u/hamellr

I know Sebastino’s has cucumber Gazpacho on the menu right now. But where else should we be checking out while it’s in season?

What burgers are you looking forward to trying out next week?

https://everout.com/portland/events/the-portland-mercurys-burger-week-2026/e222750/

For me it was Sarkura(?) with their teriyaki chicken.

Visiting Portland soon and staying in the north west (?) side of town off of N Mississippi Ave.

What's the late night (10pm or later) food options I have to check out?

Also what breweries in the area are making the best IPAs, Sours, or Barrel aged stouts?

I've seen the lists, know the players. I wanted to finally try Kaan, but it's unavailable. To help all y'all answer the question:

Some restaurants I like/love: Scotch Lodge, Canard, Laurelhurst Market, Clyde's, Ringside

Popular favorites I think are fine but overrated: Ox, Noble Rot, Ava Gene, Eem, Mucca Osteria

Notable ones I haven't tried but would: Kaan, Jacqueline, Coquine, Lechon, Nostrana, and whatever's behind door #3.

Restaurant has to have a full bar, that's a dealbreaker. No steakhouses because I already know those well. Geography unimportant.

I’ve never seen traditional Mexican street taco stands in Portland before. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention, but I was surprised to see them popping up. One on MLK & Ainsworth, another on Broadway and 33rd. If they’re new, what changed?

I’m talking about the Domed ones sitting on top on the new traffic light poles. Not the new speed cameras.

They’re a little overkill in quality to detect traffic to control the light changes.

In this era of over surveillance via Flock and Axon, I have to wonder how these are actually being used.

I have been using Namecheap since about 2008. Over the years I consolidated dozens of clients to them.

But since their acquisition by private equity last year, service has been dropping, prices are going up, customer service is getting worse, and their AI fraud tools are going wild locking long standing accounts that never had issues before.

West Virginia statehood day has me really missing it. I haven’t been able to get a decent one since leaving the state nearly 40 years ago. (Probably because the laws around baking meat into bread are kind of all over the place.)

Thanks for the recs!

For whatever definition "across town" means to you.

Are HELOC's still the best way (outside of cash,) to leverage a down payment on the next property?

I'm seeing a lot of spam about alternative programs... but they also look scammy. I used to have a lender that could help leverage that equity against the loan so there was no money out of my pocket, but it appears that has changed.

Background: I have two SFH with ADUs, with ~$100k equity each in them. I want to use that to get into an 8 unit MF/Commerical property down the street. I don't have 20% down in cash to make that happen. I am not interested in 1033ing the SFHs (yet,) because both have really good rates locked in.

I'm wondering if we have any micro-state restaurant offerings in Portland? Basically looking for food from tiny, underrepresented countries

I'd even settle for specific region cuisine from larger countries(Think India but South India or Bengal instead of generic)

I can not for the life of me keep the latest Windows 11 updates from blocking the app.

I've added it the exclusions list. I've even turned anti-virus off totally, and it keeps turning itself back on.

Anyone have any tips on this one?

As everything gets increasingly more expensive in PDX, what are your actually good go to cheap eats? Preferably under $10 tho I know that’s a feat.

The algorithm showed me an ad for a book bar close to downtown and I am intrigued. I've heard of people going to bars to read in the past but, idk, they always seem poorly lit for reading, and it seems like there'd just be too much noise.

BUT, people clearly do it, so I'm curious: Where are you favorite locations for it, and WHY do you enjoy it? I like reading, and I like trying new bars/restaurants, so I'm open to the idea, but I feel like I need a bit of convincing :p

I’m (26F) moving to Portland soon from another city. I’m not really a big bar hopper, but in my current city I have a staple beer/burger bar that I’m a regular at.

I’m mostly looking for a place that still has people around during the day, gets busy at night, and isn’t too expensive. Definitely looking more for beers than cocktails, and friendly/social people.

For reference, I think around the East Columbia district from looking at neighborhood maps. Would prefer anywhere walking distance to about a 10-minute drive!

EDIT: The way y’all are describing E Columbia makes me feel like maybe I got the neighborhood wrong lol. When I went to visit my new place, there were a bunch of cute places nearby. We ate at Salt & Straw and saw a Hot Yoga studio nearby!!

Help

Where are you go to restaurants and bars in the SW Portland neighborhoods?