Portland Suggestions

Hi Chet.

The Screen Door for the best friend chicken west of the Mississippi...either for dinner or chicken and waffles for breakfast. Worth the wait. No reservations. Under $25 for dinner per person minus drinks.

Accanto, baby sister restaurant to acclaimed Ava Gene (~2 month reservation wait), for Italian.

You are walking distance to Brunch Box for a really good burger.

Blue Plate is also close for their Northwest Sliders and fountain drinks. Guy Fieri filmed there. $10 for two huge sliders and awesome potato salad.

Also walking distance is Bunk Sandwich. IMO their Cuban is the best.

For something a little more fancy or exotic...Higgins is 4 blocks from Heathman. Veritable Quandry is a few more blocks. The Little Pidgeon is next to Bunk.

Iron Chef winner's Imperial is also close...but I think he's overrated and rely on win to carry.

PM for more if you want as I'm a major foodie .

You should take your son to the Oregon Zoo or OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).

Cheers,
Frank

 

Legal pot stores galore, not into it but there are plenty around. Might be interesting to just walk into a "legal" pot store .....and look around.
Friends say Pumpkin Ridge or the Reserve for golf, 15 miles west of downtown.

 

Sorry...The Little Bird...damn my French is horrible LOL

 

We had a very good dinner at Little Bird.
Andina is always a favorite when we go down to Portland.
Some interesting food trucks; I liked Eurotrash.

 

Activities:

Portland Art Museum

Saturday market / walk along waterfront

Visit / hike Multnomah Falls

If time and weather permit, head north on I-5 then follow signs to Johnson ridge / Coldwater ridge (Mt. St. Helens)

soak in a tub at Bagby Hot Springs

Hike lava tubes at Ape Cave (Cougar, Wa.)

Visit Ron Tonkin dealership in Wilsonville (great selection of cars for sale on display)

Cars and Coffee 8-10 AM Sat. at World of Speed, Wilsonville.

 

This is typical. If you can get your name on the list, there is a great coffee shop less than two blocks west to kill some time.

Order the praline bacon. Don't think about it, just do it.

 

Crack bacon. It is truly crack bacon. Happy you got seated. Hope the rest of your day went well. If you need any further help don't hesitate to PM me (except about golf--I'm not a golfer).

 

You should get out of your rental car at the gas station and just start pumping gas. Watch all the gas station attendants start freaking out. It's hilarious.

 

It's all fun and games until it's pouring down rain... seriously, I hate having to pump my own gas.

 

Wife and I are transplanted Chicagoans and love it here.

If you are still in the area for the weekend, you should consider the 1.25 hour drive to Cannon Beach (Sunday is supposed to be almost 80, but I wouldn't make book on that actually happening). There are a zillion Google images of the place, as it is pretty famous. A few decent restaurants there; pretty good for a beach town.

We took a hike on the coast 2 weeks ago (Point Lookout at Cape Kiwanda) and the views were, as usual, spectacular.