10/12/2026
10/19–25
Pdx Neighborhoods W**e 🍷 Flight
Based on bookshop density
We love Portland. We love Books. We love Small Business!
Join us for this Pairings Portland (24th & Glisan NE) W**e Flight honoring all 3. BTW Pairings has been around since 2013 pouring natural w**es to pop culture & local themes!
We’re pairing 11 Portland Neighborhoods each to a w**e! How’d we choose? Bookshop density!! Which of our neighborhoods have the most independent bookshops?
The Top 11 for Bookshop Density: Alberta, Downtown, Hawthorne, Central Eastside, St Johns, Milwaukee, Northwest, Humboldt, Hollywood, Division & Sellwood.
#1–Alberta!! Heres the shops there…
—Green Bean Books | A whimsical red-cottage hideaway packed wall to wall with picture books, middle grade, YA and toys, where little readers (and grown-ups who still love a good picture book) can get happily lost.
—Melville Books | Portland’s self-proclaimed smallest bookstore, a tiny, quiet nook of carefully chosen used literature, history and philosophy for readers who like to dig.
—Parallel Worlds | A dedicated specialty shop that’s a floor to ceiling portal catering entirely to speculative fiction lovers with a deep stock of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and manga that’s all stacked to the rafters.
—Vivienne Culinary Books | A unique boutique space with an expertly curated selection of vintage cookbooks, modern food journalism, and regional culinary literature.
—Monograph Bookwerks I An art lover’s archive since 2010, stocked with new and used books on contemporary art, design, architecture and fashion, plus vintage prints, objects and ephemera.
—Midslumber Media I Portland’s horror headquarters, with books, films and soundtracks ranging from classics to splatterpunk. Perfect timing for a late-October visit.
The handout offers info on each neighborhood plus why we chose the w**e to pair to that part of town, plus a little description on each book shop that you can discover there.
Discover fun pairings to your favorites and cool ones to check out when traveling around our beautiful city :)
Event runs from October 19th thru 25th. A tasty, informative w**e experience awaits!
$55 to taste all 11 pairings!