Last week Time Out published an article “The 38 coolest neighborhoods in the world” and Portland’s Kerns neighborhood was #5 on their list!

Where is Kerns? It stretches from the waterfront to Cesar Chavez and Burnside to I84

Here is what Time Out had to say about it…but I included a link to the full article below.

5. Kerns

Portland, USA

Kerns might belong to one of the West Coast’s major cities, but it feels like a perfectly-formed small town. It’s surrounded by residential streets filled with some of the city’s most charming craftsman homes, Spanish-style apartments, flower-filled gardens and fruiting trees. At the centre of it all is Northeast 28th Avenue. Aside from a few modern apartments, this walkable thoroughfare is still mostly populated by one- or two-story brick buildings, which house some of the neighborhood’s coolest venues: record stores like Music Millennium, cozy German restaurant Stammtisch (perfect for a late-afternoon beer) and one of Portland’s favorite old cinemas, Laurelhurst Theater. Meanwhile Laurelhurst Park, on Kerns’s southeast border, hosts everything from music and comedy evenings to outdoor movies. You’ll find locals stocking up across the neighborhood on groceries – Olympia Provisions salami, Cowbell Creamery cheese and fresh produce from Providore Fine Foods – for picnics near the duck pond. 

The perfect day Fuel up with Heart Coffee and a pastry for a morning of mooching: first, you’ll visit the brilliantly curated bookstore-meets-gallery Nationale, before popping into newly-opened vintage store Goodbye Horses and perfume shop Olo. Grab a bite at Friendship Kitchen (I recommend the turmeric lemongrass tofu), but leave room for dinner at Farag’s, a pop-up from chef Megan Sanchez, the mastermind behind well-loved torta restaurant Güero. (This summer’s menu was inspired by her Egyptian family’s cooking.) Wind down with a nightcap from a bistro table at long-standing bar Angel Face, or play pool at recently reopened dive bar Holman’s, which just celebrated its ninetieth anniversary. Stay at Grand Stark or Kex, both fun hotels on the neighborhood’s western edge.

Plan your trip: Visit May through October for the lowest likelihood of rain and to check out Farag’s – or whatever summer pop-up Sanchez dreams up next.

Full article:

38 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World Right Now (timeout.com)