Portland OR eatery or entertainment recommendations

[Clusterfrack]

Ok. I've got this. My wife and I live in Portland and are total foodies.

Breakfast: Besaw’s (Slabtown). Also check out their bar, the Solo Club after dinner.

Lunch:
Kenny & Zukes Deli
Porque No

Dinner: So many options... here are some of our recent favorites

Q (try the osso bucco). http://q-portland.com
Trifecta Tavern (try the pork shank, crab pasta, or the burger--best one in Portland). Great place for cocktails and dessert http://trifectapdx.com
Urban Farmer
Imperial
Ox (steaks to die for, but there will be a long wait)

Or if you want to try some cheap hipster food:
Luc Lac (huge line around the block for happy hour food)
Bollywood Theater (not actually a theater)

Dessert:
Imperial
Rimsky Korsakoffee (occult/haunted house themed dessert place. You must see the bathroom upstairs on the left. There is a surprise in there that once made one member of our group pee her pants.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsky-Korsakoffee_House Unfortunately there is a homeless encampment nearby, so watch your 6 and consider using Lyft to get there and back.
Salt & Straw Ice Cream (long lines)
Ruby Jewel Ice Cream


Bars:
Tope (rooftop bar in a new fancy hotel, but in a bad neighborhood. Worth it though). https://thehoxton.com/oregon/portlan...-and-bars/tope
Departure (rooftop bar in a new fancy hotel) https://departureportland.com
McMenamin's Kennedy School https://www.mcmenamins.com/kennedy-school

Music venues:
https://www.revolutionhall.com
Roseland Theater
https://www.crystalballroompdx.com
https://www.aladdin-theater.com

My comments on what's been suggested so far in this thread:

Boke Bowl: Yes! Great spot for lunch.

Bamboo Sushi: Good choice, but you pay a premium for "sustainable" sushi, and their menu is limited. Yama Sushi is better, although still spendy.

Voodoo Doughnuts: way overrated. Mediocre doughnuts with some funky stuff on top. If you want to be involved in a shooting or stabbing, head over to the vicinity of Voodoo Doughnuts around 11pm to 2am on Fri or Sat night. But, if you want good doughnuts, go to Blue Star.

Deschutes is a solid choice for really good pub food. You can do better, IMO. Check out Cascade for some sour beer, or West Coast Grocery (not actually a grocery), or Breakside in the very hip and clean Slabtown neighborhood.

Salty's on Marine Drive? Pass, unless you want Red Lobster type food and need to pick up some meth in Delta Park or Camas.

Just happened across this thread and reread my post. It’s hard to believe so much has changed for the worse here in one short year. Half the places I recommended are out of business, and who wants to go downtown now anyway? It’s become a literal shithole.

On my way to pick up takeout sushi, I saw this guy hassling two girls trying to cross the street:

[Totem Polar]

@Clusterfrack, please tell me that homeless weenie-puller guy there, and his friends, didn’t drive Rimsky Korsakoffee out of business.

[Cool Breeze]

I hear you. Zero reason to go downtown. This town is a mess.

[cheby]

I have lived in Portland for over 20 years... My opinion about Portland food scene is different. There are a few interesting places but it is often bullshit. Typical Portlandia style of posers where appearance overcomes the essence. Like Rimsky Korsakoffee for example. Salt and Straw is good though. Besaws is awesome as well...
Portland is called P-town because it smells like pee everywhere.

[fatdog]

This is sad to hear, but does not surprise me. Like Seattle, on its way to being another Detroit....never go downtown, for anything, no matter what.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Sad, left the area in 1994 and loved the food seen. Our favorite Japanese restaurant closed when the owners was taken ill.

My daughter, still in the NW, confirms that Portland has gone to hell.

[Clusterfrack]

@Clusterfrack, please tell me that homeless weenie-puller guy there, and his friends, didn’t drive Rimsky Korsakoffee out of business.

Temporarily closed.

[Totem Polar]

Temporarily closed.

If anyone could “reincarnate” it’s them. Straight up right-hand path eating.

[Clusterfrack]

If anyone could “reincarnate” it’s them. Straight up right-hand path eating.

I still fondly remember going there with some friends one night. One of the wives went up to the restroom that has the fake corpse in the bathtub and wet her pants.

[Kanati]

Pine State Biscuit.....get a pop tart, not what you’d expect, and you won’t forget it.