Check it out! A new store from Marc Mohan, film critic for the Oregonian and a friend of mutual friends...
Video Vérité
3956 N Mississippi Avenue
503.495.9902
open noon to 11 p.m., closed Mondays
one-day rental: $1.50; five-day rental: $3.00; late fees: $1 per day

This place sounds pretty cool.
Video Vérité "boasts a couch, a faux fireplace, a film reference library and an assortment of vintage board games. And there are plans to convert the store's cavernous basement into a screening room." [via dailyPDX]