Guidebook for Portland

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Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

Great local American fusion. Locally owned with great ambiance, service, and seasonal menu. Excellent cocktail, beer, and wine selections too.
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Swift and Union
8103 N Denver Ave
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Great local American fusion. Locally owned with great ambiance, service, and seasonal menu. Excellent cocktail, beer, and wine selections too.
Best Pizza in this area, hands down. Great for take out or eat in (it doesn't look like it when you walk in but they have a large dining area out back).
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Fino Bistro Bar Pizzeria
8225 N Denver Ave
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Best Pizza in this area, hands down. Great for take out or eat in (it doesn't look like it when you walk in but they have a large dining area out back).
Best coffee in North Portland. A true coffee bean afficianado's coffee shop. Grab a to go and wander through Bamboo Craftsman's showroom next door.
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Prince Coffee
2181 NW Nicolai St
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Best coffee in North Portland. A true coffee bean afficianado's coffee shop. Grab a to go and wander through Bamboo Craftsman's showroom next door.
A local institution. Excellent coffee, chai, warm drinks. Amazing pastries, cakes, scones, muffins, croissants, toast, you name it they make it. A great place to have lazy breakfast and coffee while you read the paper. Have a kid's play area too.
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Posies Bakery & Cafe
8208 N Denver Ave
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A local institution. Excellent coffee, chai, warm drinks. Amazing pastries, cakes, scones, muffins, croissants, toast, you name it they make it. A great place to have lazy breakfast and coffee while you read the paper. Have a kid's play area too.
Best cart pod in the area. Great on weekends. Live music and/or fireplace depending on time of year. Great choices, cool vibe.
Che Cafe
7316 N Lombard St
Best cart pod in the area. Great on weekends. Live music and/or fireplace depending on time of year. Great choices, cool vibe.
The Best - THE BEST - burrito shop in the area. Amazing hours, amazingly cheap, amazingly fast. This is a legit local taco shop complete with the goodfella's entrance at the back.
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King Burrito Mexican Food
2924 N Lombard St
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The Best - THE BEST - burrito shop in the area. Amazing hours, amazingly cheap, amazingly fast. This is a legit local taco shop complete with the goodfella's entrance at the back.

Drinks & Nightlife

Best live music venue north of Alberta/Mississippi. This place gets some great live pub rock but plenty of acts with a Portland twist. Its a really sweaty locals joint so don't go here expecting a quiet corner to chat and catch the show. It's a punters bar for sure. Fun beer garden for people watching (smoking allowed).
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Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St
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Best live music venue north of Alberta/Mississippi. This place gets some great live pub rock but plenty of acts with a Portland twist. Its a really sweaty locals joint so don't go here expecting a quiet corner to chat and catch the show. It's a punters bar for sure. Fun beer garden for people watching (smoking allowed).
Great local institution. Great burgers, good beer selection and really cool live music and events. Not a bad breakfast either.
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Mock Crest Tavern
3435 N Lombard St
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Great local institution. Great burgers, good beer selection and really cool live music and events. Not a bad breakfast either.
Royale is Portland's best kept brewing label secret. Brewed in Kenton this is great value, expertly poured beer. BYO food to the tap room and you can eat and drink in a relaxed patio environment. Right near Forest Park and St Johns Theater so double it up with a hike, movie or both!
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The Garrison
8773 N Lombard St
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Royale is Portland's best kept brewing label secret. Brewed in Kenton this is great value, expertly poured beer. BYO food to the tap room and you can eat and drink in a relaxed patio environment. Right near Forest Park and St Johns Theater so double it up with a hike, movie or both!

Parks & Nature

Forest Park is the biggest city park in the US. Yes bigger than Central Park, New York. If you cross the St Johns Bridge (you can park in St Johns and walk across - its a cool view) and head toward Germantown trailhead. this is a great stepping off point for the less crowded end of the Park. Dogs on leashes and lock your car with valuables hidden - transients have been known to break windows to grab wallets or backpacks.
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Skógarholt
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Forest Park is the biggest city park in the US. Yes bigger than Central Park, New York. If you cross the St Johns Bridge (you can park in St Johns and walk across - its a cool view) and head toward Germantown trailhead. this is a great stepping off point for the less crowded end of the Park. Dogs on leashes and lock your car with valuables hidden - transients have been known to break windows to grab wallets or backpacks.
Its only 5 mins away on Chautauqua. Tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, and the coolest grove of Doug Firs in NoPo. A short walk across Lombard and through the Columbia Annex gets you to the Bluffs, for great view of the Willamette River and surrounds. Cool walk to do on a summer evening with your pup. Dogs can chase a ball here, but remember other dogs will be doing the same.
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Columbia Park
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Its only 5 mins away on Chautauqua. Tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, and the coolest grove of Doug Firs in NoPo. A short walk across Lombard and through the Columbia Annex gets you to the Bluffs, for great view of the Willamette River and surrounds. Cool walk to do on a summer evening with your pup. Dogs can chase a ball here, but remember other dogs will be doing the same.

Sightseeing

Paul Bunyon is the hero of the big wild NorthWest (and the Upper MidWest too I think :). He needs a paint job! Stop in at Green Zebra to find out more.
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Paul Bunyan statue
North Denver Avenue
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Paul Bunyon is the hero of the big wild NorthWest (and the Upper MidWest too I think :). He needs a paint job! Stop in at Green Zebra to find out more.

Essentials

My go to dry cleaners. Friendly and helpful with reasonable rates and turnaround.
Sun Brite Cleaners
2230 N Lombard St
My go to dry cleaners. Friendly and helpful with reasonable rates and turnaround.
A locally owned organic/natural/local focused convenience store. If you need it, they'll probably have it. They have good beer and kombucha taps too. Grab a growler (I have a couple in the laundry) and fill up here for pretty reasonable rates.
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Green Zebra Grocery
3011 N Lombard St
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A locally owned organic/natural/local focused convenience store. If you need it, they'll probably have it. They have good beer and kombucha taps too. Grab a growler (I have a couple in the laundry) and fill up here for pretty reasonable rates.
Local natural food grocer. A little expensive at times but they do have good produce selection and a great in store vibe. If you want good local, healthy food, its hard to beat New Seasons.
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New Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd Ave
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Local natural food grocer. A little expensive at times but they do have good produce selection and a great in store vibe. If you want good local, healthy food, its hard to beat New Seasons.
Freddies is as Portland as it gets. This is your go to for everything at reasonable prices. It can get busy on weekends though, but the people watching is great.
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Fred Meyer
6850 N Lombard St
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Freddies is as Portland as it gets. This is your go to for everything at reasonable prices. It can get busy on weekends though, but the people watching is great.
A great local non-profit market. They have an excellent bulk sections and prioritize local and fair trade foods. Great service too.
Village Market - Janus Youth Programs
4632 N Trenton St
A great local non-profit market. They have an excellent bulk sections and prioritize local and fair trade foods. Great service too.

Getting Around

Closest major car rental. In summer book online ahead of time and be early (7:30am) - they have a small parking lot and overbook.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
6903 N Lombard St
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Closest major car rental. In summer book online ahead of time and be early (7:30am) - they have a small parking lot and overbook.