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The Heathman Hotel
"None of its competitors can match the quality of service or the scope of amenities offered at the historic Heathman," Portland Best Places raves. Built in 1927 and located in the heart of downtown Portland (at 1001 SW Broadway at Salmon, two blocks from Pioneer Courthouse Square), The Heathman is just a short walk from our City of Books location. Rooms include original artwork by noted Pacific Northwest artists, contemporary furnishings that create a luxurious residential feel, and amenities that cater to your every need. The Heathman Restaurant and Bar, under the leadership of Executive Chef Philippe Boulot, transforms fresh Northwest ingredients into French fare to create their own style of "French Northwest." And The Heathman even offers an extra perk for book lovers: the beautiful Library boasts signed editions from former guests - an impressive list that includes Thomas Wolfe, Alice Walker, John Updike, and others.

Django Music
One block south of Powell's City of Books, Django combines everything that's cool about their funky old record store on 11th Avenue with a gigantic inventory of new and used music and movies for your online browsing pleasure. Along with the great prices, terrific shipping rates, and super-fast, reliable service (shipping within 24 hours of receiving orders), django also specializes in music collectibles, rare videos and hard-to-find items. It's a place for new discoveries, old favorites, and unexpected treasures.

Jake's Famous Crawfish
"Quintessential Portland," says Northwest Best Places. "This restaurant may be 100 years old, but the menu gets reinvented every day. The combination of old tradition and new ideas about very fresh seafood could keep Jake's going for another century." Just two blocks from the City of Books (at 401 SW 12th Avenue), Jake's has been serving perhaps the city's best seafood in a fun, casual environment since 1892.

Portland Best Places by Kim Carlson (editor)
The best guide to our city. Order it from home, browse our annual seasonal events and find a place to stay. Then bring it with you to find out where to eat (reviews and ratings for the top 200 restaurants), where to drink (we are the country's brew-pub capital, after all, and dozens of wineries line our outlying areas), where to shop (at Powell's, of course, but just in case you have money left over for other stuff, you'll know where to find it), and where to go when you leave the city: the Oregon coast, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood, among other local sites. Best Places even includes a fold-out street map, one side of downtown and the other of the greater Portland area.

 

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