If you have ice cream in Portland, it should definitely be from Salt & Straw. Try one of their seasonal flavors or a classic, like honey lavender.

Pok Pok is the super cool Thai restaurant that your older cousin who went to college in Portland always used to talk about. However, it's still great.

Ava Gene's on Division Street is a vegetable-heavy Italian restaurant with an excellent wine list that mills its own pasta flour on-site.