
●Zeus Cafe – 303 Southwest 12th Avenue (at Crystal Hotel & Ballroom); 503-972-2670; mcmenamins.com; reasonably priced, tasty food with street-level city views.
SERVICES
●Banks Bicycle Repair & Rental – 14175 Northwest Sellers Road; 503-680-3269; banksbicycles.com; ride Banks-Vernonia Bike Trail.
●Rose Pedals Pedicab – 1752 Northeast Saratoga Street; 503-421-7433; rosepedals.com; tours.
SHOPPING
●Canoe – 1136 Southwest Alder Street; 503-889-8545; canoeonline.net; household items; cedar sake cups, ash cutting boards, etc.
●Cocanu – 4611 Northeast 23rd Avenue; 503-475-0359; coca.nu; chocolates.
●Fontanelle – 205 Southwest Pine Street; 503-274-7668; fontanellegallery.com; art gallery.
●Garnish – 1524 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-282-3200; garnishapparel.com; independent fashions owned by former Adidas apparel designer.
●Guardino Gallery – 2939 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-281-9048; guardinogallery.com; contemporary, Pacific Northwest arts and crafts.
●Lark Press – 3901 North Williams Avenue; 503-546-9930; larkpress.com; shop-studio hybrid with 300 year-old letterpress in back; cards, etchings, and invitations.
●Life + Limb – 1716 East Burnside Street; 503-233-4738; lifeandlimb.net; shop near trendy Lower Burnside, sells exotic succulents and minimalist pots in which to plant them; Scandinavian style dishes, coffee-table books, and log bowls carved from fallen trees.
●Loyly – 2713 Southeast 21st Avenue; 503-236-6850; loyly.net; Scandinavian-type spa “with whimsical edge.”
●Nationale – 811 East Burnside Street, #112; 503-477-9786; thenewnationale.com; gallery.
●Office PDX – 2204 Northeast Alberta Street; 888-355-7467; officepdx.com; retail hybrid that combines design store, art gallery, and graphic design studio.
●Onda – 2215 Northeast Alberta Street; 503-493-1909; ondagallery.com; 1 of neighborhood’s oldest galleries; showcases Nicaraguan pottery, Cuban posters, etc.
●Olympic Provisions – 107 Southeast Washington Street; 503-954-3663; olympicprovisions.com; try spicy Spanish chorizo.
●Oso Market + Bar – 726 Southeast Grand Avenue; 503-232-6400; osomarket.com; cheery, food-focused market.
●PDX Contemporary Art – 925 Northwest Flanders Street; 503-222-0063; pdxcontemporaryart.com; commercial gallery, showing abstract painting, photography, video, and sculpture by local and other artists.
●Redux – 811 East Burnside Street, #110; 503-231-7336; reduxpdx.com; gift boutique.
●Stars Antiques Mall – 7027 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue (Sellwood-Westmoreland); 503-235-5990; www.starsantique.com; tchotchkes.
●Sword + Fern – 811 East Burnside Street, #114; 503-683-3376; swordandfern.com; outsider art.
●Una – 2802 Southeast Ankery Street; 503-235-2326; una-myheartisfull.com; shop with Giovanna Parolan’s 1-of-kind artisanal clothes, jewelry, and vintage ceramics.
●Xocolatl de David – 406 Southeast Stark Street (at Meat Cheese Bread); 503-234-1700; xocolatldedavid.com; try brown butter bar.
SIGHTS & SITES
●Banks-Vernonia Bike Trail – 24600 Northwest Bacona Road (Buxton); 503-324-0606; oregonstateparks.org; 20-mile route built on former train tracks; leads across two 80' high trestles, past farmland, into forests, up hills, and through Stub Stewart State Park.
●Blue Sky Gallery & Oregon Center for Photographic Arts – 122 Northwest 8th Avenue; 503-225-0210; blueskygallery.org; community resource center for photographic arts.
●Everett Station Lofts – 625 Northwest Everett Street; 503-222-3425; artspace.org/our-places/everett-station-lofts; block-long building on Chinatown edge that houses tiny, artist-run galleries, including Pony Club, Tractor, and Ogle (which does double-duty as eyeglasses shop).
●International Rose Test Garden – 400 Southwest Kingston Avenue; 503-823-3636; rosegardenstore.org; more than 500 types of roses.
●Japanese Garden – 611 Southwest Kingston Avenue; 503-223-1321; japanesegarden.com; 5.5 acres; elegant corner Washington Park with 5 distinct sub-gardens; Mount Hood views.
●Kennedy School Bed & Breakfast – 5736 Northeast 33rd Avenue; 503-249-3983; kennedyschool.com; bed & breakfast, restaurant, and theater in old elementary school.
●Living Room Theaters – 341 Southwest 10th Avenue; 971-222-2010; pdx.livingroomtheaters.com; for general release (including 3-D) and independent movies.
●Mount Tabor Park – Southeast 60th and and Salmon Streets; portlandonline.com.
●Museum of Contemporary Craft – 724 Northwest Davis Street; 503-223-2654; museumofcontemporarycraft.org.
●Portland Art Museum – 1219 Southwest Park Avenue; 503-226-2811; portlandartmuseum.org; oldest art museum in Pacific Northwest; houses permanent collections of European and American art as well as fine English silver collection; Native American art is housed in Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Center for Native American Art (Belluschi Building, 2nd & 3rd Floor).
●Rose Gardens – 850 Southwest Rose Garden Way; 503-227-7033; rosegardenstore.org.
●Sauvie Island – approximately 10 miles northwest of downtown Portland, between Columbia River (east), Multnomah Channel (west) & Willamette River (south); sauvieisland.org; largest island along Columbia River; 26K acres; among largest river islands in US; Sturgeon Lake, in north central part, most prominent water feature; predominantly farmland & wildlife refuge; bicyclists flock to island because flat topography & lengthy low-volume roads.
●Skidmore Bluffs – 2206 North Skidmore Terrace; also known as Mocks Crest Property; good picnicking locale around sunset; above industrial railyards above Willamette River.
●Stub Stewart State Park – 30380 Northwest Highway 47 (Nehalem Highway); 503-324-0606; oregonstateparks.org.
●Washington Park – 2368 West Burnside Street; 503-823-7529; washingtonparkpdx.org; 400 acres with hiking trails.
●Woods – 6637 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue; 503-890-0408; thewoodsportland.com; former funeral home in Mission-style 1929 building with gaudy chandaliers and Art Nouveau lounge; variety of live acts, from comedy to music.
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