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Located inside a sunny, yolk-yellow building, Fried Egg I’m In Love (3549 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; friedegglove.com) embellishes its tasty breakfast sandwiches with punny names like FreeRange Against the Machine and Yolko Ono. Opened in 2019, Matt’s BBQ Tacos (3207 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; mattsbbqpdx. com) has become one of the city’s most buzzworthy food carts — order “The Whole Shebang” to find out why. Explore the pod’s other food carts for dinner, or check out the $36 bottle list at winecentric restaurant OK Omens (1758 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; okomens.com), which also offers high-brow versions of classic snacks and comfort foods.
Operating since 1927, the single-screen McMenamins Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; bagdad movies.com) adjoins three charming pubs and delivers pizza and microbrews to the balcony seats. If you prefer mosh pits to theater seats, catch a concert at the historic Hawthorne Theatre (1507 SE 39th Ave.; hawthornetheatre.com), a music venue focused on punk, rock and metal acts.
do Designer fashion abounds at Savvy Plus (3204 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; savvyplus.com), a boutique specializing in new and consigned plus-size clothing. House of Vintage (3315 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; houseofvintagenw.com) promises plenty for all types of shoppers to covet, packing retro wares by more than 60 dealers into a 13,000-square-foot (1,208 sq m) shop. Presents of Mind (3633 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; presents ofmind.tv) invites you to “be a gifting rockstar” with wacky offerings like slothshaped hanging planters and PBR enamel pins.
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