Shop Talk

4 Portland Stores We Adore for IRL Holiday Shopping

Close the laptop and pound the pavement for martini dad hats and vinyl your biggest music nerd will love.

11/24/2025 By Alex Frane, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Matthew Trueherz

Where to live now

Neighborhood Guide: Multnomah Village

Gift shops, historic cafés, and a sprawling public park.

01/13/2025 By Alex Frane

Birthday Etiquette

20 Classic Portland Gifts for Kids and Adults

Gift cards, cash, and high-fives are out of the question. Use our guide instead.

03/15/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff Photography by Michael Novak

oh baby!

Are Baby Shoes You Can Boil the Answer to Our Landfill Questions?

Portland company Woolybubs, which makes shoes from dissolvable textiles, thinks it's a start.

09/27/2022 By Dalila Brent

Shopping Road Trip

Shop Stops in the Columbia River Gorge

Hood River’s Oak Street and its counterparts in Bingen and White Salmon make these connected Gorge towns a stealth shopping destination.

03/11/2022 By Gabriel Granillo, Margaret Seiler, and Julia Silverman

Kids

Stylish, Two-in-One Shoes for Your Toddlers

How one local mom is trying to turn the children's shoe-industry on its head.

12/17/2020 By Ainslee Dicken

Kids

May Your Kids Never Be Bored Again with These Local Toys

We asked the owners of three beloved local shops about their popular pandemic toys for the bored, the brave, and the incorrigibly boisterous.

10/01/2020 By Fiona McCann

Pomo Picks

Things We Love That Have Nothing to Do with Coronavirus: Week of March 25

The Portland Monthly team shares the non-pandemic stuff that's getting us through the week.

03/25/2020 By Portland Monthly Staff

Hit the Bricks

The Northwest’s Biggest Lego Convention Is Coming to Portland

The ninth annual Bricks Cascade features a giant replica of Multnomah Falls and two unlikely local reality stars.

02/24/2020 By Daniel Bromfield

Brand New

Tender Loving Empire Launches Kids Apparel Line

The local shops carry over 500 brands, but this line of cute onesies and tees is the first house apparel one.

06/03/2019 By Eden Dawn

Spring Fashion

Spring Fashion 2019: Retro Colors, Tiny Bell Bottoms, and Kids on Skates

We turned back time on spring fashion, going full roller retro with kids decked out in acid wash and rainbow prints.

03/26/2019 By Eden Dawn Photography by Christopher Dibble

Winning Finds

Tyke Bikes to Gender-Neutral Baby Fashion, the Best Portland Stuff for Kids

It's all about the kiddos.

08/14/2017 By Eden Dawn

Division/Clinton: Shops

7 Perfectly Portland Shops in the Division/Clinton Neighborhood

Prepare for a trove of chic threads, comic-book finds, stylish stationery, and lady-approved sex toys.

08/08/2017 Edited by Kelly Clarke

Winning Finds

Anti-Fog Snow Goggles to Sleek Jewelry Hooks, March's Best Local Stuff

Oregon makers are on fire.

02/20/2017 By Eden Dawn

Winning Finds

Adorable Kidswear to Hand-Drawn Tarot Decks, January’s Best Local Stuff

Portland makers and shopkeepers throw it down.

12/20/2016 By Eden Dawn

Spotlight

Yo Vintage Returns with New Name, Neighborhood, and Concept

After losing her lease in 2015, Sarah Radcliffe reopens her beautiful boutique with a new vibe and name.

11/22/2016 By Eden Dawn

SCIENCE

How One Seriously Cool Kids Chemistry Set Is Getting Girls Into Science

Yellow Scope's rigorous science kits step away from the pink and towards STEM gender equality.

11/23/2015 By Marty Patail

SHOP LOCAL

Inside Portland's Great Little Shops

Explore 65 of the city's best shops, from bright boutiques and indie hot spots to inspired new finds, and find your shopping paradise.

09/21/2015 Edited by Zach Dundas

SHOP LOCAL

The Best Places to Shop for Kids Toys and Games in Portland

6 places to bring your babes to toyland, from a Portland kid's perspective

09/21/2015 By Kelly Clarke

DESIRABLES

Royal Baby China

Honor the old country with a piece of handmade, fine bone china commemorating the little Prince-to-be.

07/24/2013 By Kristin Belz