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FSogol

(46,649 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

(11,602 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

(46,649 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.

FSogol

(46,649 posts)
4. I knew the Will-AH-mIT one, there's a Willamette hop.
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 06:46 AM
Mar 2018

I'm pretty sure it is Oregonisian, just like Parisian.

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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