If you’re the type to duck into stores like these just to look around, then you can expect to lose several hours here doing exactly that. Tiny outlets peddling handmade souvenirs, trinkets, and crafts are also a dime a dozen along this stretch of NW 23rd Ave. More casual eateries, such as Little Big Burger and Pepino’s Mexican Grill, are also peppered into the street scene. You’ll find the flagship store of the aforementioned Blue Star Donuts here, as well as Salt & Straw, an ice cream shop that’s made a name for itself even outside of Portland. In keeping with the usual pace of the city, most of the establishments in Nob Hill are independent enterprises with plenty of character and a penchant for the artistic. Walk north a little while and you’ll arrive at the Nob Hill Alphabet District, so named because the east-west roads in this area all have rather funky names that start with the letters from A to Z. Make your exit from the rose garden to arrive at NW 23rd Ave, a key road that runs north-south through the inland part of town. They have a shop and a cart east of the Willamette, and that can be a good opportunity to walk through the relatively unexplored eastern part of town. Pok Pok was a Thai spot that came up many times in our recommendations, and we loved their chicken wings.
In-between drinking sessions, don’t forget to try some of Portland’s amazing restaurants as well. Portlanders love their beer and their bikes, after all, so how’s that for living it up like a local? If you truly want to get your pub-crawl on, I can’t think of a better idea than Prince of Travel reader Atom’s suggestion of jumping on a BrewCycle – a tandem bike that sits up to 12 people and allows you to pedal your way across town from pub to pub (with the steering thankfully done by a sober ringleader).
After ordering their classic sampler of five different craft brews, we each picked one we liked and persisted with it for the next pint, or three… The former is indeed one of the city’s specialties, and Jessica and I dropped by the Deschutes Brewery Public House with some local friends for a taste of the craft beer scene. Craft Beer & Restaurantsĭonuts are certainly worth getting excited about, but craft beer and delicious food are what take Portland’s gastro scene to the next level. Oh well, something to leave for next time. That’s what Jessica and I did, although admittedly it leaves me with a bit of unfulfilled curiosity on Voodoo. Some might say that no visit to Portland would be complete without a bite into one of Voodoo’s creations, but if you ask the locals, many of them might tell you to skip the long queues – mostly composed of the Instagram crowd, who arguably came more for the glamour than the glaze – and head to competing Blue Star Donuts instead. Better yet, go for a walk around the block and find some nibbles and nosh to help you wash that message down… Grab your selfie, take a step back in the parking lot, and internalize the message of maintaining the enigmatic sanctity of the city around you. No place better to start than the physical embodiment of the slogan itself: bright yellow letters on an anthracite brick wall, around the back of Dante’s on the corner of SW 3rd and W Burnside. Naturally, the city demands of its visitors the utmost effort in absorbing as much of the city’s “weirdness” as possible, and over the course of four days, we did our best to play our part.
PORTLAND KEEP IT WEIRD VIDEO FULL
Perhaps nothing sums up the City of Roses better than the “Keep Portland Weird” slogan, which accurately captures its identity as a place full of things that are cool, unusual and a little crazy.
PORTLAND KEEP IT WEIRD VIDEO SERIAL
If the Pacific Northwest were a slightly dysfunctional family, then Vancouver would be the first-born golden child that made millions funded by sweet Chinese investor money, Seattle would be the serial entrepreneur of a middle child that jumps from one coffee-inspired project to another, and Portland would be youngest sibling that never got much attention growing up, but blossomed into a creative, quirky free spirit that’s universally adored in its own way.Īt least, that’s the way I see things, having completed the trio with my long-long-weekend trip to Portland last year.
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