The iconic Hung Far Low sign has been “re-erected.” The famous Hung Far Low sign’s restoration is complete and will be unveiled this evening at 7:00 p.m. in a special unveiling ceremony. The sign’s restoration owes thanks to Ping, the community and the PDC who helped raise the $70,000 plus needed.
Chocolate! Rich, delicious, wonderful chocolate! We’re happy to announce that in addition to showcasing some of Portland’s best food, beer, and attractions, Portland Walking Tours is now showing off another of the city’s most delicious assets, its chocolate. Our new Chocolate Decadence tour is no mere candy shop tour, rather we’ve assembled some of PDX’s finest chocolatiers and are ready to introduce you to the vast world of chocolate from bean to bar and beyond. Like wine, chocolate comes in different varieties, types and kinds, and by the end of the tour, full of guided tastings, stimulating commentary, and sweet exploration, you’ll earn an honorary degree in “Chocology,” setting you heads and shoulders above your average chocoholic.
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has just added a great new feature that Portland-area Food Cart aficionados will find very useful. There is now a food cart layer for Bing maps. This layer will not only display the location of each cart, but provide links to reviews, hours, twitter feeds and more. Food carts will be marked on the map with a spork. If the cart is marked with a red spork that means that it is one of the carts that was featured in this month’s Portland Monthly’s article “The 40 Best Food Carts.” Finding good eats just got that much easier!
For more about Portland Food Carts check out Portland Monthly.
It’s the 19th annual Festa Italiana this weekend at Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown. The Festa started yesterday and runs through Saturday (8/28). As always there promises to be nonstop entertainment and of course… lots of delicious Italian food and drink. The festivities run start at 11:00 a.m. and continue until 11:00 p.m. Admission is free and should offer a little something for everyone.
For more information and a schedule of events see: http://festaitalianaportland.shutterfly.com/entertainmentsked
File this one under keep Portland Weird. Some enterprising artist decided to enliven the morning bike commute for everyone who rides along North Williams Street by painting symbols from Nintento’s Mario Cart in the bike lane. There are stars, mushrooms, power boosts and, of course, the dreaded banana peel, which in the game makes you spin out. Everyone here who bikes has certainly wished for power boost, or two, on some morning rides.
You can see a clip of the local KATU coverage here: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/
Laurelhurst Market just made Bon Appetit’s list of Top Ten New Restaurants in the country. As they say in the article, it’s a great place to go for good steak, without having to suffer the typical steakhouse “boy’s club” feel, or even better, the typical chain steakhouse prices. Plus their focus on showcasing local food and food culture rates them high in our book! Big congrats again.
You can read the article and see their other 9 choices at: http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/bafoodist/2010/08/the-10-best-new-restaurants.html#ixzz0wyZnGkcs
According to Travel + Leisure, Portland ranks as the second cleanest city in the U.S. Our eco-friendly city ranked so high in cleanliness because residents take great pride in their public parks and love of the environment.
Minneapolis was the cleanest followed by Portland, Denver, Austin, and Santa Fe. The dirtiest city in the U.S., according to the survey, was New York, followed by New Orleans and Los Angeles.
Here in Portland when we here crawfish we automatically think of Jake’s. But this weekend it’s time to think of Tualatin and their annual Crawfish Festival. This festival has been taking place annually since 1951! It is also the only festival that we know of that has been officially cursed by a “Voodoo Queen.” (Long story…)
If you’re interested check out their official site: http://www.tualatincrawfishfestival.com/2010/
Before summer is over, catch a movie in the park. Movies at the Park still has plenty of great movies playing through the beginning of September. The Dark Knight, Planet 51, and many others are playing soon.
Grab friends or make it a date, get some food, and a blanket and make it a great night out.
Calling all foodies!!! This weekend the Bite of Oregon will be taking over a good portion of Tom McCall Waterfront Park for what should be a foodie’s paradise. There will be chef demonstrations, the Iron Chef Oregon competition, lots of local food, an Oregon craft beer garden and a Wine Pavilion with over 100 different local wines to sample from. Sounds to us like a great way to spend an afternoon! For more information visit the official website: http://www.biteoforegon.com/index.html.
You can also make it a full foodie package by starting off the day with one of our Epicurean Excursions before heading over to the Bite of Oregon.
