The Best Restaurants, Bars, and Cafes in Portland’s Hawthorne District

Portland’s Hawthorne Boulevard is known for its vintage shops, restored theaters, and overall creative characters, making it one of the city’s top destinations for both locals and visitors. A Saturday afternoon might involve grabbing marionberry copycat Pop-Tarts on the go, sipping a cardamom-scented Egyptian coffee, or settling down for a full-on omakase finished with yuzu sorbet. Use this map to find Hawthorne’s most noteworthy restaurants and bars — while avoiding the tourist traps — and make a day spent in the Southeast neighborhood a breeze.

For this update, we focused on restaurants, cafes, and bars with sole locations on Hawthorne, which eliminates ¿Por Qué No? Taqueria, Little Griddle, Master Kong, Cubo de Cuba, and Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine (don’t worry, you can find other locations across town). The spots left — and added — showcase the variety of cuisines that solidify this neighborhood as a lively dining district. For more Southeast Portland dining, the Belmont/Sunnyside, Division, Lents, Sellwood-Moreland, and Woodstock maps should do the trick.

— Additional reporting by Thom Hilton

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