West Burnside St, Northwest

W. Burnside crosses the Willimate River and continues west into the Portland West Hills area. This vital street passes the Saturday Market, the Pearl District, and on through the trail to the Pittock Manson. W. Burnside takes you to many great sights of Portland. The Pearl District with trendy shoping on NW 23rd. Ave. with many great coffee shops and local restaurants. To the Washington park with it's beautiful rose garden and connection to the Zoo.

One of the best places to go in Portland whether you live here or are just visiting is located on 10th and W Burnside street. This place? Powell's City of Books. Home to over 1.1 million books it is one of the largest independent booksellers in the world and consists of three floors and takes up an entire city block. The best place to buy new or used books, there is also a little coffee shop, and a rare book room featuring some of the most interesting volumes you will ever see.

I don't know very much about living in the area, as I think it is primarily commercial, but a lot of the stores are pretty cool as well. There are a lot of good restaurants nearby, Jake's Famous Crawfish, McMenamin's Pub, Rocco's Pizza and Pasta, and Thai Peacock are all good choices, though there is also a Baja Fresh, a P.F. Chang's and a Whole Foods nearby. There are also several good little shops to buy other things around, a clothing store, a record store, and a smaller "alternative" bookstore, come to mind right away.

I definitely recommend checking out this area of Burnside for people who live in Portland or who are coming here to visit. Powell's is just a hop, skip, and a jump from other Portland Landmarks such as; Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Pioneer Courthouse Square, and to some extend, the Skidmore Fountain/Saturday Market.