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Excellent place for bike rentals during your stay! They are specialists in family and cargo biking, so grab a big rig on 2 wheels and take the kids exploring!
24 locals recommend
Clever Cycles
900 SE Hawthorne BlvdExcellent place for bike rentals during your stay! They are specialists in family and cargo biking, so grab a big rig on 2 wheels and take the kids exploring!
Seriously, send the kids over to Commonwealth for a few hours of indoor skateboarding, and everyone will have a better day! "Kids skate" for young ones under 12 is every Saturday morning from 10-12.
Commonwealth Skateboarding
1425 SE 20th AveSeriously, send the kids over to Commonwealth for a few hours of indoor skateboarding, and everyone will have a better day! "Kids skate" for young ones under 12 is every Saturday morning from 10-12.
These guys are our absolute favorite people in the universe. Bike rentals and Portland-friendliness close to the Springwater Corridor and new Tillikum Crossing Bridge. YES!
Splendid Cycles
407 SE Ivon StThese guys are our absolute favorite people in the universe. Bike rentals and Portland-friendliness close to the Springwater Corridor and new Tillikum Crossing Bridge. YES!
Are you into bees, beekeeping, or simply enjoy drinking or making mead?!?!?! This is your place!
Bee Thinking
Are you into bees, beekeeping, or simply enjoy drinking or making mead?!?!?! This is your place!
Food Scene
Really nice folks in this coffee shop, and the pistachio cake is amazing!
28 locals recommend
Oui Presse
1740 SE Hawthorne BlvdReally nice folks in this coffee shop, and the pistachio cake is amazing!
Excellent pizza and beer, plus a sweet selection of pinball and other retro video games in the back game room.
25 locals recommend
Blackbird
1935 SE Hawthorne BlvdExcellent pizza and beer, plus a sweet selection of pinball and other retro video games in the back game room.
Oh, damn....the BEST meat sandwiches....seriously. Great outdoor patio, too!
167 locals recommend
Lardo
1212 SE Hawthorne BlvdOh, damn....the BEST meat sandwiches....seriously. Great outdoor patio, too!
The food here is amazing and inexpensive, and we love, love, love the upstair outdoor seating area with firepit. Such a perfect spot in rain or in sunshine.
99 locals recommend
Teote House Cafe
1615 SE 12th AveThe food here is amazing and inexpensive, and we love, love, love the upstair outdoor seating area with firepit. Such a perfect spot in rain or in sunshine.
New coffee shop with fresh and modern flair. Most roasts are medium or light. Roast their own coffee on-site. Sweet outdoor seating area.
44 locals recommend
Upper Left Roasters
1204 SE Clay StNew coffee shop with fresh and modern flair. Most roasts are medium or light. Roast their own coffee on-site. Sweet outdoor seating area.
This is a bit of old-time Ladd's and worth a visit for the enormous ice cream sandwiches. If nothing else, grab a treat and walk across the street to Ladd Circle for some relaxation in the garden.
60 locals recommend
Palio Dessert and Espresso
1996 SE Ladd AveThis is a bit of old-time Ladd's and worth a visit for the enormous ice cream sandwiches. If nothing else, grab a treat and walk across the street to Ladd Circle for some relaxation in the garden.
Where else can you find excellent pizza in a place committed to paying their employees a living wage?!?! AND, to top that off, they serve chilis on their pizza, and are damn good people!
44 locals recommend
Scottie's Pizza Parlor
2128 SE Division StWhere else can you find excellent pizza in a place committed to paying their employees a living wage?!?! AND, to top that off, they serve chilis on their pizza, and are damn good people!
Incredible creative vegan restaurant that will even satisfy carnivores. It's good to have a reservation on weekend evenings. Definitely worth a visit.
28 locals recommend
Portobello Vegan Trattoria
1125 Southeast Division StreetIncredible creative vegan restaurant that will even satisfy carnivores. It's good to have a reservation on weekend evenings. Definitely worth a visit.
Voted the best restaurant in Portland for several years in a row.....pricey, but right across the street from our house.
31 locals recommend
Castagna Restaurant
1752 SE Hawthorne BlvdVoted the best restaurant in Portland for several years in a row.....pricey, but right across the street from our house.
If you want amazing food and drinks without the price tag of their sibling restaurant next door, try the Cafe. Excellent.
31 locals recommend
Castagna Restaurant
1752 SE Hawthorne BlvdIf you want amazing food and drinks without the price tag of their sibling restaurant next door, try the Cafe. Excellent.
Essentials
Sweet local organic grocery store that takes you on a great little walk through Ladd's to find your kombucha, organic eggs, or grass-fed beef.
974 locals recommend
New Seasons Market
1954 SE Division StSweet local organic grocery store that takes you on a great little walk through Ladd's to find your kombucha, organic eggs, or grass-fed beef.
Drinks & Nightlife
EXCELLENT beer options. Eat before you go because they don't serve food and the beer is strong. :)
27 locals recommend
Baerlic Brewing Company
2239 SE 11th AveEXCELLENT beer options. Eat before you go because they don't serve food and the beer is strong. :)
Hundreds and hundreds of beers to choose from. You can drink in house or take your lucky finds to go....either way, this place is not to be missed.
43 locals recommend
The BeerMongers
2415 SE Division StHundreds and hundreds of beers to choose from. You can drink in house or take your lucky finds to go....either way, this place is not to be missed.
Shopping
Seriously the BEST yarn store in the city....and only a block away from the front door......
Happy Knits
1620 SE Hawthorne BlvdSeriously the BEST yarn store in the city....and only a block away from the front door......