Eating
If you're going to gain 15 pounds your freshman year anyway, the Mercury wants to make sure you're porking up on something other than microwave pizza.
Open 24 Hours
Fireside Coffee Lodge, 1223 SE Powell, 230-8987
Nob Hill Old Pharmacy Café, 2100 NW Glisan, 548-4049
The Original Hotcake House, 1002 SE Powell, 236-7402
Roxy, 1121 SW Stark, 223-9160
Classic Breakfast Joints
The Cadillac Café, 1801 NE Broadway, 287-4750
Cup and Saucer Cafe, 3566 SE Hawthorne, 236-6001; 3000 NE Killingsworth, 287-4427
Fat Albert's, 6668 SE Milwaukie, 872-9822
Junior's Café, 1742 SE 12th, 467-4971
Zell's, 1300 SE Morrison, 239-0196
Coffee Shops of Record
Backspace, 115 NW 5th, 248-2900
Coffee Time, 712 NW 21st, 497-1090
Portland Coffee House, 2511 SE Belmont, 230-8914; 603 SW Broadway, 243-6374; 1951 W Burnside, 459-4495
Red & Black Café, 2138 SE Division, 231-3899
Stumptown, 128 SW 3rd, 295-6144; 3377 SE Division, 230-7797; 3356 SE Belmont, 232-8889
Eating When You're Broke
La Bonita, 2839 NE Alberta, 281-3662
Dog House, 2845 E Burnside, 239-3647
Laughing Planet, 3322 SE Belmont, 235-6472, 3765 N Mississippi, 467-4146; 922 NW 21st, 445-1319
Olé Olé, 2137 E Burnside, 230-1132; 1201 SW Jefferson, 478-0505
La Villa, 719 SE Morrison, 872-9696
Eating When Your Parents Are Paying
Bluehour, 250 NW 13th, 226-3394
clarklewis, 1001 SE Water, 235-2294
Higgins, 1239 SW Broadway, 222-9070
Wildwood, 1221 NW 21st, 248-9663
Pizza Delivery
American Dream Pizza, 4620 NE Glisan, 230-0699
Kustom Pizza, 2727 NE Glisan, 239-4444
Pizza Oasis, 2241 W Burnside, 228-5260
Pizza a Go Go, 3240 N Williams, 335-0300
Stark Naked Pizza, 2835 SE Stark, 459-4450
Vegetarian/Vegan Eats
Blossoming Lotus, 925 NW Davis, 228-0048
Paradox Palace Café, 3439 SE Belmont, 232-7508
Veganopolis, 412 SW 4th, 226-3400
Vita Café, 3024 NE Alberta, 335-8233
Treats!
Moonstruck Chocolate Café, 526 NW 23rd, 542-3400; 608 SW Alder, 241-0955
Papa Haydn, 701 NW 23rd, 228-7317
Pix Patisserie, 3402 SE Division, 232-4407; 3901 N Williams, 282-6539
Sahagún Chocolates, 10 NW 16th, 274-7065
Saint Cupcake, 407 NW 17th, 473-8760
Voodoo Doughnut, 22 SW 3rd, 241-4704
Drinking
Learning how to drink is at least as important as learning how to read—and definitely more important than learning how to do long division.
Brewpubs: Not Just for Yuppies Anymore
BridgePort Ale House, 3632 SE Hawthorne, 233-6540; 1313 NW Marshall, 241-7179
Lucky Labrador Brewing Company, 915 SE Hawthorne, 236-3555; 1945 NW Quimby, 517-4352
McMenamins: Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd, 249-3983; Blue Moon, 432 NW 21st, 223-3184; about a billion other places
The New Old Lompoc, 1616 NW 23rd, 225-1855
MacTarnahan's Taproom, 2730 NW 31st, 228-5269
Rogue Ales Public House, 1339 NW Flanders, 222-5910
Roots Organic Brewing, 1520 SE 7th, 235-7668
Tugboat Brewing Company, 711 SW Ankeny, 226-2508
Widmer Gasthaus Pub, 929 N Russell, 281-3333
A Few Good Bars
Acme Food and Drink, 1305 SE 8th, 230-9020
Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta, 284-7665
Dot's Café, 2521 SE Clinton, 235-0203
Delta Café, 4607 SE Woodstock, 771-3101
Florida Room, 435 N Killingsworth, 287-5658
Gladstone Street Pub, 3737 SE Gladstone, 775-3502
Horse Brass Pub, 4534 SE Belmont, 232-2202
The Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 473-8729
LaurelThirst Pub, 2958 NE Glisan, 232-1504
Pub at the End of the Universe, 4107 SE 28th, 235-0969
Slow Bar, 533 SE Grand, 230-7767
Kegs
Belmont Station, 4520 SE Belmont, 232-8538
Lutz Tavern, 4639 SE Woodstock, 774-0353
Portland Brewing Co., 2730 NW 31st, 226-7623
Liquor Stores
10th Avenue Liquor, 925 SW 10th, 227-3391
11th Avenue Liquor, 1040 SE Hawthorne, 236-2076
Downtown Liquor Store, 550 SW Washington, 227-2791
Lloyd Center Liquor Store, 1621 NE 9th, 288-0961
Hollywood Liquor Store, 3738 NE Sandy, 284-0987
Uptown Shopping Center Liquor, 1 NW 23rd Place, 227-0338
Indoor Fun
It's going to start raining soon. And it's never going to stop. And you'll never want to go outside again.
Arcades
Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch, 796-9364
Wunderland at the Avalon Theatre, 3451 SE Belmont, 238-1617
Bowling: Unleash Your Inner Lebowski
Hollywood Bowl, 4030 NE Halsey, 288-9237
Interstate Lanes, 6049 N Interstate, 285-9881
Milwaukie Bowl, 3056 SE Harrison, Milwaukie, 654-7719
AMF Bowling Centers, 3031 SE Powell, 234-0237; 2700 NE 82nd, 255-2635
Shooting Ranges
Johnson Creek Gun Club, Inc., 7200 SE Lamphier, 771-5139
Portland Rifle & Pistol Club, 6130 NE Hassalo, 284-5697
Music
School is a great chance to expand your musical horizons. Raid your roommate's MP3 player. Learn about rap music. Start collecting vinyl. Take bong hits and listen to My Chemical Romance. And don't forget to check out the live music happening all the time at Portland's many amazing venues.
All-Ages Venues
Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, 233-1994
Artistery, 4315 SE Division, 803-5492
Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 225-0047
Food Hole, 20 NW 3rd
Gravity Room, 6 SW 3rd
Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th, 233-7100
Satyricon, 125 NW 6th
Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th, 224-2038
21 and Over
Berbati's, 10 SW 3rd, 248-4579
Dante's, 1 SW 3rd, 226-6630
Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 231-9663
Fez Ballroom, 316 SW 11th, 221-7262
Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark, 239-9292
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 239-7639
Red Room, 2530 NE 82nd, 256-3399
Sabala's Mt. Tabor, 4811 SE Hawthorne, 238-1646
Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy, 238-0543
Towne Lounge, 714 SW 20th Pl, 241-8696
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 284-8686
Karaoke
The Alibi, 4024 N Interstate, 287-5335
Chopsticks Express II, 2651 E Burnside, 234-6171
The Galaxy, 909 E Burnside, 234-5003
Record Stores
Anthem Records, 832 SE 34th, 963-9000
Everyday Music, 1313 W Burnside, 274-0961; 1931 NE Sandy, 234-7373
Exiled Records, 4628 SE Hawthorne
Jackpot Records, 203 SW 9th, 222-0990; 3736 SE Hawthorne, 239-7561
Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside, 231-8926; 801 NW 23rd, 248-0163
Ozone Records, 701 E Burnside, 227-1975
Q is for Choir, 2510 SE Clinton, 235-9678
Movies
It's been raining for over two months: Start living at movie theaters. Most of them are dry.
Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne, 236-9234
Century Theaters, 4040 SE 82nd, 775-0000
Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st, 223-4515
Clinton St. Theater, 2522 SE Clinton, 238-8899
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 281-4215
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside, 232-5511
Regal Cinemas, everywhere, regalcinemas.com
Video
It's been raining for over three months and you can't afford the movie theater: time to hit the video store.
Clinton Street Video, 2501 SE Clinton, 236-9030
Movie Madness, 4320 SE Belmont, 234-4363
Trilogy, 2325 NW Thurman, 229-1884
Videorama, 2640 NE Alberta, 288-4067; 2310 N Lombard, 289-8408; 1990 SE Ladd, 231-1181; 1136 NW Lovejoy, 796-2825; 7522 N Lombard, 247-3433
Video Verite, 3956 N Mississippi, 445-9902
Watch This, 916 W Burnside, 223-1791
Doin' It
"College" is pretty much synonymous with "nonstop sexual bacchanalia." If you haven't managed to tap in to the current of sexual perversity and licentiousness throbbing just beneath the surface of dorm life, here are a few places where you can pay to peep at what any self-respecting college student should be seeing for free.
Naked Ladies
Acropolis Steakhouse, 8325 SE Mcloughlin, 231-9611
Devil's Point, 5305 SE Foster, 774-4513
Magic Gardens, 217 NW 4th, 224-8472
Mary's Club, 129 SW Broadway, 227-3023
Sassy's, 927 SE Morrison, 231-1606
Union Jack's, 938 E Burnside, 236-1125
Naked Men
Silverado, 1217 SW Stark, 224-4493
The Un-Fun Stuff
Yeah, college is mostly about fun—but fun can turn into gonorrhea faster than you flunk out of Intro to Poetry Writing. Here is a list of useful numbers and websites that will help you when you're in all sorts of jams.
Quick $$$
Clinical Trials, clinicaltrials.gov
Market Research Studies, 800-945-5819
Sperm Donation OHSU 1750 SW Harbor Way, 494-8311
ZLB Plasma Service, 16225 NE Glisan, 251-8822
Sex: Taking Care of Business
A Woman's Time, 2067 NW Lovejoy, 222-2322
Planned Parenthood, 3531 NE 15th, Ste B, 288-8826, plannedparenthood.org
Women's Clinic, 5050 NE Hoyt, #359, 249-5454
Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, 2330 NW Flanders, #207, 226-6678
Hotlines
Alcohol Addiction, 800-923-HELP
Backline (pregnancy counseling), 888-493-0092, yourbackline.org
Cocaine Addiction, 888-781-7060
Gambling Addiction, 800-522-4700
Heroin Addiction, 888-781-7060
HIV/AIDS, 800 -777-2437
Overeaters Anonymous, 581-0589
Rape Relief, 888-235-5333
Suicide, 800-SUICIDE, 800-273-TALK
Tobacco Quitline, 877-270-STOP
Getting Around
Portland has a plethora of possibilities when it comes to getting from point A to point B. Here are just a few to get you moving.
Bus/Light Rail/Streetcar: TriMet, 238-RIDE, trimet.org
Train: Amtrak, 800-USA-RAIL, amtrak.com
Car: Flexcar, 328-FLEX, flexcar.com
Horse and Buggy: Wilcox Horse & Buggy, 888-879-8253, wilcoxhorsebuggy.com
Airplane: STA Student Travel, 800-781-4040, statravel.com
Bike: Community Cycling Center, 1700 NE Alberta, 288-8864; Citybikes, 734 SE Ankeny, 239-6951
Taxi: Radio Cab, 227-1212
Basic Needs
So you've just started school and you realize your dorky high school clothes just aren't cutting it anymore. Sometimes you have to be resourceful.
Cheap Clothes
Avalon, 410 SW Oak, 224-7156
Goodwill, multiple locations, goodwill.org
Lady Luck, 2742 E Burnside, 233-4041
Lived-in Lover, 3619 SE Division, 230-8533
Magpie, 520 SW 9th, 220-0920
Refind Fashion & Home Décor, 1907 NE Kilpatrick, 238-6998
Salvation Army, multiple locations, satruck.com/FindStore.aspx
Value Village, 5050 SE 82nd, 771-5472; 4420 NE Hancock, 493-2411
William Temple House, 2230 NW Glisan, 222-3328
Buffalo Exchange, 1420 SE 37th, 234-1302; 1036 W Burnside, 222-3418
Red Light Clothing Exchange, 3950 SE Hawthorne, 963-8888; 1111 SW Stark, 294-0800