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Near the Oregon Convention Center, the Lloyd district caters to convention attendees, sports fans and shoppers.
Just across the Willamette River from downtown Northeast Portland’s Lloyd neighborhood contains the Oregon Convention Center, Lloyd Center Mall and the Moda Center, home to Portland’s NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers, and major concerts and events, and is easily accessible via MAX Light Rail and the Portland Streetcar.
Where to Stay in Lloyd
Since it’s just across the river from downtown, Northeast Portland’s Lloyd neighborhood offers direct light rail connections to Portland International Airport, Old Town Chinatown and downtown, and easy access to the Pearl District and Eastside neighborhoods.
Where to Eat and Drink in Lloyd
Wake up the right way at Milo’s City Cafe, serving their hearty take on the most important meal of the day — including smoked salmon hash and Dungeness crab cake eggs Benedict — for over 20 years. Or wander down Broadway a few blocks and grab a flaky chocolate croissant and a locally roasted cup of coffee at Twisted Croissant to fuel your adventures.
For mid-day munching head over to the family-friendly taqueria and sports bar, Aztec Willie’s you can get an impressively sized burrito. Food carts in Portland are not to be missed, and the Cartside Food Carts — located conveniently close to the Oregon Convention Center — are a great place to explore all the well-deserved hype.
Nearby Eats
From great to gourmet these restaurants near Lloyd will wow.
Shopping in Lloyd
Near the Oregon Convention Center, Lloyd Center Mall is one of Portland’s largest shopping centers and includes an indoor ice rink. From Barnes & Noble to H&M — with stops at Forever 21 and Ann Taylor Loft — you’ll find favorite clothing brands for all ages and styles. There’s much more than fashion; you will also find fine jewelry, electronics, and local gifts.
Portland-Only Shopping
From locally made goods, to independent stores.
Shop for Made-In-Portland Goods
These companies churn out consistently cool made-in-Portland products, from fashionable swimwear and accessories to leather goods and lighting.
Portland Bookstores, Beyond Powell’s
Don't stop with the largest independent bookstore in the world; these seven other shops offer an abundance of literary riches.
Portland Candy Makers and Chocolatiers
These Portland candy artisans craft unique sweets, be they creamy cacao confections, rainbow-colored candies or salty-sweet treats.
Books
A few blocks from the mall, one of the city’s best independent bookstores, Broadway Books, offers plenty of tantalizing new and used titles, plus a wide selection of thought-provoking magazines and just-right greeting cards.
Home Goods & Crafts
Kitchen Kaboodle, a toy store for foodies, stocks a mouthwatering array of Fiestaware, Le Creuset cookware and food prep gadgets — at last, you can pick up that ravioli stamp you’ve always dreamed about.
Before cooking, stock up on staples like olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette at Benessere Oils, where you can create custom blends from a global selection of virgin, extra virgin and flavored olive oils.
Elmer’s Flag and Banner, Portland’s largest flag store, offers 4,000 square feet of flags, banners, kites, weather vanes, windsock and more — most made in the U.S. Pick up your souvenir city of Portland flag or a unique conversation-starter to proudly display at home.
Clothing
Travelers can finish off their Portland look with a new pair of Birkenstocks from Footwise, an Oregon shoe store company specializing in Birks and other comfort brands like Keen, Teva and Chaco, plus socks and bags.
Things to do in Lloyd
A day in Lloyd can include ice skating, exploring local art and catching a pro basketball game.
Activities in Lloyd
Portland’s home for epic concerts, sporting events, and major gatherings, Northeast Portland’s Lloyd neighborhood beckons fans of all kinds from across the country, year-round. Anchoring the area is the Rose Quarter, where the Moda Center is home to the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers and also hosts major touring musical acts and national sporting events.
Fans also fill up Spirit of 77, a home-grown sports bar where they can pre-game with free pop-a-shot games, and fuel up on pub fare with a gourmet spin. The bar’s name commemorates the year that the Blazers won their only championship. Next door, the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum is where the Portland Winterhawks play in the Western Hockey League.
Lloyd Activities
Be a spectator or get out there and play near the Oregon Convention Center.
Portland Winterhawks WHL Hockey
The Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks may not boast big-name talent, but make no mistake — the NHL starts here.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers joined the NBA in 1970 and have always called Portland home — and they have the lifelong fans to prove it.
Ice Skating in and Around Portland
Here are your best bets for ice skating in Portland and the region, from year-round indoor rinks to winter-only outdoor options.
While you can’t get on the ice at the coliseum, you can lace up your skates at the nearby Lloyd Center, of all places. Located on the shopping center’s first floor, the Lloyd Center Ice Rink is where former U.S. champion Tonya Harding learned her Salchows, loops, and Axels.
The Oregon Convention Center is the Pacific Northwest’s largest event space and a hub for national meetings. The Convention Center also hosts frequent gatherings, from the Rose City Comic Con to the annual Crafty Wonderland Holiday Art + Craft Market.
Lloyd Neighborhood Events
See what is happening in the Lloyd Neighborhood at these upcoming events.
International Art Festival
A celebration of international countries, hosted by the Lloyd Center in Portland, Or. Events will include storytelling, crafts, cooking, dance, one-act plays, poetry, art and more to give a complete overlay of the cultural experience of each country that will be celebrated. 5/13 — China5/20 + 27 — Morocco6/3 + 10 — Mexico
Maná
Latin rock superstars Maná are one of the best-selling recording and touring acts in Latin music history. In their native Mexico, they have netted hundreds of gold and platinum records and over 50 number one hits globally and won many dozens of awards at the Grammys, Latin Grammys, Billboard Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards….
Santa Fe Klan
Mexican sensation, Santa Fe Klan, kicks off his U.S. tour, ‘Todo Y Nada’ this summer. The tour features special guests Snow Tha Product and Tornillo, who will join forces with Santa Fe Klan to deliver unforgettable shows. Fans all across the country will get to experience Santa Fe Klan live as he performs his most…
Rose City Book & Paper Fair
Local and traveling booksellers share a passion for books, and will be presenting their most interesting material, whether it’s underground zines, quirky vintage photo albums, antiquarian tomes, or signed first editions of today’s hottest authors. Presented by Cascade Booksellers Association, sponsored by Biblio.com and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America.
NumzBODEGA Pop-Up at Lloyd Center
NumzBODEGA (Clothing brand of 96.7 THENUMBERZ.FM) will soon be at the Lloyd Center as a part of Market by Pallet. The event will feature a full BODEGA experience, sneaker re-sell, local brands, food vendors, and a Street Fighter Tournament presented by Rose City Gaming League. Please come by to support.
Jurassic World Live Tour
Jurassic World comes to life in an action-packed, live arena show. With unrivaled arena production quality, Jurassic World comes to life against a backdrop of captivating scenery where dinosaurs from the iconic franchise, including fan-favorite Velociraptor Blue and a Tyrannosaurus rex more than 40 feet in length, take center stage. The production features more than…
Bryan Adams
This Summer Of ’23, Bryan Adams, with very special guest Joan Jett brings the #SoHappyItHurtsTour to Portland. Bryan Adams is a rock musician, guitarist, songwriter and performer. Dozens of hits of the artist are performed worldwide, lyrical ballads touch the soul, and concerts celebrate romance, which gives good music. So Happy It Hurts is the…
Greta Van Fleet
In three years, Greta Van Fleet went from touring the grimy rock bars of Detroit and Saginaw to headlining shows on five continents with audiences triple their hometown’s population. The band that once attracted crowds of teens to improvised forest concerts has now sold over one million tickets worldwide. Stadiums in Italy are a far…
Marca MP
Marca MP is a California-based Regional Mexican group whose sound embraces banda, mariachi, and ranchera. Their 2019 debut single “El Guerro,” a collaboration with Grupo Firme, was the most-watched online video in Mexico that year. Since that time, they’ve independently issued five digital-only live albums, the studio-recorded Flores EP, and the studio long-player No Me…
Arctic Monkeys
With their nervy and literate indie rock sound, Arctic Monkeys arrived with a blast in 2005. Assisted by rave reviews and online word of mouth (they were one of the first bands to benefit from social media), they quickly became a sensation in the United Kingdom, where they were seen as the heir apparent to…
Sting
Sting rode the new wave expansion to superstardom. Once he topped the charts worldwide, he returned to the progressive fusion roots he left behind so he could play a nervy blend of reggae, punk, and pop with the Police. He went solo after the trio’s 1983 album Synchronicity and its accompanying hit “Every Breath You…
Billy Strings
A master of the guitar, banjo, and mandolin, Billy Strings is a singer and instrumentalist whose music starts with the sound and speed of bluegrass and folds in elements of rock, jazz, and psychedelia. Strings deals in acoustic music, but his lyrics are rooted in contemporary issues (“Dust in a Baggie” sounds like a classic…
6LACK
Dazed slow jams with forthright experiential lyrics are the primary mode of Atlanta-based contemporary R&B artist 6LACK (pronounced “black”). A model of perseverance, the singer/rapper and songwriter toiled for years before he struck a favorable deal with LVRN (Love Renaissance) and helped put the Interscope-affiliated label on the map. The Atlanta native achieved his breakthrough…
Avenged Sevenfold
One of the more successful and accessible metalcore outfits of the early 21st century, Avenged Sevenfold endured changes both stylistic and internal during their rise from teenage troublemakers to commercial success story. Part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement, they debuted in 2001 with Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, and maintained a pure…
Motionless In White
While their hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, is mostly known in popular culture for being perfectly mundane, gothic metalcore band Motionless in White makes music that’s anything but tame. Blending the raw fury of metalcore with the dramatic atmospherics of goth-metal and industrial, the band has cultivated a dark and moody sound that owes as much…
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas
Hip Hop icons Wu-Tang Clan and Nas continue their legendary co-headlined NY State of Mind tour. The legendary group Wu-Tang Clan announced their collaborative worldwide 2023 N.Y. State of Mind Tour with rapper Nas on their official Instagram account on Monday. The tour will feature over 30 dates, with the first show kicking off in…
$uicideboy$
New Orleans rap duo $uicideboy$ rose from the dark corners of the underground, merging hip-hop with punk and occult aesthetic fit for graveyards and clubs alike. With dozens of projects to their name (including at least 20 installments of their Kill Yourself EP series), they released their official full-length studio debut, I Want to Die…
Grupo Frontera and Luis R. Conriquez
Hailing from the Texas Valley just north of the Mexican border, Grupo Frontera are a norteño band that rose to viral success shortly after forming in early 2022. They released their debut EP, En Vivo, Vol. 1, but their cover of the song “No Se Va,” originally by Colombian group Morat, brought them fame and…
Aerosmith
Four-time Grammy award-winning rock legends Aerosmith have announced their Peace Out Tour with special guest The Black Crowes. Fans will see one of the most significant American rock bands in history one last time during this not-to-be-missed final tour. Every night will celebrate the five decades of Aerosmith’s groundbreaking hits as they celebrate 50 years…
Depeche Mode
Following the rapturous reception to their new single “Ghosts Again,” Depeche Mode have added a new Fall leg of North American tour dates to the Memento Mori Tour, which will support Memento Mori, their forthcoming studio album due out March 24. With the addition of these 34 new shows, the Rock & Roll Hall of…
Portland's Central City
There's a lot more to Portland's urban core than Downtown, a center for retail, restaurants and cultural attractions. Goose Hollow is home to Providence Park soccer stadium, while the Pearl District is famous for upscale bars, boutiques and galleries. Old Town Chinatown offers streetwear shops, Saturday Market and Lan Su Chinese Garden and Northwest/Nob Hill boasts shopping, dining and access to Forest Park and the historic Pittock Mansion. East of the Willamette River, the Central Eastside offers family-friendly attractions, shopping and nightlife, while Lloyd is home to the Oregon Convention Center and the Portland Trail Blazers.
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