Blu A Salon
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

1437 SE 40th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

coral c. writes: I found this place looking on another review site (citysearch), and loved the fact that it was pretty close to my house.  I read a bunch of good reviews, so I figured I'd try it out.  I was able to get in within 2 days with a stylist named Jill.  I…

Coventry Cycle Works
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

2025 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Reece D. writes: I've been going to Conventry Cycles off-and-on since 2003. In fact, I bought a new Dahon folding bike from them last weekend. (They're the only Dahon dealer in Portland, to my knowledge.) The salesperson was very helpful and took the time to let me…

Kalista Salon & Spa
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

137 SE 28th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Brenna S. writes: Using only cruelty-free and environmentally friendly products, Kalista Salon is the perfect place to go to both look and feel great! A friendly and helpful staff can cut, color, weave, and wax like nobody's business. The prices are comparable to any…

Savvy Plus
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3204 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Suzanne S. writes: I really like this place. I normally wouldn't be caught dead in a plus shop, but I was enticed in by the window display, and realized that they carry sizes 14 and 16.  Reluctantly, I had to admit that perhaps I was a plus size. I love the decor and I…

Beads Forever
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3522 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Kate S. writes: Ok, so this was my first experience beading and it was a lot better than I had expected. I'm not really into hippy or new age-y stuff so I was concerned that I wouldn't find any beads to my liking. I had wanted to make a chunky necklace for the…

Starky's
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

2913 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97214

Lauren G. writes: I've been here but once and drank many a strong cocktail and watched many a Madonna music video in a rather subdued environment.
These things, I like.

Them gays are wisemen!

Jarra's Ethiopian Restaurant
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

1435 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Stanley T. writes: The place has little ambiance - a rather plain looking dining room. The men's room is definitely not a place to perform surgery.

Yes, the service was slooow. But it was friendly.

The gentleman (I assume the owner) may have been the only worker in the…

Flux Salon
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Belmont

2038 SE Belmont St
Ste 1
Portland, OR 97214

Hannah F. writes: Melody is amazing.  So much so that I've followed her around the city throughout the years. Before I left Portland, I had been going to her for about five years.
She's young and has a great sense of style and what looks good with each client's face…

Oddball Tattoo
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Clinton

2716 SE 21st
Portland, OR 97214

Abe I. writes: A more than perfect rendition of a drawing on my body- better than I could have ever expected it to be. Also, I got two successful (yet smallish) cover ups done here, as well.
Cheyenne is my favorite. He sort of seems to be everyone in Portland's…

Sassy's Bar & Grill
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside

927 SE Morrison St
Portland, OR 97214

Lauren G. writes: Oh Sassy's, my first strip club. I don't know if that's cause for fondness or not; I must be feeling sentimental today.
Anyway, yeah, it's Sassy's.  It's a crappy dive bar with strippers. It's real dark and crowded and people leer at you when you walk…

East Bank Saloon & Restaurant
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Industrial District

727 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Olivia T. writes: Great food, good drinks, friendly servers are all here.

Dive fans and non dive fans will unite here and agree on one thing,

Damn good spinach dip!

American Apparel
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3412 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214

Lauren G. writes: Of course I want to buy sweatshop-free clothing. And of course I think American Apparel's garments are fetching.
Am I supposed to praise them though? It's not as if they're the only brand in this country that's paying their employees over minimum wage…

Bombay Cricket Club & Restaurant
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

1925 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Kimberly V. writes: Here's the rules of cricket, as gathered from my careful observations from the two screens at the Bombay Cricket Club:

1. You must have a name easily adapted to a tony East Coast prep school or the captain's cabin of a ship on the spice trade. You can…

Excalibur Books & Comics
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Joshua C. writes: A mysterious man in a suit gives you a briefcase containing a gun, one hundred untraceable bullets, and irrefutable proof that a particular person screwed your life up.  What do you do?

The fairy tale characters you grew up with are now living in New…

Twelfth Fret
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Belmont

2402 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214

Bob S. writes: I recently picked up a used Baby Taylor for travel purposes. This is a small 3/4 sized acoustic Taylor made as a real, quality guitar, not just a small kid toy guitar. It was also going to need to serve as a guest guitar so it needed to play as…

Dosha Hawthorne
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

1721 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Elizabeth E. writes: 4 stars for their relaxing massage services
3 stars for everything else

I spent the better part of a day at Dosha with two other friends and we indulged in a package of services that included: massage, facial, pedicure, manicure, hair blow-out &…

Redux
Neighborhood: Central Eastside, Lower Burnside, Northeast Portland

811 E Burnside
Portland, OR 97214

Lauren G. writes: All other jewelry store are dead to me now. Dead!

Redux has so many different styles of jewelry by countless different designers and I'm so happy to find a bunch of my favorites under one roof!

And I know people talk about it being crafty, and I guess…

Automatic Transmission Services
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside

1521 SE 7th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Christen M. writes: ATS deserves big props for dealing with me amid a rather difficult, drawn-out situation with my beloved Tempo. Essentially, my brakes were making a lot of squealing noises, so I took them to be fixed at another shop (which shall remain nameless for…

Sea Tramp Tattoo Company
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Industrial District, Lower Burnside

207 SE Grand Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

Jo S. writes: Jeff does amazing work and is very willing to work with you to create exactly what you want.  I love the old-school atmosphere and the easy-going feel that this studio has.  I will definitely be back for my next piece.

Cafe Castagna
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

1758 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Cam T. writes: dear diary,

i met this new boy the other night.  his name is Castagna which is strange because it sounds Italian but he seems like more of a nouvelle cuisine mediterranean melting pot to me.  not like i'd complain because i'm all about the chantarelle…

Crossroads Music
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Crossroads is a good place to bring your record-loving dad.  Here he can browse his heart out through tons of old LPs from his college years in Crossroads Music, Hawthorne's record store which is home to dozens of different vendors.  Although…

The Third Eye
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3950 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland, OR 97214

mel r. writes: a typical head shop... a little bit of this, a little bit of that. You want some Bob Marley logo hemp wear? Perhaps a poster of the various 'kind' quality weed specimens? or some semi precious stones for you witchcraft supply cabinet. All of this on…

100th Monkey Studio
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

110 SE 16th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

celina h. writes: A fantastic place to get creative that overflows with fresh new art from local artists every first Friday. They have classes for both adults and children, they also have a cute shop to buy local art and art supplies. With a website that is updated…

Springtime Cleaners & Laundry
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

2942 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Being a neighbor of mine, it's only natural that I wind up frequenting this Laundromat more than any other in town.  And, even though I'm forced to patronize them because of their ridiculously convenient location to my house, I still like Springtime…

Penny Market
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

2001 SE Stark Street
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Oh, dear Penny Market, you're almost always open when I need you to be, and you're so convenient.  That's why you're a convenience store!

Thanks for selling plenty of junk food and soda pops!  

I really like that you also sell framed pictures of the…

A-1 Mini Storage
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Industrial District

615 SE Main St
Portland, OR 97214

Heather G. writes: Jerry is the king of customer service! The security is stellar, the facilities are clean, and the staff really does everything they can to make life easy for you. I especially appreciated being able to rent uhaul trucks from them--so convenient. It's…

Masu East
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

310 SE 28th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Linda M. writes: We were greeted so warmly and attentively, I had to double check that I wasn't wearing my Yelp shirt.  I asked if our host was the owner, because he certainly had the attitude that I would expect from someone really invested in the business.  He told…

Lounge Lizard
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Ladd's Addition

1310 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Michelle B. writes: You know when you walk into a friends house and you instantly become jealous? Jealous because they have fantastic taste and spend hours scouring thrift stores, scanning craigslist, and being able to generally pick out good stuff?

That's exactly how I…

Artemisia Garden Nursery and Gallery
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

110 SE 28th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Artemisia, located on the stretch of 28th that they have flagged "28th Feast," named after the many wonderful restaurants here, breaks the mold from fine dining.  Instead, Artemisia is part garden store and part gift store.  In addition to the usual…

Sorel Vintages Ltd
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3713 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Sorel's offers vintage and new furniture, clocks, and accouterments.  Every time I've been in there the staff has been friendly and helpful.  While I'm not often in the market for furniture or clocks, or the mounted insects they sell, I do enjoy…

Artichoke Music
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd # A
Portland, OR 97214

Ben P. writes: Looking for a banjo made out of cardboard? An African stringed thing made out of gnarled driftwood? A concertina? A luxurious $600 ukulele? A rarely-played tenor (4-string) banjo? A reproduction of a book of sheet music chronicling early American…

Next Adventure
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Industrial District

426 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: If you want to outfit yourself with outdoor gear for any wide variety of activities including

--camping
--surfing
--hiking
--kayaking
--skiing
--snowboarding
--living

you can come here to find new and used equipment.  Because of the wide variety of…

Hawthorne Veterinary Clinic
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

1431 SE 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Jason H. writes: This place is great!  Just moved to the area and was looking for a holistic vet.  The staff is very knowledgeable and most of all friendly. You and your "kids" (the pets) are a name not a number.

The location is also very convenient!

Do Rad Cuts & Color
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

3835 SE Lincoln St
Portland, OR 97214

heather r. writes: Do Rad used to have hard liquor for clients. They have images of both dinosaurs and the Ramones on their bathroom wall. Becky worked with me to lift my hair from a too-dark shade of violet to  this absolutely amazing Rainbow Brite orange and gave me…

Kennedy Rentals
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside

1901 SE 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Erin E. writes: The minute we walked in and saw the shop proprietor walking out from his office with a bird perched upon his shoulder, I knew this was the equipment rental place for me.

Very reasonable rates and friendly service. The jack hammer we rented destroyed…

Moshi Moshi
Neighborhood: Central Eastside, Lower Burnside, Northeast Portland

811 E Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97214

Adrienne L. writes: Plenty of novelty stores sell crap that supposed to look Japanese, but's actually made somewhere much more mundane... like China. Moshi Moshi is cool because the weird stuff they sell *is actually from Japan.* You can trust the Engrish here, friends.…

Lady Luck Vintage
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland

1 SE 28th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

stephy s. writes: "I wanna be the prettiest girl at the dance!!"

"No I wanna be the prettiest girl at the dance!!!!"

"No, ME!!"

"NO, MEEEEE!!?!?!?!"

Yes, this is the conversation and hypothetical fight that would have broken out if two girls from the late 80's or very…

Bridgeport Ale House
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Hawthorne

3632 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Wendy C. writes: Strangely enough, I visited the Bridgeport on Hawthorne three times over the course of one week in July as part of a work-related interview panel. Reading the Yelp reviews, I didn't expect much, but Oh My God. See, there was this grilled-cheese…

Kidd Toy Museum
Neighborhood: Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Industrial District

1301 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Kelly M. writes: Unless you are making a point to seek out Frank Kidd's lifelong collection of antique toys, you would never notice the unassuming paper sign taped to a windowless building on Grand Ave.  The museum hours are officially M-F 12-6, but "if you knock and…