kchoya
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Post by kchoya on May 1, 2006 12:30:32 GMT -5
The wife and I will be in Portland, Oregon next week for a few days. Anyone have any suggestions on things to do or places to eat?
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tgo
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Post by tgo on May 1, 2006 12:57:38 GMT -5
what are you looking to do?
Portland is a great beer town, if you want suggestions on breweries (of which there are many!) or the great "college of brew knowledge" tour i can look up the details from when i visited and pass them along.
lots of good bars & clubs in the downtown area.
they seem to have a lot of festivals and fairs during the year, i would suggest checking to see if any are going on when you are there.
i suggest taking the public transit from the airport since it is cheap, convenient and frequent as opposed to taking a far more expensive cab ride.
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Post by kchoya on May 1, 2006 14:39:49 GMT -5
Mostly need things to do during the day while our hosts are stuck working  Any restaurants or brewpubs would be helpful. We're going to rent a car since we're staying over in Hillsboro, want to explore outside the city a little, and fly out at 6 in the morning. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on May 1, 2006 14:48:27 GMT -5
Beer, beer and beer.
There's apparently a really neat pub there that I missed made out of a church or something like that -- McBricks knows the name.
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Post by washingtonhoya on May 1, 2006 16:43:40 GMT -5
Don't know of any breweries specifically (never really had any reason to read up on that sort of thing, not for a couple years anyway) but I would recommend any of the McMenamin's restaurants/bars in the Portland area. It's a great chain of hotels/theaters/restaurants. Edgefield (Troutdale, OR, just southeast of Portland) and Hotel Oregon come to mind off the top of my head. If I can think of anything else, I'll let you know, but I generally consider most of Portland and Oregon in general to be the ugly stepsister of the West Coast.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2006 20:43:02 GMT -5
Beer, beer and beer. There's apparently a really neat pub there that I missed made out of a church or something like that -- McBricks knows the name. I have no idea why, but your use of the word "neat" made me laugh hysterically. Such a grandfather word... |
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on May 1, 2006 21:01:50 GMT -5
You could check out one of the Trailblazer's playoff games ...
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Any restaurants or brewpubs would be helpful. 
