Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
At the baseball field, take the left-hand fork to pass the skate park. Fol-
low the path between two tennis courts and continue straight as it heads
into a more thickly forested area. This section of path winds through the
woods for a while; you'll come out near the baseball diamond. Pass this
and continue to a small parking lot, at the southeast corner of the park.
Exit the park by taking a left onto SW Canby St. Turn right on SW 40th
Ave., walk one block, then turn left onto SW Troy St., which you'll fol-
low into the tiny Multnomah Village town center.
When you reach SW 35th Ave., turn right. Cross over SW Capitol Hwy.
and continue straight along SW 35th. Here on your left are a few cute
shops and cafés, and on your right all the necessities: a pie shop and
The Ship Tavern. The pie shop, Lovin Spoonful, is primarily a take-
and-bake store, but there's also a coffee loft where you can sit down
with a slice or a pastry. The Ship is an old Multnomah Village
standby—a vaguely nautically themed dive with pool tables and sports
on TV. The floor is usually covered in peanut shells, which gives the
place a nice crunch. There's nothing even remotely fancy about The
Ship, and it's not necessarily the place you want to go for food (most
people just stick with the peanuts), but it's a great neighborhood bar all
the same.
Leaving The Ship, continue down SW 35th Ave. to SW Multnomah
Blvd. and turn right. At the corner is John's Market, known far and
wide for its vast selection of rare, imported, seasonal, and just top-notch
bottled beer and wine (it claims the largest selection in Portland), as
well as kegs of hard-to-find imported beer. There's also a good deli here.
Where Multnomah meets SW Capitol Hwy. in an acute angle, turn right
on Capitol to walk along the main commercial center of the village. For
its size, Multnomah Village has a remarkably large number of good
places in which to eat and drink—mostly the latter. On your right you'll
find O'Connor's, whose brick building takes up three shopfronts.
O'Connor's used to be in downtown Portland; it was founded in 1934,
by Ed O'Connor of Butte, Montana. The original spot's dubious claim
to fame is that, according to its website, it was one of the very last men-
only bars in Portland. (These days, of course, we can all enjoy it.) A
great rooftop deck is open all year.
A couple of doors down is Annie Bloom's Books, established in 1978 and
one of the coziest, most inviting independent bookshops in Portland.
