Mirador Community Store

I loved this place! I got some cute stuff like a salt rock candle holder and incense for great prices! They had a variety of stuff for your house, especially if you cook. I’ll totally be back.

Best kitchen/​home store in SE!
Mirador has unique and beautiful items that are great gifts or additions to my kitchen.
I most recently found unique small canning jars for jam as well as a new basket for the farmers market.
The staff goes out of them way to help me and offers to order items for me.
Check this store out!

A portland gem! Fun tip: They do gift registries! We used them for our wedding registry and it was one of the smartest moves yet.

I love having this store in my neighborhood. Many of the products they sell are made in the USA and/​or eco-​friendly and the staff is friendly and helpful. This is the first place I go to when I need something for my kitchen and I have always been able to find what I need for a reasonable price.

One of those epic gem of a stores — that has EVERYTHING you need, and each item is picked for it’s quality and ethical production.
I was particularly impressed with their Real brooms made with wood handles and straw
Good prices on Mason Jars
Kitchen Gadgets — vegetable peelers, whisks, cheesecloth, can openers etc.
Super Portland Things, like Reusuable lunch bags and totes
True home supplies, for an actually affordable price. Generally, for quality products that last, I find things cheaper here than any of the big box stores.

Excellent variety of handmade artist’s items including cards, textiles, candles/​incense, ceramics, and bath products. One of my favorites is the Lavender Sage deodorant. Made in Portland of all natural ingredients and works really well for me. Comes in a little jar for $ 10. The selection of wind chimes outside makes me happy. :)
The other half of the store has all kinds of DIY and kitchen supplies. Most of the items are moderately priced and it’s nice to support local business. It’s nice that they have a few parking spaces right in front.

I love there place for kitchen stuff! I went there for canning supplies, and they always have the best. It is a great place to give wedding presents. People are always super happy when they get them!!!

I chose «As good as it gets!» because I would rather support a community «hippie store» than the larger ‘chains’~
When I am on the SE Side, I almost always stop at Mirador~street parking is limited, but every time I’ve gone there, I have found a spot (must’a had my name on it ;))
I absolutely love the chimes outside the front door, as on windy days, they sound wonderful and inviting~
I like the fact they have incense burning. To me, it makes it smell great in there!
I also like their selection of incenses! And, since local artists supply a lot of what is in the front of the store, it’s always a pleasant surprise to find something ‘new’.
There are a multitude of gift items there. And, when I can afford a juicer, I will most likely purchase it from this establishment.

Mirador has been around for many years, they have a great selection of kitchen and household gear. One of their major themes is selling American made goods. Very friendly staff, and very interesting old building which was a 1920’s gas station. Definitely worth a visit.

The Positive:
Mirador stocks a large quantity of excellently-​chosen products that are inspiring in the areas of sustainable living. I’ve purchased everything from organic sheets to a rice cooker and I’m very happy with almost all of them.
The Rest:
They burn incense in the store. A lot of it. And judging by other reviews here, I’m not the only customer who has turned into a sneezing eye-​itching monster within seconds of entering the store. This also means that all of their products smell of incense, and it can be very difficult to completely de-​smellify them. I contacted Steve, one of the owners, about this the last time I was in the store, and his response suggested that I should enter the store through the back door. Kind of like the back of the bus.
Also, they have what sounds like a great deal with Supportland (a fantastic organisation devoted to local business) where every $ 10 earns you a «virtual punch,» and you receive a $ 10 reward certificate after $ 100 spent. Unfortunately, when I tried to use my $ 10 certificate towards a $ 20 purchase — paying for the remaining $ 10 on my own — I was denied a new punch for that part of the purchase. It’s like going to a coffee shop, using your filled-​up free drink card for yourself, and being refused a new punch card for the second drink you bought alongside.
After a few minutes of gentle rhetoric I was able to convince the employee otherwise, but not without receiving some less than professional attitude and a crass apology to the customer behind me, because apparently I’d held up the line. I inquired about this employee with owner Steve as well, who replied that she was «perhaps our most customer-​service friendly employee we’ve ever had.» Maybe she was just having a bad day, but a little honesty would go a long way.

More than just a hippie store — think of it as the original eco friendly chemical free housewares and culinary maker space!
Need a made in the USA cast iron skillet? they got it! Bamboo dish drainer? yep! Specific brush for sinks or bottles or whatnot? yep! Yogurt makers, champion juicers, canning supplies and much more.
Great place for wedding gifts, or for the hard-​to-​buy for. I just picked up a drinky-​lid for mason jars so now I am über-​hip.
Seriously to heck with Amazon get your gear here and get it today. They’ve been hit hard by all the construction on Division over the past year. Go check them out!

We came here last night for an event in conjunction with St. Jack for a Beaujolais tasting that was awesome! There were appetizers from Bar Avignon and St. Jack that were super yummy and even though it was freezing outside the heat lamps and roasted chestnuts were a warm welcome.
I’m only giving 4 stars instead of 5 cause I thought it was overpriced — $ 15 for 3 tastes. I didn’t find out the value of all 3 of the bottles we tasted, but I know one of them was only a $ 15 bottle. If I’m going to pay $ 5 for a taste of something I’d like to think it’s a more expensive bottle, you know?
Either way, great event and very glad we came!

Mirador has a great selection of sustainable, organic, and local home goods. Their products are expensive, really expensive, we’re talking $ 32 for an organic towel expensive (although the brand sells it for $ 40 on their website) BUT the quality is amazing and some of their products are made in Portland or elsewhere in Oregon.
More importantly, once you push past the overpriced incense there is a world of kitchen equipment. They have dehydrators, handmade wood drying racks made in Portland, silverware, mason jars… everything.
The store is a unique experience and sometimes you can get lucky and find something nice on sale. I got a $ 30 hemp door mat for $ 10 last week!

If you’re allergic to incense and patchouli, skip Mirador. The scent is overpowering as soon as you walk in the door. I was looking for specific kitchen supplies, which they carry at reasonable prices, but I couldn’t stay to browse the rest of their store because the incense gave me such a headache.
Outside of the incense overdose, I am very impressed with the kitchen tools and accessories they carry. Lots of terrific gadgets for cooking, baking, and food preservation.

I adore Mirador!
A niche store that offers organic and sustainable quality goods for your kitchen, home, and gift needs.
So friendly, so accommodating, and so connected to the community (just ask for a list of local qualifying discounts).
A store to explore: Mirador :-)

Quality products everywhere you look, focusing on eco, green, fair trade, and long lasting, hence you get what you pay for.
From incense, to vegan lunch boxes, to kitchen items like iron skillets, bamboo dish cloths, utensils, glass jars, even clothing and jewelry. I would say that most items here are focusing on the reuseable. I saw a reuseable sandwich bag for instance.
It’s not just a sort of «general» store, but a store for the community. Walk around and pick up the different items and note what they are trying to teach you to do. Real solutions for greenifying and learning not to just «throw away».

What’s not to love? I’ve bought so many gifts here, and recently, a really nice new broom for the house (Happy New Year to us!) and new potholders (I burnt three over the holidays!).
I am a bit surprised by Tracy H.‘s review and experience. I can’t imagine the shop owner I see at Mirador refusing to refund for a defective product. I hope she tries going back to resolve the issue.

BEWARE! Does not stand behind their products & refused a refund on a product defective at purchase.
Purchased a glass bottle, but noticed the glass chipped when we got home. We returned to exchange for a new one, but noticed that many of the others also had this problem, which made them no longer useful for storing liquids.
They would not refund the money and only offered store credit, which makes this a scam in my opinion. A reputable shop would stand behind their products. Unfortunately the purchase was made with cash, otherwise I would have contested the CC charge.
Its a shame, as I would like to support a local shop, but this utter failure of basic customer service makes this impossible. You have been warned.

Aha! I knew this store would be good for something random I needed. They have a good selection of kitchenware for good prices, and I scored the exact artichoke holder I have been looking for, $ 2.50.
I was tempted to pick up a few cards and bumperstickers as well, but only in so much as I wanted to make fun of the actual bumperstickers, which I realize isn’t very nice considering people actually do abide by sentiments like «Listen to the children» and «Driving supports terrorism».
Mockable stickers aside, it’s a nice spot! I’d rather buy home goods here, now that I know it’s a full store (much bigger than it looks from the outside), than a bigger box store. Lots of quality goods, preference to fair-​trade and locally made. Cookware, gadgets, linens, reusable containers, canning supplies, soaps, oils, candles and a big old sale rack out front and a free stuff bin!
Additional discount given for food co-​op members as well.

Yea, so it’s kind of a hippie store and yea it’s another store that I really have no reason to buy much in. But, it’s one of those stores that you can keep in your back pocket and say. Oh! I think I saw that there one day when you need something completely random.
I first heard about this place when I came across a blog of a lady in Portland that made bacon vodka and posted kind of gross pictures of the process. I love bacon, but pork fat in a vat of vodka is never a pretty sight. I digress. So she packaged them cutely to give as gifts and she bought her bottles here. Being a big homemade gift maker, I was definitely intrigued by what else this place had to offer.
It’s actually kind of random that they have kitchen supplies as about 1/3−½ of their store since the rest is incense, random jewelry, and books about bike/​hike trails. It’s pretty cute though. They have both common and rare finds. If I lived closer I’d probably pop in more often to see what they had in stock this week (it changes often I’m told). They have very affordable jars and bottles and if I finally learn about canning like I imagine in my head one day, I’d opt to go here vs. the chains.