Food And Drink
Portland Breweries
Complete lists of Portland breweries and brewpubs are available from the Oregon Brewers Guild or portlandbeer.org, which also provides "pub crawl" itineraries and maps.
Here are a few breweries to visit:
BridgePort Brewing Company
Oregon's oldest craft brewery, with gastropub locations in the Pearl District and in southeast.
Hopworks Urban Brewery
This eastside eco-brewpub serves only organic beers. Its building was sustainably restored, and there's even a bike repair station for those who visit on two wheels.
Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Good beer and four-legged friends — all four Lucky Lab pubs welcome dogs in their outdoor seating areas.
McMenamins
More than 50 of these funky, family-friendly neighborhood bars, movie theaters and historic inns dot Oregon and Washington. In downtown Portland, the Crystal Ballroom offers three floors of entertainment, from the street-level Ringlers Pub, to a brewery and bar on the second floor, and, finally, three flights up, a historic ballroom that hosts national rock, pop and folk acts. Another favorite location is Kennedy School, a former grade school in the Alberta Arts District that now serves as a hotel, complete with brewery, bars, a movie theater and even a soaking pool.
Widmer Brothers Brewing
Craft-brewing pioneers Kurt and Rob Widmer started a tiny operation in 1984 that grew into Oregon's largest brewery, winning many awards for its American take on hefeweizen.
