MARLOWE DOBBE
Portland’s business districts don’t sprawl—they usually run along the furrow of a major thoroughfare, extending a few blocks in either direction. This makes our city a disconnected archipelago of happy little hamlets, with bars and restaurants cloistered together in easy proximity. And few neighborhoods are as concentrated as Montavilla, particularly on the stretch of Southeast Stark between 78th and 82nd Avenues. Without wearing off too much of the tread from your shoes, you can amble through a multi-stop beer crawl rivaling that of any neighborhood in the city.
The bulk of Montavilla’s beer bounty lies within a single block that’s home to two of Portland’s smaller craft breweries.