Thai and American BBQ fusion. This place won restaurant of the year in Portland in 2019, which is really saying something. Price tag is not cheap, but also not crazy expensive. This restaurant will make you reconsider all you life choices.
Hood River is gorgeous and perhaps our favorite place to show people. This town will make you want to move to Oregon. I highly encourage you all to drive to Hood River on the Oregon side, and then return on the Washington side. Make it a point to stop at all of the waterfalls along the way and hit up the Hood River Fruit Loop.
This is one of my favorite things to do in Oregon. The most gorgeous scenic byway leads you to a tour of all of the artisan fruit farms in the Hood River area. AND you have to drive the Columbia Gorge to get there. There is no better way to experience Oregon, in my opinion. Take I84 to Hood River, experience the Fruit Loop, then cut over into White Salmon for some food and beer at Everybody's Brewing or Pfriem. Then travel back to Portland via the Washington side of the Columbia