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james john cafe
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This filming location for Portlandia was featured in Episode 4, Season 1. It was the location for the "Did you read it?" sketch, where the compared knowledge of current periodicals escalates to the literal consumption of magazines.
view full location details...coffee land!
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The Urban Grind coffee house was a filming location for Portlandia. In this Episode 3, Season 1 sketch, two Japanese schoolgirls come to "Coffee Land!" and drink increasingly adorable cups of coffee.
view full location details...keep portland weird
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Near the Voodoo Doughnut, off the west side of the 3rd Ave block, between Burnside and Ankeny, is the "Keep Portland Weird" mural featured in the opening of Portlandia.
view full location details...powell’s books
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In Episode 2, Season 1 of Portlandia, Powell's Books (and the Pearl District) are featured in the "biker's rights!" sketch. There are five locations of Powell's Books, but this is the exterior used on the show.
Interesting side note: the Pearl District has free wi-fi.
view full location details...the firehouse
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This filming location for Portlandia was featured in Episode 2, Season 1. The Firehouse is where the well-traveled couple of Kathy and Dave (Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein) are all in a tizzy over a dog being tied to a "piece of metal."
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