Dr. Barbieri’s Portland Picks

 

HOTELS

The Nines Hotel 503-222-9996

Hotel Lucia 503-225-1717

Paramount Hotel 503-223-9900

TAXIS

Radio Cab 503-227-1212

Yellow Cab 503-317-0667

 

FAVORITE BRUNCH SPOTS

Bijou Café – 132 SW 3^rd Ave.

Mother’s Bistro – 212 SW Stark St.

Daily Café – 902 NW 13^th Ave.

Voodoo Donuts – a Portland landmark,  22 SW 3^rd Ave.

 

Coffeeshops

Stumptown Roasters – 1026 SW Stark (in Ace Hotel)

Barista – 539 NW 13^th Ave.

Sip and Kranz – 901 NW 10^th Ave.

Lovejoy Bakers – 939 NW 10^th Ave

Anna Bananas – 1421 NW 21^st Ave

 

Running/Walking Routes

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Washington Park

Forest Park

 

Things to Do

LOCALLY…

Portland Farmers Market – Sat. 8:30am-2pm, South Park Blocks between SW Hall and  Montgomery

Lan Su Classical Chinese Garden – 10am-6pm, 239 NW Everett St

Washington Park – on TriMet Blue or Red Line

• Hoyt Arboretum
• Rose Garden
• Miles of hiking trails
• Oregon Zoo
• Portland’s Children’s Museum

OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) 1945 SE Water Ave., across the Willamette River via Hawthorne Bridge

Powell’s City of Books – 1005 NW Burnside, the largest new and used bookstore in the world

Pioneer Place – collection of shops downtown…no sales tax in Oregon

REI  1405 NW Johnson St.

 

FURTHER AFIELD…

Columbia River Gorge (20-50 miles east on I-84)

• Multnomah Falls
• Angels Rest Hike
• Bonneville Dam
• Hood River Fruit Loop Tour

Mt. Hood (50 miles east)

• Timberline Lodge

Oregon Coast (80 miles west)

• Cannon Beach/Ecola State Park -scenic, but makes for a long daytrip

**Please note: Portland has 2 different city rail lines – the Streetcar and the Trimet. The streetcar lines run north to south along 10^th  and 11^th Avenues while the Trimet has 4 different lines that basically run east-west (including to the airport).