Emma's Portland Recommendations

Places to eat

• Paa Dee (NE) - authentic upscale Thai

• Ranch Pizza (NE) - unusual top-notch Pizza

• Banh Mi place (Outer SE) -

• Taqueria Santa Cruz (St. Johns) - amazing authentic Mexican food. Super casual. In the back of a Mexican grocery store in St. Johns.

• Luce (SE) - Italian deli with handmade pasta and great wine.

• Sushi Ichiban (Downtown) - Train sushi

• Luc Lac (Downtown) -

• Pips Donuts (NE) -

• 808 (SE) - Really good hawaiin

Activities

• Portland Farmer’s Market

• Rent Nike Bikes and ride the waterfront

• Kelly Point Park

• Forest Park Hike

• Ride the sky tram

• Soak at Kennedy School

• Portland Art Museum

Neighborhoods to Visit

• Laurelhurst 

• NW 23rd 

• Alberta 

Day Trips

• Sauvie Island

• Rooster Rock

• Cannon Beach - An easy hour drive to the beach to see the infamous haystack rock. Get fish and chips, play in the water, walk through the cute shops and you can still be back in Portland by dinner. Gets very crowded in the summer and on the weekends.

• Hood River -

• Edgefield - a poor farm-turned-hotel on a giant property. They have seven bars, a winery, a distillery, a golf course, a soaking pool, and a movie theater. Great place to stay the night or visit for the day. Very funky casual.

Notable Happy Hours

• Beech Street Parlor

• Life of Pi - $7 whole pizzas before 6pm and they’re amazing

• 9pm Nostrana happy hour

Late Night / Bars

• Dancing at Dig a Pony and Coffin Club

• Soak at Kennedy School

• Dinner and Jazz at 1905

• Play arcades at Wonderland

• Listen to music at Cruz Room