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PDX Parent Annual
Reader Favorites

The votes are in! Learn which Portland favorites won in our annual reader’s poll.

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🍕 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Food & Drink

Looking for Portland-area Reader Favorite spots for dessert runs, kid-friendly dining, and pizza nights that make everyone happy? These winners and Top 5 picks come straight from PDX Parent readers—perfect for family outings, weekend treats, and easy meals when you want something reliably loved....
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🎳 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Family Fun

Looking for fresh ways to have fun with kids around Portland (and beyond)? These reader-voted Favorites cover big-deal adventures and easy wins....
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🛝 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Playgrounds

Looking for a great place to play outside? These reader-voted favorites include everything from nature play and epic structures to inclusive, all-abilities designs....
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🐟 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Swim Lessons

These Portland-area swim programs were voted reader favorites for swim instruction—perfect for building water confidence, learning safety skills, and making a splash all year long....
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🌾 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Family-Friendly Farms

Portland is surrounded by amazing farms, but these stand out as the top picks from our readers! Check out the best family-friendly farms that earned your votes as favorites. 🏆 […]

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🏆 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Camps

It's time to book summer camps in Portland, Oregon, and the best recommendations are always the ones you get from other parents....
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🛍️ PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Services & Shopping

From Portland bookstores and comic shops to bike repair, kids’ resale, hair salons, and experience gifts that feel like instant core memories, these Reader Favorites are the places families reach for again and again....
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🎭 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Arts & Entertainment

Portland-area family favorites for arts and crafts, performing arts, kid-friendly movie theaters, and kindie musicians and performers....
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🎉 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Birthday Party Spots

Looking for the perfect place to celebrate your child’s big day? Our readers have spoken!...
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🎒 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: After School Activities & Enrichment

Looking for after school activities around Portland? Explore these Reader Favorite picks for sports, STEM, arts, tutoring, and swim lessons—winners plus top five in each category....
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👶 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Pregnancy & Baby

From prenatal care and birth options to postpartum support and family legal planning, these reader-voted Favorites highlight resources families rely on throughout the pregnancy and early-parenting years....
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🩺 PDX Parent Reader Favorites: Health & Wellness

These reader-voted PDX Parent Favorites spotlight Portland-area health and wellness resources families trust most — including pediatric dentists, pediatricians, urgent care options, specialty supports, and accessible & inclusive programs....
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Check out the full list of winners

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