Things To Do
Food Carts & Restaurants
Portland is known for their food carts, here are our favorites! Prost food cart pod John's Eastside food card pod (we love JoJo's the most) Portland is also known for it's brunch: Jam on Hawthrone Fried Egg I'm in Love Screen Door Eastside (their chicken and waffles are to die for) Mother's Bistro and Bar (bride & groom's first date spot, brides favorite is the cornflake crusted french toast) Other food: Eem Gumba Cheese & Crack (GO HERE AND GET THE CHEESE & CRACK SUNDAE, TRUST US)
Bars & Breweries
If you like IPAs you're in luck. Portland has a brewery on every corner with the dankest IPAs. Here are some spots the groom would recommend: Ruse Brewing Apex Bar Culmination Steeplejack Wayfinder John's Marketplace Eastside Huber's (get the Spanish Coffee) Proper Pint (the bride and groom lived in an apartment on the 4th floor of this building!)
Fun streets & shopping
OREGON HAS NO SALES TAX. I REPEAT, OREGON HAS NO SALES TAX. If you're in the mood to shop here are some areas we recommend walking around: Division Street in SE Portland 23rd Street in NW Portland Sellwood in SE Portland Hawthorne Blvd in SE Portland
Excursions
Sellwood waterfront park Multnomah Falls hike - 40 minute drive Oregon Coast - 1.5 hr drive Hood River - 1 hr drive Sandy River - 30 minute drive (go to Sugar Pine drive-in while you're here) Wilamette Valley wine country - 40 minutes, home of Pinot Noir