Casba Mediterranean Cafe
Neighborhood: Old Town

201 NW Davis St
Portland, OR 97209

Corwin M. writes: I've only been here a couple times, but I can already tell the local business lunch crowd loves this place. So do I. The sandwiches are wholesome, hearty, and large enough to fit inside any respectable stomach; few things I hate more when I eat out…

3D Center of Art & Photography
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

1928 NW Lovejoy St
Portland, OR 97209

Evan C. writes: i really should have a membership to this place. not really a museum as ive heard it described which is probably why they stray from the title. they do have a great collection of classic 3d camera and viewmasters, but the really great thing about…

On Deck Sports Bar
Neighborhood: Pearl District

910 NW 14th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Andrew C. writes: Let me paint the scene:

The trailblazers are down far too many points for far too much time in their game against the Cavs. Toward the end of the 3rd quarter they begin to pick up the pace. By mid 4th they're tied up. Time is draining, fast. The Cavs…

Seven Star Restaurant
Neighborhood: Old Town

205 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Alex S. writes: This place has a longtime mainstay of Chinatown and has been sensationalized for their great seafood variety and good service. I enjoy their fish maw soup and crispy chicken the most, as I feel no one in Chinatown (not Portland mind you) can compare…

Portland Art Center
Neighborhood: Old Town

32 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Abe I. writes: I like the Portland Art Center a lot. You never know what you're going to see. Photos of refugees in Africa one month, a man made out of cigarette butts the month before, and this month a whole slew of art from the OCAC graduating class. I never hit…

Harvey's Comedy Club
Neighborhood: Old Town

436 NW 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Angela B. writes: Harvey's is a great alternative to a typical weekend date. The atmosphere at Harvey's is not very high class, but that's a small price to pay for a night of genuine belly laughs.

At first I was a bit skeptical that the talent wouldn't be great, but so…

Northwest Portland International Hostel
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

425 NW 18th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Jamaica Y. writes: I slept in a yurt (http://en.wikipedia.or...) the night before I came here, and this hostel was only slightly less cool.  The place is super clean, has free wi-fi, free pizza every night, free local calling, reasonably priced computer use, is close…

Pho Van
Neighborhood: Pearl District

1012 NW Glisan St
Portland, OR 97209

Kathleen M. writes: Sounds like the Vietnamese equivalent of taco truck. However, this is an upscale Vietnamese restaurant with your usual fusion-y decor (though they don't serve fusion). Food was good, though lunch for $13 or $14 was a bit high. I dig the wooden menus.

Northwest Bicycles
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

916 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Carissa w. writes: This shop recently changed hands and was reopened by the head mechanic, but it looks like the same nice shop with the same nice people. When I worked in NW this was a perfect location to drop my bike off in the morning for a service and pick it up…

Butters Gallery Ltd
Neighborhood: Pearl District

520 NW Davis St
Portland, OR 97209

Abe I. writes: Butter's is a great gallery, the work they show is not always my style, but they always have high quality stuff to exhibit. It's always contemporary stuff, some of it is too " non-offensive-objec t-in-a-rich-person's-house" for me, but a lot of it is…

Daedalus Books
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

2074 NW Flanders St
Portland, OR 97209

Mister X. writes: A small used book store with a great selection of scholarly books, including real philosophy books (Kant, Sartre, Hobbes, etc.)

Grab a book (pay for it) and then head over to Ken's bakery right around the corner for a read.

Cha Taqueria & Bar
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

305 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Laura N. writes: A direct translation of "cha" in my book is FLAVOR.  Expecting a run of the mill Mexican restaurant, I left with a fresh take on "local style" Mexican food (not to mention a satisfied stomach and a great buzz).

I was first pleasantly surprised by the…

Sur La Table
Neighborhood: Pearl District

1102 NW Couch St
Portland, OR 97209

Michael A. writes: Sur is a great place to pick up those specialty kitchen items you are looking for but you are going to pay through the nose for them. I went looking for a wine opener for my ma for this Christmas and the people were very helpful but the Rabbit wine…

Laughing Planet Cafe
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

922 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Laura N. writes: How have I missed out on the deliciousness that Laughing Planet serves?

Maybe it's because the marketing genius who they hired decided to name and brand the place to look more like a video game stop than the delicioso casa de amor that it actually is.…

Rudy's Barbershop
Neighborhood: Pearl District

212 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

Alec B. writes: Fantastic barbershop!   I was excited to find such a great place in the Pearl and now I don't go anywhere else.   I don't get the average haircut that most people do, high and tight, so I was initially skeptical if everyone there would do a…

Caffe D'Italia
Neighborhood: Northwest

1720 NW Lovejoy St
Portland, OR 97209

Angela B. writes: Caffee D'Italia is located inside one of the storefronts of the Lovejoy ActivSpace building. When you walk in you are greeted by a black and white TV playing old Italian movies with English subtitles.  The place is itsy bitsy, but size doesn't matter…

Urban Grind Coffeehouse
Neighborhood: Pearl District

911 NW 14th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Lindsay I. writes: In actuality, I give this place a 4 1/2 star rating. The only reason being what my fiance calls the feeling of "being trapped inside a green Skittle." Referring to the wall to wall bright green paint that inhabits this coffee house.
Aside from that,…

World Cup Coffee and Tea
Neighborhood: Pearl District

EcoTrust Building
721 NW 9th Avenue, #175
Portland, OR 97209

Laura N. writes: First, you just feel environmentally savvy walking into the Ecotrust Building. As a patron, all coffees and teas at this store must be either organic, shade-grown, fair trade, or relationship coffees. All of the fixtures and materials used in the…

Fifty 24PDX Gallery
Neighborhood: Old Town

23 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Brad C. writes: You have to enter Fifty 24PDX via the Upper Playground entrance. I stopped in here today while walking around the Pearl district. It is a very cool, hip, small gallery.

The current show that is happening is called "Owlex" with  new paintings,…

Baja Fresh
Neighborhood: Downtown

1121 W Burnside St
Portland, OR 97209

chris m. writes: it's good for what it is.

as someone who came to PDX from ATX (austin, tx), i've sampled just about every fast-food-quasimex option out there, and aside from the awesome indie burrito chains in colorado and texas (freebirds[http://www.yelp.com/bi...]…

Aura
Neighborhood: Downtown

1022 W Burnside St
Portland, OR 97209

Celeste L. writes: My first night in Portland, we went out clubbing :-)!

Just got back from a night of dancing at Aura!  No line at the door so we walked right in for only $7/person.  The bar/lounge is very spacious.  There's two bars downstairs with a lounge and a…

Transition Projects
Neighborhood: Old Town

435 NW Glisan St
Portland, OR 97209

Corwin M. writes: Ha ha, I knew no one would have gotten to this one yet! What's wrong with you people, you all live somewhere or something?

If you're ever down and out, this is one of two places to go. They offer a range of services, from showers, help getting your ID…

Spring Hollow Cafe
Neighborhood: Old Town

304 NW 2nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

Tracy A. writes: Their chicken curry sandwich (plus provolone) is so good I am often drawn to Spring Hollow as if pulled by an invisible rope. Yum, Yum, Yum!!!

Stepping Stone Cafe
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

2390 NW Quimby St
Portland, OR 97210

mary anne l. writes: I saw the signs for Stepping Stone way before I ever ate there.  The bottom reads "You eat here because we let you"...  Heck Yeah!!!  Maybe I'm just a burnt out service person, but I love to see an establishment with an attitude.  When we finally…

Filbert's Cafe
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

1937 NW 23rd Pl
Portland, OR 97210

Jay F. writes: This place is at about the upper echelon of what I could regularly afford to spend on a "nice" dinner out.  On a recent trip I had the pan-fried rainbow trout, which was served on a bed of kale, black-eyed peas, with some tasty Dijon sauce on the…

Uptown Silver Dollar
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

333 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

jen d. writes: some friends of mine have a friend who works there so we checked it out for drinks and pizza. the food was good and the drinks nice and strong (thanks to said friend) but overall i thought the place was infested with douchebags. but it is a sports…

Wham
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

617 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

Jay F. writes: In the market for a punching nun or Jesus action figure?  While blasphemic toys are far from Wham's market niche, it works as well as any for an example of the things you'll find in this eclectic house of pop culture gifts.  Toys, posters, magnets,…

Starbucks Coffee
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

605 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

- -. writes: for some reason this particular "trendy third" location is a haven for bikers...so if your looking for a quiet place to sit down and read a book, this is not the place...this starbucks location also attracts regulars who have money and no day…

In the Bag
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

708 NW 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97210

Erin O. writes: purchased birthday card that went a little something like this:

Outside  "happy birthday. I'll see you in hell."  

Inside "you heard me."

They also carry cards of the more traditional variety.  For those of you lacking a curmudgeonly sense of humor.…

Ellington Leather Goods
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

1533 NW 24th Ave
Portland, OR 97210

Angela B. writes: Ellington Leather Goods has a cool NW Portland showroom filled with tons of leather bags, purses, wallets and accessories. The colors are delicious and vibrant...bright reds, lime green, mustard yellow, and even some good old fashioned browns and…

Dazzle
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

704 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

Angela B. writes: I feel a bit guilty for confessing I've never made a purchase here, since I seem to pop in frequently to ooh and ahh over Dazzle's latest collection of trinkets, gifts, baubles and accessories.

The selection at Dazzle goes way beyond the basics, and…

Nob Hill Shoes
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

921 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

Gloria H. writes: Some of the shoes they put outside caught my eyes so we decided to check out the place.  Good selection of comfortable shoes in good shades of color and most are pretty good prices.  However, their stock in size is somewhat limited.  Apparently,…

Front Row Saloon

3075 NW Front Ave
Portland, OR 97210

Maggie A. writes: Better than I though it would be.

A woman I used to work with that usually wound up in charge of planning any party functions (by default since the rest of us couldn't be bothered enough to volunteer) used to send us all to to this place any time it…

Hip
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

1829 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR 97210

nam h. writes: Hip is a modern contemporary furniture store in nw.  Lots of metal, glass, wood tables, chairs, etc and unique(not tacky) sofas to go in your swanky new flat/apt/loft.  They carry Bo Concept and other quality euro import brands.  Staff here is never…

Thai E-San Cuisine
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

2764 NW Thurman St
Portland, OR 97210

SAM Y. writes: day 10 of my trip

so of course another person offered to buy me lunch, how could i refuse her??? i would have to be a real dumbarse.

so we came here. the thai food was pretty good and they had lunch specials. they got my order wrong and they remade my…

Exit Real World
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

206 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210

brandon m. writes: Great place , Friendly staff. The only Surf, Skate, Snowboard shop I trust in portland.

Blush Beauty Bar
Neighborhood: Alphabet District, Northwest

513 N.W. 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97210

Veronica W. writes: If anyone knows anything about me, they know that this is not a place that I would spend a great deal of time in. I know what I want/need, I ask questions, I buy, I leave. Very simple, very easy. Having said that, I was here with a couple friends who…

Two Celebrate

2257 NW Glisan Street
Portland, OR 97210

Angela B. writes: From the outside this place looks like a festive and hip jewelry and gift store. Upon entering, it looks as though this is where all the rich grannies like to shop. Their stuff IS fun and some of it is hip, but I have yet to see anyone from…