Portland, Oregan
Portland is a vegetarian and vegan’s culinary paradise. There are an infinite number of vegan / vegertarians restaurants in this city and every other restaurant you might go to will have plenty of veg/vegan options. Portland is all about locally produced, locally made, and organic food. I could not possibly list all of the wonderful restaurants so I will just cover a few of my favorites from my most recent trip:
Portabella’s – Absolutely amazing and I would say a posh vegan nouveau american – italian inspired restaurant. Everything we had here was amazing from the cashew cheeze pizza to the vegetarian chicken piccata, and roasted beet pate. The decor and service were great too. Make sure to make a reservation as it is quite popular. The menu also changes frequently. Another excellent place is an organic/healthy mexican food Portland chain of Cha Cha Cha. They have vegetarian (and fish/meat) mexican dishes and it is super tasty and affordable. The restaurants are also very pretty inside. My favorite late night treat is Voodoo donuts where they make the coolest vegan (and non-vegan) donuts you will ever have. In the revolving display case they have a rack of the vegan ones. You have to get the voodoo doll (rasberry filled) but the vegan creme filled ones are super yummy too. Old dirty bastard is not that great. They have two locations now, and the line can often be out the door regardless of the time of day or night (open 24 hrs). This place is a Portland icon but it is worth the wait. A great place to get coffee and tea is at the Cafe inside Powell’s books. You have to check out Powells so you might as well get your breakfast snack here too. There is a vegan pizza restaurant right outside of the book store too in the event you spend three hours in the bookstore and come out hungry. Portland also has a brewery district where they have local pubs that make craft brews. Each also has good pub food with several veggie options. We went to Rogue Ale Pub and Restaurant and you can get a beer flight (so you can check out multiple beers).
Things to Do:
Powell’s books, Saturday and Sunday market, the botantical gardens, downtown shopping area, waterfront, local breweries and restaurants. If you have a car check out the coast and/or make an overnight trip to Mount Hood for some serious hiking or skiing.
Places to Stay:
The Marriot City Center in downtown is centrally located, has nice rooms, and a great gym.
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