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Portland

Beer:

• Apex (huge selection on tap, laid back atmosphere)
• Cascade (only if you like sour beers, but if so, you're in heaven)
• Hair of the Dog (Belgian style ales, sweet and strong, often barrel aged.)
• Bailey's Tap Room (large selection, centrally located, usually crowded with techies, though. They have an upstairs which is sometimes quiter, but not always open.)
• Breakside (One of my favorite breweries in town, not very central though.)
• Prost (Lots of German imported beers.)

Food:

• Radar (american small plates, excellent quality, reasonably priced.)
• Pok Pok (modern Thai)
• Toro Bravo (tapas)
• Noble Rot (on the third floor so great view of the city.)
• Tasty & sons / Tasty & Alder : great for brunch, but also for dinner, I hear
• Sweedeedee: excellent brunch, be prepared to wait.
• Masu (Sushi)
• Hokusei (sushi)
• Bamboo (sushi, go to the one on the east side, the one in northwest is too noisy.)

Fast Food, Snacks & Treats

• Little Big Burger (get the truffle fries)
• Blue Star Donuts (best donuts in the world)
• Salt & Straw (very very good ice cream)
• All the food carts. The biggest pod is on 10th & Alder, plenty of choices there, but Guëro is my favorite. (Mexican tortas).

coffee

• Courier
• Water Avenue
• Ristretto
• Barista
• Coava

neighborhoods to check out, besides the downtown/the pearl

• Mississippi Avenue, north of Fremont (north)
• Alberta Arts district (north east)
• Hawthorne (south east)
• Belmont (south east)