Toe pick!

Where to Go Ice-Skating in Portland and Beyond

Total beginner? Wannabe Winterhawk? Aspiring Olympian? We have the rink for you.

11/10/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Best of PDX

Your Quintessential Portland Bucket List: 50 Things to Do in Town

These are our city's can't-miss activities, whether you’ve lived here all your life or are just passing through.

10/27/2025 By Portland Monthly Staff

Where to Drink Now

The Essential Guide to Portland’s Bar Scene

An exhaustive look at the city’s watering holes, from bars with the best bites to establishments for non-drinkers.

10/13/2023 By Portland Monthly Staff

Bar Week 2023

11 Wine Bars for Every Kind of Vibe

People-watching patios, subterranean lairs, happy-hour favorites, natural wine havens, and gussied-up date night spots.

10/13/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Bar Week 2023

Portland’s Must-Visit Theme Bars

Our favorite bars for escaping the everyday, from a year-round haunted house to a faux speakeasy.

10/12/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton, Matthew Trueherz, and Shannon Daehnke

Bar Week

Introducing PoMo Bar Week

We scoured the city for everything served in a glass, and can’t wait to tell you all about it.

10/10/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Ballers

Where (and When) to Watch the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Portland

We did the time zone math for you on when to watch soccer superstars kick off. Get ready to stay up late.

07/19/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Interview

Thu Fashion Brings Italian Street Style to Sandy Boulevard

Tailor Thu Duong talks immigrating from Vietnam to Italy, her philosophies on boots and selfies, and her love for fashion.

05/03/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Review

Portland Soup Dumpling Showdown: Who Makes the City's Best?

Two chain restaurants, three mom-and-pop shops. Who’s the xiao long bao champ?

09/12/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Oregon Coast

Food, Vintage Finds, and Ecola State Park: The Many Wonders of Cannon Beach

There's more to this town than just Haystack Rock.

06/07/2022 By Julia Silverman

Oregon Coast

Seaside, Oregon, Is a Hesher Sanditon and We’re Here for It

Take an edible and fly a kite, eat something fried, feed the seals, and love every second.

06/07/2022 By Heather Arndt Anderson

Oregon Coast

Find Funky Towns, Fancy Chowder, and More from Manzanita to Pacific City

The laid-back stretch of the coast is more than worth the Portland pilgrimage.

06/07/2022 By Fiona McCann and Julia Silverman

Portlands Best Parks

34 Reasons to Love Portland’s Parks

Where to fly a kite, catch some views, spread out a picnic, ride a mountain bike and more

05/06/2022 With Julia Silverman, Fiona McCann, and Margaret Seiler Illustrations by Anna Rogers

Real Estate

Every Neighborhood in Portland in a Nutshell

From Alameda to Woodstock, St. Johns to Sylvan Highlands

03/30/2022 By Fiona McCann, Conner Reed, Margaret Seiler, and Julia Silverman

Feature

Inside the Search for Hundreds of Portland’s Missing Students

When school buildings reopened in September, hundreds of students who should have been there never came back. A small team of Portland Public Schools employees is on their trail.

03/29/2022 By Julia Silverman Photography by NASHCO PHOTO

Interview

Got a Message? Bellagram Telegrams Will Sing It for You.

‘If [people] start crying, I feel like I’ve done a good job of the mission…. Tears are like gold in this business.’

08/04/2021 By Marty Patail

Little Joys of Summer

Movie Theaters Are Out. Backyard Flick Houses Are In.

Arts editor Conner Reed has a few suggestions for your backyard film fest.

08/01/2020 By Conner Reed

Cover Story

The Best Places to Work 2020

Mind-melting offices, galaxy-brain work perks, and forward-thinking companies changing Portland’s work culture.

12/31/2019 Edited by Marty Patail

Best Places to Work

BeFunky's Portland Headquarters Is a Gorgeous Minimalist Oasis

The photo editing software company has more than 25 million active users, so you might be surprised by the modesty of the firm’s Portland headquarters.

12/31/2019 By Hannah Wallace

Best Places to Work

Expensify Infuses a Cold, Cavernous Former Downtown Bank with Life—and Dogs

Let's call it a cozy kingdom.

12/31/2019 By Hannah Wallace