Guidebook for Portland

George John
Guidebook for Portland

Essentials

Literally a 4 minute walk away. One of the pricier markets in Portland, but food/beer/wine is of the highest quality. Good deli & dessert counters, organic produce. Great beer & wine selection.
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Zupan's Markets
3301 Southeast Belmont Street
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Literally a 4 minute walk away. One of the pricier markets in Portland, but food/beer/wine is of the highest quality. Good deli & dessert counters, organic produce. Great beer & wine selection.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great bar with very good kitchen, elevated pub fare. Indoor/outdoor seating. Speakeasy-themed interior. Good service. A 'classy pub'. Interestingly, often inhabited by very attractive people (?!)
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Circa 33
3348 SE Belmont St
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Great bar with very good kitchen, elevated pub fare. Indoor/outdoor seating. Speakeasy-themed interior. Good service. A 'classy pub'. Interestingly, often inhabited by very attractive people (?!)
Good bar w/ vegan menu. VERY popular happy hour/weekend nite spot. Interesting Portland hang; clientele dangerously straddles line between hip and hipster. Patio. When uber-busy, kitchen gets slowww.
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The Sweet Hereafter
3326 SE Belmont St
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Good bar w/ vegan menu. VERY popular happy hour/weekend nite spot. Interesting Portland hang; clientele dangerously straddles line between hip and hipster. Patio. When uber-busy, kitchen gets slowww.
Quintessential neighborhood hangout. Just a local bar with local folk, but a nice establishment. Good beer & ciders on tap, a very fun Trivia Tuesday (8PM), a good place to pretend you're a homie.
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Side Street
828 SE 34th Ave
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Quintessential neighborhood hangout. Just a local bar with local folk, but a nice establishment. Good beer & ciders on tap, a very fun Trivia Tuesday (8PM), a good place to pretend you're a homie.
The best live-music dance spot in the entire city. Live bands 2-3 nights a week, good DJ's other nights. Always a fun scene; no attitude, just folks having a good time. Music in the basement.
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Goodfoot Pub & Lounge
2845 SE Stark St
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The best live-music dance spot in the entire city. Live bands 2-3 nights a week, good DJ's other nights. Always a fun scene; no attitude, just folks having a good time. Music in the basement.
A complete DIVE. The Cafe and Bar are connected to one another. Just a good example of a local, old, decrepit establishment. Decent cafe food, often horrible wall art, and plenty o' Portland color.
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Bare Bones Cafe & Bar
2908 SE Belmont St
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A complete DIVE. The Cafe and Bar are connected to one another. Just a good example of a local, old, decrepit establishment. Decent cafe food, often horrible wall art, and plenty o' Portland color.
Nothing to recommend it at all. A local sports bar. Completely funky, run-down. A real hole. Drunks. One sign misspelled. TV's. Pool, video poker. Also a popular n-hood joint, for whatever reason.....
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The Belmont Inn
3357 SE Belmont St
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Nothing to recommend it at all. A local sports bar. Completely funky, run-down. A real hole. Drunks. One sign misspelled. TV's. Pool, video poker. Also a popular n-hood joint, for whatever reason.....

Food Scene

Funny that two of the few GOOD Pizza joints here have NY connections. Coincidence ? I think not. NY-style pizza: nice BIG, oily slices; combo specials, cheap beer, friendly staff, outdoor seating.
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Straight From New York Pizza
3330 SE Belmont St
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Funny that two of the few GOOD Pizza joints here have NY connections. Coincidence ? I think not. NY-style pizza: nice BIG, oily slices; combo specials, cheap beer, friendly staff, outdoor seating.
Portland doesn't do good Pizza. A known fact. BUT this place is run by a native NY'er (like George !) who knows his stuff. Hybrid east-west coast style, crispier crust, interesting toppings. Yum.
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Baby Doll Pizza
2835 SE Stark St
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Portland doesn't do good Pizza. A known fact. BUT this place is run by a native NY'er (like George !) who knows his stuff. Hybrid east-west coast style, crispier crust, interesting toppings. Yum.
A basic, right-up-the-alley, middle-eastern place. Large menu. Nothing fabulous, but everything is good; made fresh, and when you have the jones for middle-eastern, this place will do ya well.
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Hoda's Middle-Eastern Cuisine
3401 SE Belmont St
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A basic, right-up-the-alley, middle-eastern place. Large menu. Nothing fabulous, but everything is good; made fresh, and when you have the jones for middle-eastern, this place will do ya well.
Great breakfast/lunch joint. Gets busy on weekend mornings. Eggs, pancakes, sandwiches, stuff like this.
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Utopia Cafe
3308 Southeast Belmont Street
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Great breakfast/lunch joint. Gets busy on weekend mornings. Eggs, pancakes, sandwiches, stuff like this.
Crazy, quirky eatery which looks like it started as a single-wide trailerhome. Very interesting interior decor. Just terrific food...equally excellent for brunch or dinner. Nice folk. Back patio.
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Wild Abandon
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Crazy, quirky eatery which looks like it started as a single-wide trailerhome. Very interesting interior decor. Just terrific food...equally excellent for brunch or dinner. Nice folk. Back patio.
Straight-up family style Thai restaurant. A popular local spot. Very informal. Large servings, decent food. Not a five-star restaurant, just a good, basic Thai joint.
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Pad Thai Kitchen
2309 SE Belmont St
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Straight-up family style Thai restaurant. A popular local spot. Very informal. Large servings, decent food. Not a five-star restaurant, just a good, basic Thai joint.
Right around the corner, run by a wonderful couple formerly of Austin. Great coffee drinks, and they specialize in very yummy, home-made vietnamese-style stuffed morning buns. Oomph, good stuff.
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Happy Sparrow Cafe
5405 Jean Rd
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Right around the corner, run by a wonderful couple formerly of Austin. Great coffee drinks, and they specialize in very yummy, home-made vietnamese-style stuffed morning buns. Oomph, good stuff.
A very typical local cafe, and this one is actually STILL local, hasn't been bought out yet. Good home-roasts, a nice hang with a side garden. Made famous by the 'Portlandia' "Baseball Team" episode.
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Oblique Coffee Roasters
3039 SE Stark St
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A very typical local cafe, and this one is actually STILL local, hasn't been bought out yet. Good home-roasts, a nice hang with a side garden. Made famous by the 'Portlandia' "Baseball Team" episode.
One of our favorite Italian joints. Slightly upscale, but not hoidy-toidy or uber-pricey by any means. High quality fare, good bar, nice atmosphere.
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Accanto
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One of our favorite Italian joints. Slightly upscale, but not hoidy-toidy or uber-pricey by any means. High quality fare, good bar, nice atmosphere.
A great example of a Portland foodcart lot, a nice walk from our flat. Good variety of carts (Hawaiian, burger, middle eastern, shaved ice, sushi, beer, and fried chicken)
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EuroTrash FoodCart
4298 SE Belmont St
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A great example of a Portland foodcart lot, a nice walk from our flat. Good variety of carts (Hawaiian, burger, middle eastern, shaved ice, sushi, beer, and fried chicken)
Crazy place...make-your-own pancakes right at your table.....you'll feel sorta guilty/embarrassed that you are actually having fun.....
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Slappy Cakes
4246 SE Belmont St
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Crazy place...make-your-own pancakes right at your table.....you'll feel sorta guilty/embarrassed that you are actually having fun.....
A funny place ! I like it; they try for a bit more upscale Thai experience (at least by PDX standards). A lotta stuff is really GOOD; it's just... the menu and staff can be downright odd at times :)
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Mai Thai Portland
3104 SE Belmont St
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A funny place ! I like it; they try for a bit more upscale Thai experience (at least by PDX standards). A lotta stuff is really GOOD; it's just... the menu and staff can be downright odd at times :)
A good creperie...whether for breakfast/lunch or dessert.
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Suzette
3342 SE Belmont St
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A good creperie...whether for breakfast/lunch or dessert.

Everything Else

The neighborhood bank.
Advantis Credit Union
4235 SE Woodstock Blvd
The neighborhood bank.
Anudda public park. Hills. Trees. Squirrels. More Crows (aka The Portland Pigeon). Grass. Tennis & Basketball courts. Playground. A duck pond where feeding the ducks is frowned upon (fer chrissake).
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Laurelhurst Park
SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark St
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Anudda public park. Hills. Trees. Squirrels. More Crows (aka The Portland Pigeon). Grass. Tennis & Basketball courts. Playground. A duck pond where feeding the ducks is frowned upon (fer chrissake).
A park ! This one's flat. Grass, trees, tennis and basketball courts. Also, Crows. Lotsa people sunning themselves. A younger, more hipper park than Laurelhurst, which is more family-esque.
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Colonel Summers Park
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A park ! This one's flat. Grass, trees, tennis and basketball courts. Also, Crows. Lotsa people sunning themselves. A younger, more hipper park than Laurelhurst, which is more family-esque.