Thu-Tam’s guidebook
Food scene
Hoda's Middle-Eastern Cuisine
3401 SE Belmont StLocally-sourced organic ingredients
Yummy crepes using great local ingredients. Great happy hour menu during the week!
15 locals recommend
Suzette
3342 SE Belmont StYummy crepes using great local ingredients. Great happy hour menu during the week!
Traditional Thai dishes using locally-sourced ingredients
51 locals recommend
Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine
3354 SE Hawthorne BlvdTraditional Thai dishes using locally-sourced ingredients
Vegan restaurant with a great scene for working on your computer, people-watch, and dining. Try their cilantro lime sauce!
32 locals recommend
Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub
2708 J StreetVegan restaurant with a great scene for working on your computer, people-watch, and dining. Try their cilantro lime sauce!
Bamboo Sushi
310 SE 28th AveSustainably sourced fish
Popular brunch spot with generous servings that will make you take a nap afterwards. Long lines on weekends!
43 locals recommend
Cricket Cafe
3159 SE Belmont StPopular brunch spot with generous servings that will make you take a nap afterwards. Long lines on weekends!
Gotta have ramen with their house-made black garlic sauce and sesame oil. Ramen without these 2 key ingredients just isn't the same anymore.
66 locals recommend
Boxer Ramen
3003 NE Alberta StGotta have ramen with their house-made black garlic sauce and sesame oil. Ramen without these 2 key ingredients just isn't the same anymore.
Another popular brunch spot without as long lines as their west side location. Price fixe menu featuring 1 savory + 1 sweet dish for $22
19 locals recommend
HunnyMilk
1981 W Burnside StAnother popular brunch spot without as long lines as their west side location. Price fixe menu featuring 1 savory + 1 sweet dish for $22
Zell's Cafe
1300 Southeast Morrison StreetJam On Hawthorne
2239 SE Hawthorne BlvdPortlanders love our brunches! Very generous portions!
Laurelhurst Market
3155 E Burnside StUpscale dining featuring mostly locally-sourced ingredients
Good Japanese cuisine (though their fish is farmed). Drinks are delicious!
75 locals recommend
AFURI IZAKAYA SE PORTLAND
923 SE 7th AveGood Japanese cuisine (though their fish is farmed). Drinks are delicious!
Tusk
2448 E Burnside StTry their lamb tartare!
Bar scene
Hip spot with outdoor seating in the back, serving vegan dishes & great mixed drinks.
146 locals recommend
The Sweet Hereafter
3326 SE Belmont StHip spot with outdoor seating in the back, serving vegan dishes & great mixed drinks.
Dive bar and pool hall with enough space on the floor to dance the night away!
12 locals recommend
Triple Nickel Pub
3646 SE Belmont StDive bar and pool hall with enough space on the floor to dance the night away!
Coffee/ Tea
The Tao of Tea
3430 SE Belmont StNice spot to sit back and read a book
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division StLocally roasted coffee awaits!
seven virtues coffee roaster
3538 SE Hawthorne BlvdTry their matcha muffins!
Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne BlvdNice book store with coffee house
Grocery Store
H Mart
3301 SE Belmont StAsian supermarket just across the street!
Fred Meyer
3805 SE Hawthorne BlvdHuge supermarket with everything -- including some local produce
Trader Joe's
2122 NW Glisan StWhole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch StNew Seasons Market
5320 NE 33rd AveWhole Foods Market
1210 NW Couch StThis one is much bigger than the one on Burnside
Farmers' Markets
Biggest farmer's market in Portland! Saturdays until 2 pm.
123 locals recommend
Portland Farmers Market at PSU
1803 SW Park AveBiggest farmer's market in Portland! Saturdays until 2 pm.
Hollywood Farmers Market
4420 NE Hancock StHawthorne Farmers Market
1928 SE Cesar Estrada Chavez BlvdAdventure Gear
Next Adventure
426 SE Grand AveDiscounted adventure gear
Sightseeing
Columbia River
Hiking, hiking, and more hiking!!!
Portland Japanese Garden
611 SW Kingston AveInternational Rose Test Garden station
Yale Lake
Silver Falls
Have you seen 10 different waterfalls all on the same day???
Trillium Lake
Walk through a lava tube! It's an ambient 44-ish degrees in there all year long, so bundle up! Don't forget your flashlight!
60 locals recommend
Ape Caves
Walk through a lava tube! It's an ambient 44-ish degrees in there all year long, so bundle up! Don't forget your flashlight!
Less known lava tubes with icicles frozen like a waterfall (depending on the time of year you go). It still has some ice in it during summer months. The Native Americans used this to supply settlements along the Columbia River (as well as to store their berries).
This is COLDER than the Ape Cave -- even during summer.
7 locals recommend
Guler Ice Caves
Less known lava tubes with icicles frozen like a waterfall (depending on the time of year you go). It still has some ice in it during summer months. The Native Americans used this to supply settlements along the Columbia River (as well as to store their berries).
This is COLDER than the Ape Cave -- even during summer.
My personal favorite spot to cool down during triple-digit summer days -- so named because of the opalescence of the emerald waters. Be warned, as inviting as it is, the water is fresh snow/ ice melt so will ALWAYS be cold!
Opal Creek
My personal favorite spot to cool down during triple-digit summer days -- so named because of the opalescence of the emerald waters. Be warned, as inviting as it is, the water is fresh snow/ ice melt so will ALWAYS be cold!