Guidebook for Inner Portland

John
Guidebook for Inner Portland

Essentials

What a traveler might need to pick up, including food.
Nearby
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Safeway
6901 NE Sandy Blvd
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Locally-owned co-op with bulk bins, organic produce, and lots of other stuff you might want to bring along on a day on the town.
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Alberta Cooperative Grocery
1500 NE Alberta St
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Locally-owned co-op with bulk bins, organic produce, and lots of other stuff you might want to bring along on a day on the town.
Chain of healthy grocery stores
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New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division St
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Chain of healthy grocery stores
Shipping, copies, and other business needs, nearby
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FedEx Office Print & Ship Center
1605 NE 7th Ave
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Shipping, copies, and other business needs, nearby
Yoga, if you need it. Dry sauna too!
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Root Whole Body
2122 NW Quimby St
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Yoga, if you need it. Dry sauna too!
Groceries and more. Fred Meyer is part of the Kroger empire.
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Fred Meyer
3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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Groceries and more. Fred Meyer is part of the Kroger empire.
Chain of healthy grocery stores
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New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division St
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Chain of healthy grocery stores
A super sport location with a pool and some courts.
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24 Hour Fitness
4224 NE Halsey St
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A super sport location with a pool and some courts.
Very close to the house with weights and racket courts.
Lloyd Athletic Club
815 NE Halsey St
Very close to the house with weights and racket courts.
Across the river in the Pearl District.
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24 Hour Fitness
4224 NE Halsey St
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Across the river in the Pearl District.
Great place for food and groceries. Grab stuff for a picnic.
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Trader Joe's
2122 NW Glisan St
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Great place for food and groceries. Grab stuff for a picnic.

Food Scene

A selection of spots near my place, and of better places in the inner core, with a variety of price points. Usually locally-owned. You can find chains on your own. *Cost scale per person for my selections, not including alcohol* $ - Lowest cost ($10-15) $$ - Medium cost ($12-20) $$$ - Pretty expensive, but worth it ($18-60)
$$$ Nearby, national-quality restaurant with long waiting times. Great, great food with a small bar for the long waits. It's the place I choose for a good meal, and the quality holds up.
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OX Restaurant
2225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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$$$ Nearby, national-quality restaurant with long waiting times. Great, great food with a small bar for the long waits. It's the place I choose for a good meal, and the quality holds up.
$ - Nearby, locally-famous handmade Chinese noodle dishes. Not much on atmosphere.
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Frank's Noodle House
822 Northeast Broadway
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$ - Nearby, locally-famous handmade Chinese noodle dishes. Not much on atmosphere.
$$ - Great, local vegan restaurant that's not just for vegans or vegetarians. If somebody wants to take me out, I choose Blossoming Lotus. Yum.
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Blossoming Lotus
1713 NE 15th Ave
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$$ - Great, local vegan restaurant that's not just for vegans or vegetarians. If somebody wants to take me out, I choose Blossoming Lotus. Yum.
$ - Local, small, slightly funky breakfast place with great, rich food. I like the shrimp and grits with egg.
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Bridges Café & Catering
2716 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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$ - Local, small, slightly funky breakfast place with great, rich food. I like the shrimp and grits with egg.
Nearby coffee
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Peet's Coffee
1441 NE Broadway
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Nearby coffee
Sushi, round and round. Lots of sushi!
Marinepolis Sushi Land
1409 NE Weidler St
Sushi, round and round. Lots of sushi!
More sushi
Sushi Ohana
1422 NE Broadway
More sushi
Sushi and more, nearby. By no means the best of anything.
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Yuki Japanese Restaurant
1337 NE Broadway
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Sushi and more, nearby. By no means the best of anything.
$$ - Nearby, decent BBQ that sources local, "happy" meat, family-owned, but cool.
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Russell St. BBQ (Belmont)
4246 SE Belmont St
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$$ - Nearby, decent BBQ that sources local, "happy" meat, family-owned, but cool.
$$ to $$$ - Tapas, often with a long wait. Incredibly loud when it's full of people. Too salty for my taste. Nationally-known
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Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St
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$$ to $$$ - Tapas, often with a long wait. Incredibly loud when it's full of people. Too salty for my taste. Nationally-known
$ - Breakfast favorite of mine, but don't tell anyone ;-)
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Zell's Cafe
1300 Southeast Morrison Street
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$ - Breakfast favorite of mine, but don't tell anyone ;-)
Nearby, locally-owned coffee shop.
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Tiny's Coffee North East
2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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Nearby, locally-owned coffee shop.
$$ - Basic food in a log cabin environment with an underground music venue. Adjoined with the Jupiter and Next hotels. Hipster, younger crowd of all ages.
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Doug Fir Lounge
301 E Burnside St
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$$ - Basic food in a log cabin environment with an underground music venue. Adjoined with the Jupiter and Next hotels. Hipster, younger crowd of all ages.
Vegan bakery and coffee shop on "vegan alley", though it's not an alley.
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Sweetpea Baking Co.
1205 SE Stark St
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Vegan bakery and coffee shop on "vegan alley", though it's not an alley.
$$ - Restaurant and bar with strong paleo leanings, locally-sourced ingredients, and some adventuresome meats. SE Belmont is a good walk away.
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Dick's Kitchen SE
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$$ - Restaurant and bar with strong paleo leanings, locally-sourced ingredients, and some adventuresome meats. SE Belmont is a good walk away.
Friends who love coffee love Saint Simon, which is 11 blocks away. It's small, quirky, hip, and yummy.
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Saint Simon Coffee Co.
2005 NE Broadway
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Friends who love coffee love Saint Simon, which is 11 blocks away. It's small, quirky, hip, and yummy.
$ - Cheap eats with a focus on foods lower on the food chain, though you can add meat. Any burrito can be made a bowl. I like the Cuban bowl. Laughing Planet is a local chain, so look for them all around town.
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Laughing Planet
3765 N Mississippi Ave
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$ - Cheap eats with a focus on foods lower on the food chain, though you can add meat. Any burrito can be made a bowl. I like the Cuban bowl. Laughing Planet is a local chain, so look for them all around town.
$$ - Yummy food. They sometimes have a vegan cassoulet that I can't get out of my head. Definitely more formal attire is appropriate
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Paley's Place Bistro & Bar
1204 NW 21st Ave
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$$ - Yummy food. They sometimes have a vegan cassoulet that I can't get out of my head. Definitely more formal attire is appropriate
$$ - Amazing Ethiopian food in a funky but clean place walking distance from the house.
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Queen of Sheba Restaurant
2413 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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$$ - Amazing Ethiopian food in a funky but clean place walking distance from the house.
$ - $$ Food cart with great, wood-fired pizza, made-to-order. It's in a bigger pod with other selections. It doesn't get more Portland than this.
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Pyro Pizza
1207 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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$ - $$ Food cart with great, wood-fired pizza, made-to-order. It's in a bigger pod with other selections. It doesn't get more Portland than this.
$$ - Pok Pok Wing is closer to the house than the larger and more famous Pok Pok, but the Thai street food is just as good.
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Pok Pok Wing
1469 NE Prescott St
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$$ - Pok Pok Wing is closer to the house than the larger and more famous Pok Pok, but the Thai street food is just as good.
$ Basic US breakfast place, that also serves other meals. Walking distance from my place.
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Milo's City Cafe
1325 NE Broadway
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$ Basic US breakfast place, that also serves other meals. Walking distance from my place.
$ - Comfort food focused on southern breakfast, walking distance from the house.
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Pine State Biscuits | Schuyler
125 NE Schuyler St
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$ - Comfort food focused on southern breakfast, walking distance from the house.
$$$ - High-end Peruvian-based meals. More formal attire.
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Andina
1314 NW Glisan St
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$$$ - High-end Peruvian-based meals. More formal attire.
$ - $$ - One of two Nicholas middle eastern food places.
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Nicholas Restaurant Lebanese and Mediterranean Cuisine
3223 NE Broadway
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$ - $$ - One of two Nicholas middle eastern food places.
$ - Southern Mexican cuisine on a budget. Across the river
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Mi Mero Mole
32 NW 5th Ave
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$ - Southern Mexican cuisine on a budget. Across the river

Everything Else

Popular Portland destination for sports and big concerts. Formerly the Rose Garden. Home of the Trail Blazers. Walking distance from my place.
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Moda Center
1 N Center Ct St
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Popular Portland destination for sports and big concerts. Formerly the Rose Garden. Home of the Trail Blazers. Walking distance from my place.
Pharmacy, drug store, etc. Because, sometimes you forget things ;-)
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Walgreens
5420 NE 33rd Ave
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Pharmacy, drug store, etc. Because, sometimes you forget things ;-)
Popular Portland destination
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Oregonin kokouskeskus
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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Popular Portland destination

Shopping

Portland business and retail destination with run-of-the-mill stores. In decline. Mall includes ice rink.
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Lloyd Center
2201 Lloyd Center
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Portland business and retail destination with run-of-the-mill stores. In decline. Mall includes ice rink.
Nearly world-famous bookstore with new and used books shelved together in more than a city block of shelves and shelves of books.
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Powellin kirjakaupunki
1005 W Burnside St
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Nearly world-famous bookstore with new and used books shelved together in more than a city block of shelves and shelves of books.

Drinks & Nightlife

What is this place? A bar? The Secret Society is an upstairs institution.
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The Secret Society
116 NE Russell St
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What is this place? A bar? The Secret Society is an upstairs institution.
Local, successful Portland brewery, somewhat walkable
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The Widmer Brothers Brewery
929 N Russell St
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Local, successful Portland brewery, somewhat walkable
Lots of smaller bands play here. Walking distance.
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Wonderin sali
128 NE Russell St
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Lots of smaller bands play here. Walking distance.
Bar with food and outdoor space along the street.
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Swift Lounge
1932 NE Broadway
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Bar with food and outdoor space along the street.
Mediocre bar food with lots of outdoor space within walking distance
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Rose & Thistle Public House
2314 Northeast Broadway
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Mediocre bar food with lots of outdoor space within walking distance

Sightseeing

Deeply cared-for garden with year-round presentation.
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Portlandin japanilainen puutarha
611 SW Kingston Ave
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Deeply cared-for garden with year-round presentation.

Parks & Nature

Washington Park has grassy spots to relax, and yet there are always cars nearby. Within Washington Park are the International Test Rose Garden and the Japanese Gardens, as well as some places for kids to play.
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Washington Park
4033 SW Canyon Rd
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Washington Park has grassy spots to relax, and yet there are always cars nearby. Within Washington Park are the International Test Rose Garden and the Japanese Gardens, as well as some places for kids to play.
Forest Park is huge and available year round. Lower Macleay is just one gateway into extensive trails very close-in to the city. The Wildwood Trail allows a 32-mile hike if you can pull together a shuttle. Leif Erickson Drive, at the end of NW Thurman, is a level, wide path for biking or walking. Side trails allow waling access deeper into the forest. Lower Macleay (Noted in this map) has a trail walk up a stream bed which is gentle until the climb up at the end to.... Upper Macleay, off of NW Cornell Road, offers a drop down to the stream or a climb up to Pittock Mansion. I love the trail from Upper Macleay to Pittock and back. Lots of trees and ferns. Want more? Hike from Upper Macleay past Pittock and down to W. Burnside (and then back). It's a real treat any time of the year.
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Lower Macleay Trail
Lower Macleay Trail
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Forest Park is huge and available year round. Lower Macleay is just one gateway into extensive trails very close-in to the city. The Wildwood Trail allows a 32-mile hike if you can pull together a shuttle. Leif Erickson Drive, at the end of NW Thurman, is a level, wide path for biking or walking. Side trails allow waling access deeper into the forest. Lower Macleay (Noted in this map) has a trail walk up a stream bed which is gentle until the climb up at the end to.... Upper Macleay, off of NW Cornell Road, offers a drop down to the stream or a climb up to Pittock Mansion. I love the trail from Upper Macleay to Pittock and back. Lots of trees and ferns. Want more? Hike from Upper Macleay past Pittock and down to W. Burnside (and then back). It's a real treat any time of the year.
Nearby dog park, playground, and park with sports fields, tennis courts, and covered basketball courts.
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Irving Park
707 NE Fremont St
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Nearby dog park, playground, and park with sports fields, tennis courts, and covered basketball courts.