Nichole & Dan
Portland Activities
SHOP: Guardian Games
Massive Board Game and Miniature Shop
SHOP: SCRAP PDX
Quirky Craft Shop
PLACE: International Rose Test Garden
Free - Rose Test Garden with beautiful views overlooking the city
PLACE & DRINK: Ground Kontrol
Bar and Arcade. Quite nerdy but fun experience. 5$ in quarters is usually good
PLACE & DRINK: Eastside Distilling - NW 23rd
Tiny bar where you can try locally distilled liquors. Try Hua Hua but skip the Habenero Vodka.
PLACE & FOOD: Cartopia
Cluster of food carts with firepits and outdoor seating
PLACE: Powell's City of Books
Must-see bookshop
PLACE: Waterfront Park Trail
Lovely walk along the river
PLACE: Portland Saturday (and Sunday) Market
market of local artists and vendors along the waterfront
PLACE & DRINK: Voicebox Karaoke - SE Portland
Karaoke Bar where you use private rooms
FOOD & DRINK: 10 Barrel Brewing Portland
Good beer made and bottled in-house. Try their crispy brussel sprouts
DRINK: Low Brow Lounge
Dive bar near us
DRINK: The Elvis Room
Quirky bar, usually packed
FOOD & DRINK: The Matador
Mexican Food & Late Night Happy Hour! Good margaritas
FOOD: Blue Star Donuts
Try the blueberry bourbon donut!
FOOD: Bollywood Theater
Indian Street Food
FOOD: The 1905
Excellent pizza by-the-slice
FOOD: Pizzicato Pizza
Excellent Pizza by-the-slice
FOOD: Brix Tavern
Go for Happy hour. Fantastic pizza, salads, and drinks
FOOD: UCHU Sushi
Good Sushi $$
FOOD: Mio Sushi
Good Cheap Sushi $
FOOD: Noraneko
Good Ramen
FOOD: Boxer Ramen
Good Ramen
FOOD: Boxer Ramen
Nichole's favorite ramen place
FOOD & DRINK: Palomar
Latin food, Fantastic Empanadas and fancy drinks
FOOD: Grassa
Elevated comfort food
FOOD: Lardo
Elevated comfort food
FOOD: Nicholas Restaurant Lebanese and Mediterranean Cuisine
Fantastic Mediterranean food - comes with fresh pita bread half the size of the table
FOOD & DRINK: Killer Burger
Biker vibe, Fantastic Burgers and treats employees well
FOOD: NW Foodcarts pod
Tiny foodcart area with Japanese, Indian, Mexican, Chinese, and Mediterranean food
FOOD: XLB
Try soup dumplings!
FOOD: Sushi Hada
Good Sushi-go-round
FOOD: Sawasdee Thai Food cart
Really good Thai Foodcart (was displaced by Ritz Carlton hotel so it's now on random street) Their Phad Kee Mao and Phad Thai Are Great
FOOD: Monsoon Thai Cuisine
Decent Thai food
FOOD: Thai Peacock Restaurant
Good Thai food
FOOD: Piazza Italia
Excellent Italian food with outdoor seating