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Some shops and activities and bars and restaurants do stay open on the holiday – you just need to know which ones.
I’ve done the ground work, now get out of the house on Christmas Day 2011!
SHOPS
Powell’s Books (1005 W Burnside). The downtown Powell’s is open 10am to 6pm on Christmas Day (9am to 7pm Christmas Eve).
ACTIVITIES
Bowling. Grand Central Bowl (SE 8th and Morrison), and many other bowling alleys, are open on Xmas day.
Movies. Catch a movie – many movie theaters are open on the Holiday.
BARS, CAFES, and RESTAURANTS
Anna Bannanas (8716 N Lombard & 1214 NW 21st) will be open at 8am-4pm or so, we always just kinda close up when it sloooooows doooown.:)
Rialto (529 SW 4th). This downtown institution is open 365 days a year. Play some pinball or pool, while enjoying your beer. Watch basketball on the ginormous TVs.
Interurban (4057 N Mississippi) will be open at 4pm on Christmas Day, offering Modern American Saloon libations and pub fare!
Jam on Hawthorne (2239 SE Hawthorne) is open for both breakfast (9am-2pm) and dinner (5pm-10pm) on Xmas Day.
Red and Black Cafe, Portland’s only vegan, worker-owned, collectively managed, IWW closed shop cafe is open on Christmas Day from 10am – 7pm.
Red E Cafe (1006 N. Killingsworth) will be open from 8am to 3pm on Christmas Day.
Kay’s Bar (6903 SE Milwaukie) will be opening at 7pm on Christmas Day!
The Cheerful Tortoise is open from 11am until 2:30am on Xmas Day.
Basement Pub (1028 SE 12th). Formerly the smokiest bar in town®, the Basement is open on Xmas day!
Mary’s Club (129 SW Broadway), of course, is always open.
Portland City Grill (111 SW 5th) is open both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (noon-9pm).
Prost! on North Mississippi at Skidmore is celebrating the third annual Prostmas on Xmas day. Stay tuned to the Prost! Facebook page for details.
Radio Room (1101 Northeast Alberta) will also be open again this year for Christmas brunch and dinner, from 9am to 2am. Brunch will be served from 9am to 3pm, and Dinner service will be from 4pm to 9pm. And the Happy Hour menu will be available from 9:00 pm to close. Reservations are accepted too!
And finally, for a comprehensive list visit PortlandBarFly.com‘s Bars open in Portland 365 days a year
Also try truck stops (seriously! Jubitz, for example), Chinese places, hotel restaurants.
Portland Food and Drink‘s annual list of restaurants open Christmas Eve and Christmas day is now live!
TRANSIT
TriMet’s Christmas Day schedule: TriMet buses, MAX trains, and the Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules. No WES service though!
The information in this post is compiled through a combination of hearsay, website perusals, assumptions, and direct contact – please do not take it as gospel; if you don’t want to make a fruitless trip out, give the place a call first!
cedr says
The Basement Pub will host trivia night on Christmas, too.
Dan Hart says
Interurban will be open Christmas Day from 4PM-2:30AM.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Interurban/276457019062473
Dave says
@Dan Hart – Thanks! I’ve added it to the post.