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The Best Happy Hours in Southwest Portland

Southwest Portland is happy hour central—from $1.50 scuzzbuckets to the best fine-dining deals.

Goose Hollow

Built on the site of a filled-in creek, Goose Hollow remains green and relatively serene, except when the Timbers play.

The West End is no longer just the less-skyscrapery, less-warehousey confluence of downtown and the Pearl. A whirlwind of development and refurbishment has rapidly transformed it from a sparse expanse of flop houses and empty office space into the epicenter of Portland’s high-end shopping. The West End is where Japanese tourists fight with fashion kids … Continue reading West End

Multnomah Village

Beyond the bucolic expanse of Portland’s Southwest Hills lies a tiny hamlet straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Multnomah Village is a place that at first glance is populated entirely by beautiful young families in peak physical shape. Cherubic toddlers giggle in tow as their parents glide from endearingly homely restaurants to small boutiques where … Continue reading Multnomah Village

Hillsdale

Tucked in at the south edge of the West Hills—and notable to most Portlanders as the home of the iconic Burlingame Fred Meyer sign—Hillsdale is a traditional and relatively quiet neighborhood centered around institutions like Wilson High School and the Mittleman Community Center, which serves as the hub of Portland’s long-tenured Jewish community. Hillsdale is … Continue reading Hillsdale

The Feathered Nesst Public House Is the Bar of OHSU Folks

Say you’re a 28-year-old internal medicine resident at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, $450,000 in debt, and you’ve just come off your third 20-hour overnight shift of the week. Where do you go to blow off steam? Welcome to Feathered Nesst Public House.

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