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| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | 906 Southeast Umatilla Street, Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°27′46″N122°39′24″W / 45.4628°N 122.6567°W |
| Founder | Steven Overton |
| Website | puppetmuseum |
The Portland Puppet Museum is a puppet museum founded and curated by Steven Overton, [1] located in Portland, Oregon's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. [2] The museum was established in 2012, [3] and has been described as one of the city's "most unconventional" museums. [4]
Sellwood-Moreland is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon, bordering Brooklyn to the north, Eastmoreland to the east, and the city of Milwaukie to the south. The neighborhood is linked to Southwest Portland across the Willamette River by the Sellwood Bridge, the southernmost of Portland's bridges.
Westmoreland is one of two distinct districts making up the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood of Southeast Portland, bordering Brooklyn to the north, the Willamette River to the west, Eastmoreland to the east, and Sellwood to the south. The isolation caused by being bounded on two sides by the river and Oregon Route 99E have produced a distinct small-town atmosphere, despite its being relatively close to downtown Portland.
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is a city park of about 141 acres (57 ha) in southeast Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in a floodplain along the east bank of the Willamette River near Sellwood, the park is known for attracting a wide variety of birds. In 1988, the park was named Portland's first wildlife refuge, and in 2004, it was designated the city's first migratory bird park.
Moreland Theater is a single-screen movie theater located in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon in the United States.
Southeast Bybee Boulevard is a light rail station in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. It is the 14th station southbound on the Orange Line, which runs between Portland City Center, Southeast Portland, and Milwaukie. The island platform station adjoins Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight tracks to the east and McLoughlin Boulevard to the west. It is accessed from the Bybee Bridge, which spans over the platform and connects Portland's Sellwood-Moreland and Eastmoreland neighborhoods. Nearby destinations include Westmoreland Park, Eastmoreland Golf Course, Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, and Reed College.
The Bee is a newspaper based in Sellwood, a neighborhood of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was founded as the Sellwood Bee in 1906, and at various times has been known as Bee, the Milwaukee Bee, and the Sellwood-Moreland Bee. It returned to simply the Bee in 1970, and has retained the name since.
Kay's Bar is a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Wei Wei is a Taiwanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Mike's Drive-In is a small chain of drive-in restaurants, based in the U.S. state of Oregon. There are currently restaurants in Milwaukie, Oregon City, and Tigard; Mike's previously had a location in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland and currently has plans to open a location in North Portland.
Baes Fried Chicken, or Baes Chicken, is a fried chicken restaurant with three locations in Portland, Oregon. The original restaurant opened in Old Town Chinatown in November 2019. Outposts opened in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood in July 2020, and on Alberta Street in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood in January 2023. Baes has also been a vendor at the Moda Center.
Philadelphia's Steaks and Hoagies is a restaurant with multiple locations in the U.S. state of Oregon. There are two restaurants in the Portland metropolitan area and another in Sisters.
Papa Haydn is a restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States.
PDX Sliders is a restaurant with three locations in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Oaks Bottom Public House is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2006, the business is located in the Westmoreland district of southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. It is owned and operated by Jerry Fechter.
Twisted Croissant is a bakery with two locations in Portland, Oregon. Owner Kurt Goddard began selling pastries at farmers' markets in the Portland metropolitan area before opening the first brick and mortar bakery in northeast Portland's Irvington neighborhood in 2019. A second bakery opened in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood.
Sebastiano's' is a Sicilian delicatessen, bakery, and market in Portland, Oregon's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood, in the United States. Established in 2020, the business previously operated in the Montavilla neighborhood.
Either/Or is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business operates on North Williams Avenue in the Boise neighborhood; the original location, in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kaede is a Japanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Established in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood in January 2023, the restaurant is operated by sushi chef Shinji and Izumi Uehara, who is also a chef and the only server. Kaede specializes in sushi but also served small plates such as agedashi dōfu, chawanmushi, and soba with duck in dashi. The restaurant has garnered a positive reception.
Bible Club PDX, or simply Bible Club, is a bar in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in March 2016, the business operates in a 1920s house in Southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood.
Holler was a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Holler was owned by the restaurant group Holler Hospitality, which has also owned local establishments Abigail Hall and Bullard Tavern.
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