Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Canard

The wine bar next door to Le Pigeon that might actually be better for a Tuesday night. Small plates, natural wines, and a buzzy counter-seating energy that makes you feel like you're in on something. The menu changes constantly, but the duck — this is a duck-focused restaurant, after all — is always worth ordering in whatever form it takes.

Ace Hotel Portland

The hotel that invented the modern boutique hotel playbook — repurposed vintage furniture, a lobby full of freelancers, and a turntable in every room. The Portland outpost was the original, and it still has a lived-in warmth that the imitators can't replicate. Stumptown in the lobby, Pepe Le Moko in the basement. You could spend a whole trip without leaving the building.

Forest Park

Five thousand acres of temperate rainforest inside city limits. That's not a typo. The Wildwood Trail stretches over thirty miles through old-growth Douglas firs, and on a weekday morning you can hike for an hour without seeing another soul. This is the thing that makes Portland Portland — a world-class city that keeps wilderness within arm's reach.