Portland, What's Really Hood?
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I'm heading to Portland tommorow morning for a few days vacation w/ my girl. What spots do I gotta check out? Although records are cool, I'm more or less looking for good spots to eat, dope museums, good clothing stores and etc.I'm gonna hit up Upperplayground down there, but I'm clueless as to what else.Holler w/ the ill spots!
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http://voodoodoughnut.com/
http://www.apizzascholls.com/
maybe someone who has actually been to portland can give the low down on these spots. i just saw the "no reservations" and decided that i would go to these spots whenever i venture up north.
word boogers.
Oh yeah and find someone who can get you in the Nike employee store...Beaverton is for suckas.
Ahh... Yeah malls and gangs, they about sums up Portland. Oh yeah, Nikes and meth too.
For real there's more than that. There are hipster donuts and gourmet pizzas.
Give me a call when you get to town if you want to know about places that are not cool.
Dan
Jump Jump Music
WTF?
YNOT stop posting, this board is for grown folks.
there's mad pdx folks on the board, steer clear of the mall and todai, if you want raw fish i can send you to the right place, if you want shoes, fashion, art, etc. there's folks here that will serve it up. and contrary to shite above, n.e. is gentrified to the fullest, no gang shit for days. . . dunno where that came from.
holler.
I've never even heard of that place. I'm guessing they're relatively new? Out of all the great, well known pizza shops in Portland, it's weird they'd choose one even the locals aren't up on.
My favorite spot is new, though. Hammy's Pizza is owned by friends of mine, makes delicious pizza, and delivers until 4 a.m. Ashley's breakfast pie (potatoes, bacon, eggs, herbs, and hot sauce) is a work of culinary brilliance.
There is no reason to worry about gangs when in Portland (there's more reason to worry if you're a minority and a police officer spots you). I've lived in non-gentrified areas of "the hood" and I've never felt unsafe. I'm more worried where I am now, off 82nd, because of the hopped-up white trash.
Downtown is being partially torn apart to make the city look better for citizens/companies who may want to relocate here some day, but despite having their roads torn up, businesses are still open along 5th and 6th streets.
The Portland Art Museum is located at 1219 SW Park Ave. I'm not sure what special exhibits they have this month, but their permanent collection alone is worth the admission. Don't miss the NW Indian rooms.
Find Cinema 21 at 616 NW 21st Ave, and see Renoir's "Rules of the Game," or if you're here on the 30th, see Spike & Mikes Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.
If you have time for records, head to Mississippi Records at 4007 N Mississippi Ave. Pull a stool up to the counter and ask Eric what's good, he'll tell you.
The Night Light Lounge, at 2100 SE Clinton (right next door to Hammy's Pizza), is a nice bar with a great menu. If you go Thursday night, you can see DJ Shines from the Lifesavas spin with Ubiquity Records artist Ohmega Watts. I haven't been yet, but I hear they put on a good show.
Can't front, never heard of Hammy's but I haven't lived in PDX since '98.
My favorite was/is Escape From New York Pizza on NW 23rd, it's the real
deal, hand tossed NY thin crust style. I can feel the New Yawkers rolling their
eyes but it does your city proud, seriously it's better than a bunch of the slices
I've had in New York.
Record stores aplenty all over town.
Everyday Music- W Burnside and NE Sandy
Jackpot-W Burnside and SE Hawthorne
Crossroads Record Collective-SE Hawthorne
2nd Ave Records-SW 2nd
And I know all the Portland guys really like Mississippi Records, but I seriously
have never been impressed. I've only been twice but it seems like all they had was
reissues. Am I trippin'?
Nope wrong mall, Ms. Harding trained at the Clackamas Town Center, since Twoply is living off 82nd
he'd be up on the CTC. Portland has 2 ice rinks in Malls, the Lloyd Center Rink was my spot back in the 80's!
Mississippi isn't about scoring mad heat. It's seeing someone's personal love of music realized.
I can certainly respect that.
VERY NICE!
XV ( the bar where I work) is on the opposite side of the voodoo donut so if you go to get donuts at night, the portland way, then come check out XV. I'll be there Wed. night and Dj Wicked spins hip hop that night.
Amercian Dream is the pizza joint...slices to order of whatever you want. kind of out of the way but worth it.
Three Lions bakery has the best sandwhiches and three downtown locations.
You could go to the Portland city grill, Hubers or Velour for happy hour cheap eats and good food.
The PC Grill will give you a view, but it will be crowded probably ( tallest building in portland 30th floor, big pink cant miss it ) 4-6
Hubers is old world style and really good food, portlands oldest bar, tight 20's deco decor and spanish coffees to kill a man. 4-6 i think? love this place
Velour is more really good food for cheap, old town, cool building. better hours 3-6 late lunch style.
Eric has managed to pull off something I didn't think was possible; building genuine community around a record store that is fun, inclusive and personal. It would be hard to get all of that in one visit but this place grows on ya like moss. Oh and I have pulled all kinds of shit out of there.
Good call I totally forgot about American Dream, delish!
One thing I still haven't found in Seattle are really good
little mexican joints (except Melena's), Portlands got a bunch,
La Sirenita- NE 20 something and Alberta
Burrito Loco- 82nd Ave or N Lombard
Have fun, I'll be down for the Night Owl show in a couple weeks, I can't
wait. I fuggin' miss that town.
mississippi records
jackpot have a lot of good REISSUES & hiphop
crossroads
360 vinyl for hiphop
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you.
I go to Miss Rec about 3-4 times a year,(some of these guys go 3-4 times a week) and Eric is never there when I go. Was just there this week. I've never pulled heat, but he always has nice records.
I live around the corner so I go often enough. I don't think it's the best deal for a dealer. He's usually there thur through Sun.
BTW all strutters need to page homage to the OG PDX slanger of soulful wax LASERWOLF when in town. JUMPJUMP is a must. See you at the nightowl if not sooner Dan.
Portland is just incredibly fun, feels like a playground for adults sometimes, I've been here a little under two years and am trying to enjoy as much as I can while I'm here, just tons of great stuff to do.
Have a great trip!
I'm gonna check out the Night Light tomorrow for sure too, I hollered at O yesterday about it. I really want to roll through Mississippi Recs as well.
So yeah, if anyones rolling to the Night Light tomorrow, I'll be the suave dude buying out the bar.
Same dudes just completed this last fall out at Pier Park. Full pipe is
Cool Nutz
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Kenny Mack
Mainiac Loc
check the sunday night shows at Dantes. After the gig, it's dante's sinferno/ adult industry night and half the strippers in town are naked onstage. they also have killer pizza there. accross the parking lot is berbati's, which has good shows and killer cheap greek food.
Terrance was in my 6th grade class, great guy, good to see he's still doing his thing.
Whomever said Portland is like an adult playground is absolutley correct. Great restaurants, great sights, great everything. Spent a long weekend with my lady who lived there 10 years and took me all around her old favorite places. Can't wait to go back.