Neighborhood:
East Burnside Once a gritty, industrial thruway, now a hotbed of consistently rotating boutiques, East Burnside is a stomping ground for wayward hipsters, traveling music-makers and thrift-store junkies. (read more) At the strip’s nucleus is the makeshift-modern Jupiter Hotel and its conjoined indie-rock venue, the Doug Fir Lounge (830 E Burnside St., 231-9663), which Playboy called one of “America’s 10 Best Rock Clubs” in 2007. The Doug Fir’s epicurean equivalent might have to be innovative and unconventional Le Pigeon (738 E Burnside St., 546-8796)—try its namesake bird garnished with cherries, frisée and foie gras. At the nearby and unassuming Rontoms (600 E Burnside St., 236-4536), you’ll find a sizable bar hosting high-quality local acts in a setting not unlike an overgrown suburban ’70s living room. Just across the street, a cluster of shops beckons. For hard-to-find issues of Purple Fashion and Dot Dot Dot, Stand Up Comedy (811 E Burnside St., Suite 119, 233-3382) is the place. Indulge a fetish for saccharine, pricey underthings at Lille Boutique (1007 E Burnside St., 232-0333), and scour the infamous architectural maze that is Hippo Hardware (1040 E Burnside St., 231-1444) for all the knobs, hinges and assorted hardware doohickeys you could ever need. Or drop by Bombshell Vintage (811 E Burnside St., 239-1073), Hattie’s (729 E Burnside St., Suite 101, 238-1938) or Rock n’ Rose (616 E Burnside St., 239-3901) for some of the best-preserved vintage threads in the city. —Elianna Bar-El.
Featured in Pocket Shop 2008
Moxie is as moxie does; all the clothes in this Burnside boutique seem to match the style of a strong yet feminine girl. There’s a bit of a DIY edge to the store, but we think that makes Moxie all the more sassy.
