Memento PDX

Got the cutest hedgehog kitchen timer here! It will go great in my kitchen and maybe it can be friends with my hedgehog Rolo.

Whenever our family or friends come in for a visit from Canada or Alaska, or some random ass corner of the Globe, we hit Hawthorne for the little strip of adorable shops that just scream Portland.
Memento is definitely a favorite. Some things are a bit pricey, but the items you’ll find here are extremely cute and unique.

glad i stumbled across this place while in portland yesterday. There were so many great trinkets and local art I could get lost in there for hours. I ended up buying a few things and the gal at the register was super sweet. I had a good experience and will definitely be back again.

This is one of those kitschy gift shops and like other reviews have mentioned, it is similar to Presents of Mind. Jewelry, local artwork, cards, hand-​painted belt buckles, wooden animal skull necklaces (yep, and they were very cool, inlaid wood), mugs, craft paper, odd items that you wouldn’t normally buy except for gag gifts because you can only find them in places like this.
Unlike other reviews the woman working was helpful, we didn’t find what we were looking for but she did assist us. It’s a small shop but they cram a lot of trinkets in to it and you can wander around for over an hour and not really observe it all. I will admit, it’s not a place I’d go to all the time, but if I had that certain friend that was hard to shop for? I’m sure I could find something pretty cool here.
Enjoy.

My girlfriend and I visited Memento on a trip to Portland a few months ago. The shop was adorable and filled with things that could keep us entertained for hours (if we had the time). My girlfriend purchased a small Queen Bee wallet that she adored.
Flash forward two months to our home in Eugene. My girlfriend is devastated to find that she lost her beloved wallet. I made the decision to replace it for her as a birthday surprise, but the Queen Bee website was sold out. So I tried to remember that one little shop in Portland… ah, Memento PDX! I called the store and a friendly woman picked up. I explained my dilemma and she said that she had the wallet available and could mail it to me the next day. Two days after that phone call it was in my mailbox, just in time for my girlfriend’s birthday. Not only was she friendly and efficient, she personally called me a week later to make sure it had arrived in time (she remembered it was a birthday present) and to check to see if everything went as planned.
I couldn’t dream of better customer service!!!

This place has Kitsch items for every taste… unique gifts that would make you stand out of the pack, although you will more likely walk out with things for yourself and not for others. The customer service was awesome and cheerful. The prices for the items are way cheaper here than in my own country, therefore, I filled up generously.

So I want to like Memento… it kind of reminds me of Presents of Mind… but not as happy and friendly? Every time I’ve walked in there, the person at the register just is stone faced. They don’t greet you and they seem unhappy most of the time. I bought a few things from there, that I couldn’t find elsewhere… but it’s not a pleasant experience to go in there… :/
Be happy!!! :)

Very spendy boutique of all cute things. Came in looking for nothing in particular. Left with 2 Pre de Provence soaps. Enjoyable browsing, with panoramic temptation… like the inventory, especially for gift shopping. Such a cinch to blow a C-​note here, and that’s the truth. I’d be pretty «flat» about that if it occurred, though, given this visit was within my frst 3 hours of arriving!

Such a great unique little shop full of all sorts of things you wouldn’t even think of! Stickers, cards, postcards, random fun and interesting merchandise to brighten up your home and work desk. Every corner turned was an «oooh» and «ahh» moment for me. The friendly staff greeting everyone was a bonus, customer service is key!
I could have browsed around and touched and looked and played with everything! Came back home with a whole bushel of fun little trinkets to admire.

Need a gift? Silly or serious? Memento PDX will have it! All you have to do is find a parking spot between the beat-​up 70’s Volvo wagons, navigate through the dirty hippies with clipboards and «disadvantaged» post-​adolescents would rather ask you for money than find a job.

Whenever I need a diversion from life I step into Memento.
A little gnome here (that doubles as a beer some time as I bottle opener) a naughty tongue in cheek ever-​so-​clever rear view mirror ornament (and who doesn’t need that!).
And a wall of cool postcards people! These artists are dreamy and weird and wonderful! Have you ever seen Amalie and thought «hmm, I like that weird alligator that talks…». Well there is a lot from that artists and I will say that I never can walk out that door without another small piece of postcard art to add framed to my wall.
Lovely moments in Memento (used to be Greg’s).

Greg’s, reincarnated. Same quirky/​fun merchandise, same ambiance, and looks like some of the same employees. Greg’s really made Hawthorne fun, glad Memento is here.