There are so many options in Downtown Portland! Here are a few of our favorites: Restaurants: Fireside, Salt & Straw, Phucket Cafe, Tanaka, Maurice Breakfast: Cheryls on 12th, Ken's Artisan Bakery, Hunnymilk, Nuvrei, Mother's Bistro, Fried Egg I'm in Love Coffee/Snacks/Bevs: Never Coffee, Prince Coffee, Tea Bar, Shopping: Powells! Stroll along NW 23rd!, The Yo Store, Fine Art Fruit, Superette, The Meadows (CHOCOLATE GALORE), Mercantile
Portland's legendary independent bookstore. So nice, we listed it twice
More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom in the International Rose Test Garden (IRTG) from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. Free to visit in Washington Park.
Stroll Alberta's main street to discover local art, live music, and a wide range of bars and restaurants. Check out some of our favorite spots: Tin Shed, Bamboo Sushi, Bollywood Theater, Great Notion Brewing, and Proud Mary Coffee, Thicket, Baerlic Brewing Food Cart Pod, Dogwood (wine bar!), Urdaneta
So many great places to shop and eat: Ding Tea Williams - Great boba! XLB Jinju Patisserie The Celery Monochromatic Either/Or Eem - Thai BBQ & Cocktails and more!
This is one of our favorite spots to eat at. Grab a movie at Laurelhurst Theater, and then get dinner at Guero, Paadee, or Montelupo. Cocktails at Navarre or Angel Face, and then get ice cream at Fifty Licks or Cheese & Crack! (Add a chocolate cowboy hat to your soft serve at cheese and crack!)
Located on beautiful Sauvie Island just outside Portland, Sauvie Island Farms offers a variety of 'pick your own' fruits and vegetables. Check out Sauvie Island Beach nearby to take in gorgeous views of the Columbia River.
Wahclella Falls Trail offers a relatively easy, 2.4 mile out-and-back day hike through a slot canyon to one of the more spectacular waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge. You can reserve a visitor's day pass at the link provided.
Multnomah Falls is the most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest with more than 2 million stopping by each year to take in the views. Fed by underground springs from Larch Mountain, the flow over the falls varies, but is usually highest during winter and spring. Timed visiting passes may be required during the summer months, which can be reserved at the website provided.