Eva & Leif’s guidebook

Eva & Leif
Eva & Leif’s guidebook

Favorite Restaurants within a short walk

This is my (Eva's) favorite restaurant on the east end and one of my top faves in all of Portland. It is a Japanese small plate style restaurant with a great sake and cocktail list. The menu is small but they always have specials and family-friendly dishes like the JFC (Japanese fried chicken). I really like the Omakase, a chef's choice family style meal for the table. The fish is always fresh, and I recommend just about everything on the menu.
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Izakaya Minato
54 Washington Ave
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This is my (Eva's) favorite restaurant on the east end and one of my top faves in all of Portland. It is a Japanese small plate style restaurant with a great sake and cocktail list. The menu is small but they always have specials and family-friendly dishes like the JFC (Japanese fried chicken). I really like the Omakase, a chef's choice family style meal for the table. The fish is always fresh, and I recommend just about everything on the menu.
Terlingua is another top fave of ours! Incomparable Tex Mex food! Super fresh ingredients. Recently expanded, they have a huge multi-level back yard seating area. Their food and atmosphere is top notch. They specialize in house smoked ribs, brisket, carnitas, chicken, tacos, and small sharing plates of fresh ceviche, seasonal salads, cauliflower mac & cheese, fish tacos, and a lengthy mescal and tequila menu. Also, great house margaritas! The blue corn tostada salad is incredible. There is something for everyone, and they often have live music. Highly recommended!!
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Terlingua
40 Washington Ave
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Terlingua is another top fave of ours! Incomparable Tex Mex food! Super fresh ingredients. Recently expanded, they have a huge multi-level back yard seating area. Their food and atmosphere is top notch. They specialize in house smoked ribs, brisket, carnitas, chicken, tacos, and small sharing plates of fresh ceviche, seasonal salads, cauliflower mac & cheese, fish tacos, and a lengthy mescal and tequila menu. Also, great house margaritas! The blue corn tostada salad is incredible. There is something for everyone, and they often have live music. Highly recommended!!
Perched at the top of Munjoy Hill in Portland’s East end, Blue Spoon is a chef-owned tiny restaurant that has a wonderful menu using local and seasonal ingredients. Really good burger! Has outdoor seating. A great place to eat and then take a short stroll to get gelato from the food trucks at the Eastern Promenade (Blue Spoon also does have great desserts). We love Blue Spoon especially though on a snowy winter night, eating mussels and steak Brevette inside their cozy space.
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Blue Spoon
5 Congress St
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Perched at the top of Munjoy Hill in Portland’s East end, Blue Spoon is a chef-owned tiny restaurant that has a wonderful menu using local and seasonal ingredients. Really good burger! Has outdoor seating. A great place to eat and then take a short stroll to get gelato from the food trucks at the Eastern Promenade (Blue Spoon also does have great desserts). We love Blue Spoon especially though on a snowy winter night, eating mussels and steak Brevette inside their cozy space.
Consistently good, no-frills inexpensive family run Salvadoran restaurant. This place is dear to our hearts! Indoor and outdoor seating. Does take a while so make sure you aren't in a hurry. BYOB. Get the pupusas, the plantains and the carne asada with extra pico de gallo!
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Tu Casa
70 Washington Ave
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Consistently good, no-frills inexpensive family run Salvadoran restaurant. This place is dear to our hearts! Indoor and outdoor seating. Does take a while so make sure you aren't in a hurry. BYOB. Get the pupusas, the plantains and the carne asada with extra pico de gallo!
This is a nice place to have a hearty breakfast, wth lots of vegetarian and vegan options too. Large space, indoor and outdoor seating. The back of the cafe has beautiful pottery for sale made by local artists in the studios in the same bulding.
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Portland Pottery Cafe
118 Washington Ave
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This is a nice place to have a hearty breakfast, wth lots of vegetarian and vegan options too. Large space, indoor and outdoor seating. The back of the cafe has beautiful pottery for sale made by local artists in the studios in the same bulding.
Bright counter-serve cafe for health-centric breakfast, lunch & Sunday brunch dishes. Lots of vegan and gluten-free options. A few outdoor tables in the back of the building. Great coffee, delicious breakfast sandwiches, bone broth, adaptogen smoothies, pancakes, and salad bowls with add-on options from Faroh Island salmon to kimchi.
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LB Kitchen
255 Congress St
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Bright counter-serve cafe for health-centric breakfast, lunch & Sunday brunch dishes. Lots of vegan and gluten-free options. A few outdoor tables in the back of the building. Great coffee, delicious breakfast sandwiches, bone broth, adaptogen smoothies, pancakes, and salad bowls with add-on options from Faroh Island salmon to kimchi.
Hand-cut Belgian fries cooked in duckfat, with amazing dipping sauces are what we always get, but this restaurant has delicious poutine with locally sourced cheese curd, paninis and cubanos, soups and salads and milkshakes, all top notch!
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Duckfat
43 Middle St
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Hand-cut Belgian fries cooked in duckfat, with amazing dipping sauces are what we always get, but this restaurant has delicious poutine with locally sourced cheese curd, paninis and cubanos, soups and salads and milkshakes, all top notch!
An even closer walk away from Duckfat's restaurant is Duckfat's Friteshack, in the beer garden in front of Oxbow brewery on Washington Ave. (about a 3-minute walk from here). They have an order window where you can get their fries, poutine, shakes, sometimes sandwiches, and doughnut holes. You can order a craft beer from Oxbow, order from the friteshack and sit out in the cozy beer garden with the fire pit.
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Duckfat Friteshack
43 Washington Ave
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An even closer walk away from Duckfat's restaurant is Duckfat's Friteshack, in the beer garden in front of Oxbow brewery on Washington Ave. (about a 3-minute walk from here). They have an order window where you can get their fries, poutine, shakes, sometimes sandwiches, and doughnut holes. You can order a craft beer from Oxbow, order from the friteshack and sit out in the cozy beer garden with the fire pit.
Hip Vietnamese noodle shop that just re-opened again (was closed because of the pandemic). Serving Vietnamese comfort fare, including pho & stir-fry, plus beer, sake & wine. Pastel color and neon vibe with hip music!
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Cong Tu Bot
57 Washington Ave
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Hip Vietnamese noodle shop that just re-opened again (was closed because of the pandemic). Serving Vietnamese comfort fare, including pho & stir-fry, plus beer, sake & wine. Pastel color and neon vibe with hip music!
Buzzy oyster market with a dine-in raw bar for fresh shellfish, wine & beer plus a seasonal patio. You can also order oysters to go. A hand-picked selection of Maine's best oyster varieties, including some wild oysters. We love this place!
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The Shop by Island Creek Oysters
123 Washington Ave
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Buzzy oyster market with a dine-in raw bar for fresh shellfish, wine & beer plus a seasonal patio. You can also order oysters to go. A hand-picked selection of Maine's best oyster varieties, including some wild oysters. We love this place!
Naturally-leavened hardwood-fired bagels! Open 7 days til 1 pm, great place to have coffee, bagels and lox, breakfast egg sandwiches (they also have a vegan one), or for lunch a hot ham sandwich or BLT. We generally order their bagels with a tub of their herb cream cheese to take home. Their indoor seating has been closed for some time but there are lots of outdoor tables.
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Forage Market
123 Washington Ave
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Naturally-leavened hardwood-fired bagels! Open 7 days til 1 pm, great place to have coffee, bagels and lox, breakfast egg sandwiches (they also have a vegan one), or for lunch a hot ham sandwich or BLT. We generally order their bagels with a tub of their herb cream cheese to take home. Their indoor seating has been closed for some time but there are lots of outdoor tables.
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Terlingua
40 Washington Ave
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Favorite Things To Do Nearby

Have lunch or dinner at the Eastern Prom at the numerous food trucks they have there, from Mr.Tuna sushi to Falafel to Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwiches to gelato! Download the Truckalico app to see who is there (and around Portland) on any given night. The Eastern Promenade is a 78 acre park overlooking Casco Bay. There is a kids playground, tennis courts, community gardens, and vast open grassy spaces to picnic while watching the sailboats or play frisbee!
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Eastern Promenade Trail
Eastern Promenade
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Have lunch or dinner at the Eastern Prom at the numerous food trucks they have there, from Mr.Tuna sushi to Falafel to Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwiches to gelato! Download the Truckalico app to see who is there (and around Portland) on any given night. The Eastern Promenade is a 78 acre park overlooking Casco Bay. There is a kids playground, tennis courts, community gardens, and vast open grassy spaces to picnic while watching the sailboats or play frisbee!
Just a few minutes drive north, one of our favorite things to do is go to Mackworth Island and walk their trail. There is a bridge connecting it to the mainland. 100 acres, great views of the water, old growth trees, mushroom hunting, fairy houses. A short, flat 1.5 mile hike, easy for kids too. Highly recommend!
Mackworth Island Trail
Mackworth Island Trail
Just a few minutes drive north, one of our favorite things to do is go to Mackworth Island and walk their trail. There is a bridge connecting it to the mainland. 100 acres, great views of the water, old growth trees, mushroom hunting, fairy houses. A short, flat 1.5 mile hike, easy for kids too. Highly recommend!
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Oxbow Blending & Bottling
49 Washington Ave
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Maine & Loire
59 Washington Ave
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Strata
The Post Supply
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Urban Farm Fermentory
200 Anderson St
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Root Wild Kombucha
135 Washington Ave
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Maine Craft Distilling
123 Washington Ave
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Rising Tide Brewing Company
103 Fox St
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Washington Baths
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Maine & Loire
59 Washington Ave
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Portland Observatory
138 Congress St
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Food scene

Vegan ice cream! So good and I’m not even vegan.
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Sticky Sweet
119 Cumberland Ave
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Vegan ice cream! So good and I’m not even vegan.
The best Banh Mi sandwiches!!
Banh Appetit
The best Banh Mi sandwiches!!
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Ramona's
98 Washington Ave
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The Cheese Shop of Portland
107 Washington Ave
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Anoche
43 Washington Ave
Onggi
131 Washington Ave
Incredible croissants, pizza and pastries! Coffee too.
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Belleville
1 North St
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Incredible croissants, pizza and pastries! Coffee too.

Breweries, bars and distilleries within walking distance

We enjoy going here for the music (they also distill excellent local spirits) They have live outdoor music quite often, go to their website for the calendar.
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Maine Craft Distilling
123 Washington Ave
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We enjoy going here for the music (they also distill excellent local spirits) They have live outdoor music quite often, go to their website for the calendar.
Excellent beer and vibe! Outdoor courtyard. Duckfat friteshack on premises. 5 minute walk away.
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Oxbow Blending & Bottling
49 Washington Ave
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Excellent beer and vibe! Outdoor courtyard. Duckfat friteshack on premises. 5 minute walk away.
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Rising Tide Brewing Company
103 Fox St
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I love their beer
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Austin Street Brewery
115 Fox St
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I love their beer
Locals love this bar.
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The Portland Zoo
41 Fox St
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Locals love this bar.
Belleflower Brewing Company
Get a flight of kombucha, gruit, mead, beer, or Jun at this amazing place! They often have music. Live jazz sit-ins every Sunday.
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Urban Farm Fermentory
200 Anderson St
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Get a flight of kombucha, gruit, mead, beer, or Jun at this amazing place! They often have music. Live jazz sit-ins every Sunday.
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Lone Pine Brewing Company
219 Anderson St
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Hi-Fidelity
Three of Strong Spirits
35B Diamond St
Après
Good cocktail bar!
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Cocktail Mary
229 Congress St
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Good cocktail bar!
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The Snug Pub
223 Congress St
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Stores nearby

Taproot Magazine & Market
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Ferdinand
243 Congress St
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The Post Supply
Strata
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Print: A Bookstore
273 Congress St
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Carlson & Turner Antiquarian
241 Congress St
Sinsemilla: Adult-Use Marijuana
PortFiber
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Portland Food Co-op
290 Congress St
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Rosemont Market & Bakery
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Hilltop Superette
135 Congress St
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Clothing and handmade clogs and bags
Kurier
Clothing and handmade clogs and bags

Coffee shops

Moonday Coffee
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Tandem Coffee Roasters
122 Anderson St
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Forage Market
123 Washington Ave
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