what to do in Portland, OR

[andylawcc]

I am going to meet up with an old friend; I am sure he will bring me around and stuff, but I want to see if there's any must-see / must-do or must-eat. I did the wineries tour last year with him, quite nice and beautiful. I wanted to do a microbrewery but time is not on my side. So any recommendation?

 

[zerocool84]

Portland in what state???

 

[andylawcc]

oops, Oregon. heh

 

[jpeyton]

There are a ton of microbrewery public houses you can hit up in the DT PDX area.

Bigger names like Widmer Brothers, Henry Weinhard, Bridgeport, Rogue, McMenamins. Lots of smaller ones, too...

No shortage of beer in this city.

 

[Xylitol]

home of the other white meat

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
There are a ton of microbrewery public houses you can hit up in the DT PDX area.

Bigger names like Widmer Brothers, Henry Weinhard, Bridgeport, Rogue, McMenamins. Lots of smaller ones, too...

No shortage of beer in this city.

I thought Rogue is all the way out in Newport.

nvm, just check with Rogue's website, they have a distillery/pub in Pearl District.

anyway, Jpeyton: you heard of a place called McTarnahan? It got rave reviews on Yelp.

 

[Born2bwire]

Hiking. I visited a lot of the mountains and parks when I lived in Beaverton for a summer. I did one evening trip of driving out to the coast, hiking up a mountain, Neahkanie Mountain I think, that overlooked the coastline, and then having dinner at one of the seafood restaurants in the area. Of course this is a seasonal recommendation.

 

[olds]

Go see RossMAN.

 

[Michael]

I just moved to Portland (started a job in Hillsboro). I've been here a few weeks and nothing has struck me as a "must do" as in one overriding tourist attraction. It would help if you listed things you like to do. There certainly appear to be no shortage of good places to eat and good bars. Zero sales tax makes shopping good as well.

Michael <- just back from Asia and jetlagged

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Michael
I just moved to Portland (started a job in Hillsboro). I've been here a few weeks and nothing has struck me as a "must do" as in one overriding tourist attraction. It would help if you listed things you like to do. There certainly appear to be no shortage of good places to eat and good bars. Zero sales tax makes shopping good as well.

Michael <- just back from Asia and jetlagged

You just flew in from Asia?

 

[shortylickens]

I lived in Beaverton for a year and I have to say I wasnt impressed by Portland at all. That place has more strip clubs per capita than any other city in the world, which should give you an idea.
Now I love strip clubs, but too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.

I agree that nothing is a "must-see" in Portland, unless you are a fan of strippers. I dont know what the nicest club is but I have heard rumors of fancy gentlemens clubs that require memberships and such, but they offer fantastic services like fine dining, wine, cigars and more.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Michael
I just moved to Portland (started a job in Hillsboro). I've been here a few weeks and nothing has struck me as a "must do" as in one overriding tourist attraction. It would help if you listed things you like to do. There certainly appear to be no shortage of good places to eat and good bars. Zero sales tax makes shopping good as well.

Michael <- just back from Asia and jetlagged

You just flew in from Asia?

And boy are his arms tired!

 

[weirdichi]

Thien Hong up on sandy Blvd in NE Portland. Go there and get the pepper salted squid. That is all.

 

[Nik]

Roses is a good place for sammiches.
Todai is a great place for sushi and many other oriental foods, mainly Japanese.
Jake's is an AWESOME restaurant for seafood and steak.
LuckyLab is the name of several ale houses that are great places to go. The most recent Portland ATOT meet was there.
The London Grill at the Benson Hotel has a great brunch.
I'm not sure if it's there anymore, but there used to be an epic deli in The Rose Quarter, run by a deaf guy. Extremely nice people, great service, excellent food.
McTarnahan's is good for their beer.
Patti's is a good Irish pub (so is Kel's).
AT had a meet several years ago at Old Town Pizza, which is great.
The original Old Spaghetti Factory is downtown on the water. Good food, cheap, and great view.
Newport Bay is right on the water, too, but they're a little pricy.
Voodoo Doughnuts is a great place with the WEIRDEST doughnuts you'll ever find. If you go late-night, there's tons of hot chicks there -it seems to be the latest fad in youthful hangouts.

Sax Fifth Avenue and Lloyd Center are great malls to get lost in for hours of entertainment.
The waterfront dosen't have anything set up right now but there's usually lots of fun stuff to do there.

 

[weirdichi]

And you can always go wander around at Uwajimaya in Beaverton. It's a big Japanese/Asian grocery story with a bookstore in it.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
And you can always go wander around at Uwajimaya in Beaverton. It's a big Japanese/Asian grocery story with a bookstore in it.

The only place I can get Asahi and Saporo :heart:

 

[AntiFreze]

hair of the dog!!!!

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
I lived in Beaverton for a year and I have to say I wasnt impressed by Portland at all. That place has more strip clubs per capita than any other city in the world, which should give you an idea.
Now I love strip clubs, but too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.

I agree that nothing is a "must-see" in Portland, unless you are a fan of strippers. I dont know what the nicest club is but I have heard rumors of fancy gentlemens clubs that require memberships and such, but they offer fantastic services like fine dining, wine, cigars and more.

If all you can do is take 2 full paragraphs to bash portland for our strippers and then mention "oh and there's other stuff" in your last bit of breath, maybe you shouldn't be offering advice on Portland.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: shortylickens
I lived in Beaverton for a year and I have to say I wasnt impressed by Portland at all. That place has more strip clubs per capita than any other city in the world, which should give you an idea.
Now I love strip clubs, but too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.

I agree that nothing is a "must-see" in Portland, unless you are a fan of strippers. I dont know what the nicest club is but I have heard rumors of fancy gentlemens clubs that require memberships and such, but they offer fantastic services like fine dining, wine, cigars and more.

If all you can do is take 2 full paragraphs to bash portland for our strippers and then mention "oh and there's other stuff" in your last bit of breath, maybe you shouldn't be offering advice on Portland.

My last bit of breath was about the strip clubs.
And I dont deal in maybe's. Go look somewhere else for a fight. Perhaps with a Californian.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: shortylickens
I lived in Beaverton for a year and I have to say I wasnt impressed by Portland at all. That place has more strip clubs per capita than any other city in the world, which should give you an idea.
Now I love strip clubs, but too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.

I agree that nothing is a "must-see" in Portland, unless you are a fan of strippers. I dont know what the nicest club is but I have heard rumors of fancy gentlemens clubs that require memberships and such, but they offer fantastic services like fine dining, wine, cigars and more.

If all you can do is take 2 full paragraphs to bash portland for our strippers and then mention "oh and there's other stuff" in your last bit of breath, maybe you shouldn't be offering advice on Portland.

My last bit of breath was about the strip clubs.
And I dont deal in maybe's. Go look somewhere else for a fight. Perhaps with a Californian.

Maybe you should focus on something for him to do like he asked instead of finding ONE thing to bash Portland about? All you're doing is focussing on ONE negative thing about a city you don't even live in anymore and weren't in for all that long either.

Either post something positive and productive for him to do or see or eat, like he asked, or STFU.

 

[axelfox]

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