Archive for 'Food & Drink'

Portland Flavor Street tour debuts today!

Friday, May 4th, 2012

We know you’ve seen them, and you probably have even tried a few. But have you ever wanted to really explore Portland’s food carts to see which ones are REALLY the best? Well, now you can. With Portland Walking Tours’ Flavor Street tour, debuting today at 1 PM, you can taste for yourself which of [...]

Portland Walking Tours on TV

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Portland Walking Tours was recently featured on MERGE!, a TV magazine-format show hosted by the irrepressible Kelsey Beer (perfect name for someone doing features on Portland, isn’t it?) airing on KPDX-TV. In case you missed it, here’s the link. Enjoy!

New “Flavor Street” Food Cart Tour!

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Portland didn’t invent the food cart; we’ve just perfected it. For countless months, our number one question after a tour – from locals and visitors alike – has been which are the best food carts to try out. We all have our personal favorites and we figured why not show them off personally. So…welcome to [...]

Saturday Farmer’s Market

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is the first day of the Saturday Farmers Market. Come down to the South Park Blocks to do your St. Patty’s Day shopping… we’re not sure how much corned beef they will have on hand… but we guarantee they’ll have all the potatoes and cabbage you’ll need to celebrate in [...]

Prost! Holiday Ale Festival Returns!

Monday, November 28th, 2011

The 16th Annual Holiday Ale Fest returns this Wednesday (11/30) and runs through Sunday (12/4) to Pioneer Courthouse Square. This year will feature some of the best special holiday ales from 40 different local and regional craft brewers. Long gone are the days of the burly men in wool sipping their homebrew around a fire [...]

Portland Fresh Hop Tastival

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Portland Hop Heads rejoice! Did you miss the Hood River Fresh Hop Tastival last week? No worries… this weekend the Tastival makes its appearance in Portland at Oaks Bottom this Saturday, October 8th, from noon to 8 p.m. More information and a map can be found on the Oregon Brewers Guild website.

We’re Number 6…. for Foodies!

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Travel + Leisure Magazine just released their list of America’s Best Food Cities and little old Portland was number 6 on the list. We received props for our 200+ food carts, our farm-to-table ethos, and our outstanding craft beer. Readers were warned not to be fooled by the notion that all “Oregonians are totally health-conscious” [...]

Hop Heads Meet Us in Hood River!

Monday, September 19th, 2011

One of our favorite things about the start of fall is that means its hop harvest time! And hop harvest means fresh-hopped craft beers. The Willamette Valley and Yakima Valley across the Columbia produce about 90% of the US premium hop crop. That means local brewers can fire up the brew kettles, go out and [...]

Pinot in the City!

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

This may be one of the latest harvest in Oregon wine making history this year… but that doesn’t mean we can’t get out and celebrate the great harvests of years past at Pinot in the City. There will be over 100+ wineries, including some of the most revered names in Oregon pinot, in attendance all [...]

Let your taste buds go on vacation…

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

I love fresh fish and chips. When the newest food cart opened on 5th and Stark I was left wondering why someone hadn’t done a coastal cart yet to date (or at least that I knew about). So of course, I bellied up to Oregon Coast Fish Co. and ordered the daily special. A big [...]

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