Things To Do
FESTIVAL: Oregon BrewFest
Running from July 26th- 29th. Try 80 different craft beers, eat pub food, hear live music, and learn about home brewing at Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Children accompanied by a parent are welcome and will enjoy the soda garden.
ACTIVITY: International Rose Test Garden
Great for a walk around; thousands of roses and views of the city & Mt. Hood.
ACTIVITY: Pittock Mansion
Skip the house but go for the view (it's free to enter the garden and grounds). Great views of the city!
ACTIVITY: Ground Kontrol
Video game paradise. Beers and snacks as well :)
ACTIVITY, EAT + DRINK: Mississippi Studios and Bar Bar
Awesome concerts, beers, & back patio
ACTIVITY + DRINK: BrewCycle Portland
Bike brew tour
ACTIVITY: Powell's Books
ACTIVITY: Forest Park
Tons of hiking without having to leave the city! Recommended: Tolinda-Ridge Trail Loop Hike (http://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Tolinda-Ridge_Trail_Loop_Hike)
ACTIVITY: Portland Farmers Market - Portland State University
ACTIVITY: Providence Park
Catch a Timber's game here!
ACTIVITY: Multnomah Falls
This is THE waterfall to see in Oregon. It can get crowded at peak times but the benefit to this one is you can walk right up to it- no hiking required.
ACTIVITY: Jamison Square
Park with a water park area the kids can play in and adults can stick their feet in. Located near lots of lunch spots and an ice cream shop which makes for a great outing with the kiddos!
ACTIVITY: Laurelhurst Theater
Cheap movies, pizza + beer. Can you ask for more?
ACTIVITY: Dog Mountain
ACTIVITY: Lan Su Chinese Garden
ACTIVITY: Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade
Paved walk along the East side of the river. Great views of the city.
ACTIVITY + DRINK: McMenamins Mission Theater
ACTIVITY: Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
ACTIVITY: Portland Aerial Tram (South Waterfront Lower Tram Terminal)
MUSIC, EAT + DRINK: Doug Fir Lounge
Concerts downstairs, food and fire pits upstairs
MUSIC: Wonder Ballroom
EAT: Olympia Provisions NW
EAT: Ava Gene's
Excellent new school Italian food and dreamy ambiance
EAT: Bamboo Sushi NW
The BEST sushi. Get the Green Machine specialty roll
EAT: Lardo
EAT: Tasty n Alder
EAT: Blue Star Donuts
Better than Voodoo Donuts. Go here.
EAT: Salt & Straw
Worth the wait. Sample every flavor while waiting on line.
EAT: Screen Door
Breakfast like you wouldn't believe. Go early.
EAT: Pine State Biscuits Division
EAT: Breken Kitchen
EAT + DRINK: 10 Barrel Brewing
EAT + DRINK: Deschutes Brewery Portland Public House
Great beers & great food
EAT+ DRINK: Interurban
EAT + DRINK: Ecliptic Brewing
EAT + DRINK: Pine Street Market
Think fancy hipster food court. Some of the best of Portland plus beer, wine, and ice cream spot.
EAT + DRINK: Bye and Bye
EAT + DRINK: Breakside Brewery - NW Slabtown
EAT + DRINK: Rae's Lakeview Lounge
EAT + DRINK: TILT
DRINK: Paymaster Lounge
Dive bar with the best back patio
DRINK: Bailey's Taproom
DRINK: Mbar
Cheap but amazing wine
DRINK: Rontoms
Great bar; back patio with fire pits.
DRINK: Base Camp Brewing Company
DRINK: Departure Portland Restaurant + Lounge
Views of the city, fancy cocktails.
DRINK: Sandy Hut
DRINK: StormBreaker Brewing
DRINK: The Alibi Tiki Lounge
BREAKFAST: Commissary
Breakfast sammies & coffee in a dream art deco space
BREAKFAST: Byways Cafe
COFFEE: Sisters Coffee Company - The Pearl
COFFEE: Barista
COFFEE: Nossa Familia Coffee
SO GOOD. Do you like coffee? You can tour their facility.
TEA: Tea Bar NW
DAY TRIP: Sauvie Island
You-pick berry farms, parks & hiking, "beach" on the Columbia River
DAY TRIP: Timberline Lodge
Ski resort but open in the summer with excellent views of the top of Mt. Hood and more. Hiking trails. The lodge is awesome. Did you see The Shining? This is the hotel in it!
DAY TRIP: Hood River
DAY TRIP: Mount Saint Helens
DAY TRIP: Astoria
Seaside town on the Pacific & mouth of the Columbia River. Lots of great local beer & food. "The Goonies" was filmed here.
ACTIVITY: Buoy Beer Company
FOOD + DRINK: Fort George Brewery
LODGING: Adrift Hotel
EAT + DRINK: Pickled Fish
DAY TRIP: Haystack Rock
If you come to Oregon, you take a picture in front of this rock. The iconic sea stack in "The Goonies". But in all honesty, it is a beautiful scenic walk on the beach.
COFFEE: Sleepy Monk Coffee Roasters
EAT: Ecola Seafoods Restaurant & Market
Fish & Chips
ACTIVITY: Ecola State Park
ACTIVITY: Thor's Well
EAT + DRINK: Pelican Brewing
OVERNIGHT: Bend
Outdoor lovers paradise + amzing beer.
ACTIVITY: Smith Rock
OVERNIGHT: Crater Lake
ACTIVITY: Curious Comedy Theater
EAT + DRINK: McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
DRINK: Reverend Nat's Hard Cider
EAT: The Waffle Window
EAT + DRINK: Radio Room
EAT: Nong's Khao Man Gai
EAT: Pambiche
DRINK: APEX
DRINK: Gigantic Brewing Co
DRINK + ACTIVITY: Pips & Bounce
COFFEE: Water Avenue Coffee
ACTIVITY: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
DRINK: The Slammer Tavern
OUR FAVORITE.