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Glitz meets ghetto on Southeast Belmont Street, where dusty discount shacks abut adorable boutiques. The Dixie Mattress Co. (read more) (3326 SE Belmont St., 235-5514) recycles mattresses from a shady storefront (see its Confederate-flag sign), but three doors down houses Noun: A Person’s Place for Things (3300 SE Belmont St., 235-0078, shopnoun.com), an adorable antiques and curio decor joint that also houses the eastside location of Saint Cupcake. An ancient but restored—and supposedly haunted—Victorian is host to the Pied Cow (3244 SE Belmont St., 230-4866), a coffee joint and hookah bar that has one of Portland’s cutest back-patio gardens. Stroll east on Belmont and amid old houses and new condos you’ll find the vegan-centric Paradox Cafe (3439 SE Belmont St., 232-7508, paradoxorganiccafe.com) across the street from Pine State Biscuits (3640 SE Belmont St., 236-3346, pinestatebiscuits.com), where you can plaque up your arteries with some serious biscuits ’n’ gravy. Burn a rainy afternoon and your laundry change hitting the arcades at the Avalon Theatre (3451 SE Belmont St., 238-1617, wunderlandgames.com). Eat the various iterations of Tater Tots at the Side Street Tavern (828 SE 34th Ave., 236-7999), or for higher-end cocktails, look no further than the painfully trendy Aalto Lounge (3356 Belmont St., 235-6041). —­Laura Shinn

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Upcoming Events

Saturday November 28

STAGE

Drunken F***er

A solo show, written and performed by Canadian actor Sean Bowie, about being a drunken fucker who ruins the holidays and destroys everything he touches. Dance Naked Productions' Eleanor O'Brien saw the show while touring the Canadian Fringe circuit (not a joke!), and liked it enough to bring Bowie to Portland for five nights. Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., dancenakedproductions.com. 8 pm Friday-Saturday, Nov. 28-29, and Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 3-5. $15.

Sunday November 29

Fuse Feast

[FUNDRAISER] Fuse Theatre Ensemble serves "an artistic smorgasbord" with performances by Indian Classical Dance, Buoy La Rue, Aurora Chorus, the students of Northwest Academy, Original Practice Shakespeare, Dance Fusion Northwest, puppeteer Bill Hoznagel and Jason Miranda, singer Annie Vergnetti and a sneak preview of Fuse's upcoming "hip-hop adaptation of Taming of the Shrew" titled Slap That Bitch. No, I'm not making that last one up. Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 234-3873. 1:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 29. $10-$50.