Portland is a city where it’s good to be goth. From macabre cafes to heavy metal bars offering vegan junk food, this weird and wonderful city offers something for everyone—including goths and their people.

Fall may be the best time to visit Portland. The air cools down just enough to cozy up in your favorite sweater, as the leaves change to various shades of yellow, orange, and crimson. While Halloween may be over, here are five goth places to enjoy in this city.

Momento Mori Cafe

Embrace your inner darkness at this death-themed coffee shop, Momento Mori Cafe. Named as a reminder of the inevitability of death, this macabre cafe serves delectable vegan skull-shaped treats and ethereal caffeinated elixirs—so you can pick your poison while exploring the depths of these flavors and your existence. Relax while goth tunes croon from the speakers. These tastefully morbid themes are a sharp juxtaposition to its ethos of saving animal’s lives by being a 100% vegan cafe.

Normally, I drink black coffee. This time, I tried the Vampira, which is a red velvet latte artfully swirling with creamy oat milk. It paired nicely with this skull-shaped pumpkin cake.

Sometimes there are pop-ups, such as vendors selling vegan bat-shaped cookies, tarot card readings, or tattoos. Events such as paint-and-sips let you stretch those creative muscles and work your magic on a canvas painting.

Black Cat Frozen Custard

Black Cat Frozen Custard is a delightful coven-like parlor that serves frozen custard, which is a fancy ice cream mixed with egg yolks. Have no fear, because a vegan version is here! Topped with swirled whipped cream, rainbow sprinkles, and a bright red cherry on top, the vegan vanilla custard is served in a magical ambience. You’ll find rows of mysterious potions sitting next to skulls, dead flowers, and spell books—all of the arcane goods for a witch’s lair.

A wardrobe offers a portal to a secret speakeasy coffee shop, which requires a password to access it. If you do have it, the person behind the counter will give you a dagger, which serves as a key to the portal. According to visitors, it’s apparently rather cozy inside, so I’ll have to find the password somehow and visit!

The Coffin Club

To get your goth on for the night, look no further than the Coffin Club. This queer-positive space welcomes goths of all walks of life in an inclusive environment. The creatures of the night dress up in shiny, skin-tight black PVC pants and corsets, or black lace and torn fishnets for a more trad Goth look. Skulls glow under red, green, and purple lights as DJs spin favorite goth tunes, both old and new: The Sisters of Mercy, Vision Video, 3Teeth, Nine Inch Nails, and more. Dance on top of the Ouija board dance floor, possibly summoning a spirit or two, or rest (temporarily) in peace for a photo op in an actual coffin.

The bar offers handcrafted mocktails (and cocktails). The Coffin Club even offers a vegan food cart to refuel as you dance the night away.

When I went a couple weeks ago, there was a drag show on the stage. For those events, definitely bring small bills to tip the performers. They work hard, and they’ll appreciate you for it!

Black Water

For vegan junk food, the heavy metal bar Black Water might satiate your cravings. The menu offers classic American food such as burgers, fries, and decadent sandwiches stuffed with house-made seitan or fried seasoned tofu. I had the chili cheese fries, which were smothered in vegan chili and cashew cheeze. Since the portions are huge, it’s good to share with a friend!

You’ll find rows of pinball machines to help pass the time while you wait for your food. Live heavy metal bands play frequently through the week at night.

Before anyone says that this kind of vegan food is unhealthy, well, that’s how you know that being vegan really is for the animals here. You can enjoy all of your classic favorite dishes without taking a single life on your plate. As long as less animals are killed for food, then that’s a win!

Lone Fir Cemetery

For a spooky picnic or to enjoy the autumn foliage, Lone Fir Cemetery offers expansive grounds for you to choose from. Since the first burial in 1846, this cemetery has grown to become one of Portland’s oldest cemeteries with 25,000 people buried here.

It also started off with a solitary douglas fir tree (hence the name), which is still standing to this day. Since then, more trees have been introduced, and today there are over 700 trees representing 63 species.

When the weather is nice, you can dress up in your finest goth splendor, set up a picnic, and enjoy lunch among the 25,000 souls floating around here. Nobody will ever question it. And remember, momento mori. 😉