Strawberry shortcake at Pepe le Moko, a dark and intimate bar under the Ace Hotel in downtown Portland. The vibe is like being in a sexy submarine.
You have to check out Pepe le Moko. It’s an underground bar that you wouldn’t expect. It’s this whole thing.
You’ll go to the host stand and they’ll say, do you have a reservation? And you’ll say no, and then they’ll just take your name.
And then you go to Clyde Common next door and wait. Then she’ll call you and bring you into this like, underground tavern. It’s very mysterious. That’s why I like it. Oh, it’s cocktails and oysters.
Then let’s say you’re recovering from a hangover the next morning. Brunch is huge here. Brunch is everything, if you’ve watched Portlandia. The Screen Door is popular for brunch, but it’s impossible to get in there. If it’s my ideal day? Then I can get into Screen Door. But the trick is you have to go at 1:30, because they stop seating at 1:45, so you just go and get a beer, and wait for 1:45.
Picking up wild chanterelles in October from the Springwater Farms stand. Pricey, but delicious. The best value at the PSU Farmer's Market? Beautiful (and big) bouquets from $10-15 each.
You’d have to wake up at like 8 am on a Saturday, OK?
But we would get coffee at Nuvrei, which is in the Northwest. Then we’d head Southwest to the PSU Farmer’s Market so that I can get my mushroom fix and accidentally buy like $40 of mushrooms. There are a lot of great stands there, and you can buy fruits, vegetables, and flowers, get coffee and things to eat.
Car-free and dramatically named, "Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People" translates data from the river into a dynamic LED light show at night.
There are a lot of parks in Portland, and last weekend we stopped by Ira Keller Park. After that, go check out the new pedestrian bridge, the Tilikum bridge. It’s not all pedestrians--to be more specific, it’s the only non-personal-automotive bridge.
Then get brunch with friends on the east side, at Screen Door. Actually, you’d probably need to go there earlier, so you can get a table.
