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FSogol

(47,543 posts)
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 10:08 PM Mar 2018

Ok Oregoners, I'll be in Portland for 2 days this May. What should

Mrs FSogol and I should do?

I know about Powells Books and yes, we are both Foodies. What food spots, breweries, and sites should we not miss? What should we see and do? Thanks in advance.

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Ok Oregoners, I'll be in Portland for 2 days this May. What should (Original Post) FSogol Mar 2018 OP
Every foody needs to visit Voodoo Donuts RainCaster Mar 2018 #1
Any favorite brewery? FSogol Mar 2018 #5
A pizza scholls flying rabbit Mar 2018 #2
First, learn to pronounce "Oregon" correctly so you don't look like a foreigner. Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #3
I knew the Will-AH-mIT one, there's a Willamette hop. FSogol Mar 2018 #4
If you find yourself on Couch Street OxQQme Mar 2018 #6
Go EAST and visit Edgefield. Tavarious Jackson Apr 2018 #7

RainCaster

(13,446 posts)
1. Every foody needs to visit Voodoo Donuts
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 10:19 PM
Mar 2018

Get into the local craft brews.
Try some legal edibles. Then go to Voodoo...

FSogol

(47,543 posts)
5. Any favorite brewery?
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 06:47 AM
Mar 2018

Every town has a brewery that is considered great, but there usually a smaller quirky brewery that is even better.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
3. First, learn to pronounce "Oregon" correctly so you don't look like a foreigner.
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 11:15 PM
Mar 2018

It sounds exactly like "organ".

Next, be sure to say Will-AAAA-met river, not WIL-a-met river.

After that, be sure to refer to Oregonians, not Oregoners.

Beyond that, as resident of Eugene, I only go to Portland to visit Powell's, so I have no idea what else the town might have to offer that can't already be found in Eugene.

OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
6. If you find yourself on Couch Street
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 01:10 PM
Mar 2018

it's pronounced 'Cooch'.

You could walk to the top of a volcano that's inside the city.
Lovely view, from there, of downtown looking west, Mt Hood to the east and St Helens to the north.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+tabor+stairs&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwiXws-u0ZTaAhUY-mMKHROqAw4QsAQIaA&biw=1360&bih=700

Seeing as you're a Foodie, Portland has food cart sites galore.
Mucho taco trucks!
And ethnic delights from around the world. --> http://www.foodcartsportland.com/maps/

btw-if you plan on Voodo Donuts, go during the week.
Saturday/Sunday crowds waiting to get in are amazing.
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1360&bih=700&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=sH6-WoCDD9bqjwOFmpDADQ&q=voodoo+donuts&oq=voodo&gs_l=psy-ab.1.2.0l10.6177.7955.0.12266.5.4.0.1.1.0.79.260.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.5.265...0i67k1.0.NTEWVa7dAXc

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