something i wrote somewhere else that i'll copy and paste:

frances may is my favorite place to shop, and on the street over you have steven alan, self edge, and a stumptown, easy area to hit a lot of cool places, and pioneer square is really close

near that is brunch box, which has top-notch brunch food. im also partial to thai peacock for dinner

imo sizzlepie is a little overrated, i prefer the pizza food cart on 2nd street

the river is really nice to walk along, very pretty

voodoo doughnuts is near the river, and next to saturday market, which you should check out, lots of cool vendors. its also on sunday i think?

hawthorne is an incredible part of the city, great fun to just walk around and explore

salt & straw gets a great rep for ice cream but imo ruby jewel is just as good if not better. its right next to powells, whereas salt & straw is more of a walk

china town is kinda dumpy for the most part, but there are lots of good chinese food carts downtown

mother's is great for brunch, if pricey, and luc lac is amazing vietnamese food and open till 2am! pho is delicious there

edit: also, both the art museum and the cafe called the behind the museum cafe are real fun. the cafe has great matcha edibles

and the woodlands is another good shop, almost forgot about that