Portland Eats ... [Day Three]!

So... this weekend I showed you what incredible eats we had on day one and day two of our Portland trip!  After two fun-filled days, it was time for Pine State Biscuits.  

The Reggie

The McIsley

Hushpuppies

   

This was by far my favorite meal!  The biscuits are incredible, fried chicken perfectly seasoned, and the gravy a knock outta the park!  Mal had a delish bloody mary and Mr. Busy B had a sweet tea!

Of course, afterwards we had to try out another batch of Salt & Straw...

Creamy, Dreamy, Delish-ness.

We finished off a fantastic weekend at the Nike campus in Beaverton.  The campus is absolutely gorgeous and peaceful!

They have columns with plaques dedicated to the best athletes and coaches.  Here's our Man, LUTE!  

For those of you that don't know, that's where Mr. Busy B and I met.  He was a football equipment staffer and I was a cheerleader (hope you get some LOLz outta this link, ha!)... 


Here we are in front of the plaque:

 

What a great end to a phenomenal weekend!  We love our MalPal and the tasty food Portland has to offer! :)

Portland Eats ... [Day Two]!

Okay so yesterday I shared the first night and day one in PDX!  It was awesome and day two was just as amazing! 

To start off the day, Mal and I went to Vivace Coffee House & Creperie.
Mal and I each had a savory crepe [of course I had to order a dessert one with nutella to share!]...

We went to the waterfront and tried out a Portland Elephant Ear from one of the food stands at the Saturday Market.

Mr. Busy B and his elephant ear.

After shopping in downtown [sales tax-less], we checked out the Nike store my friend works at and then got a chance to drop some moolaahhh at the Nike employee store.

Enter Mr. Busy B's Disneyland here.

Extra large bag?  Whoopsie!

We attempted dinner at Pok Pok but ended up at Clay's Smokehouse after realizing there was a 1 hr. 45 min. wait at PokPok! Bummer!  Clay's was ok, but I was definitely in the mood for some PokPok!

We ended the night at Salt and Straw.

Salt & Straw is redonkulous.  Just try it, you'll be able to relate after you do.  And report back.

Stay tuned for day three of Portland Eats!

Portland Eats ... [First Night & Day 1]!

Okay, so remember how I talked about that Memorial Day trip to Portland?  Well, I went to see my friend Mallorie a.k.a 'MalPal.'  You see, she's awesome.  And we love to share our love of food and stuff.  We just so happened to take a trip together to San Diego last year Memorial Day weekend as well.  I thought I would introduce you to her:

We ate, ate, ate, and drank, drank drank, and then ate, and then drank again while we were in Portland.  

To start off, we tried out PCG.  The views were amazing, drinks and food fantastic, and the prices were phenoms [please excuse the terrible nighttime photography, I'm learnin' here!].

Not to mention I was in GREAT company [Mr. Busy B was there too...]:

Then came VooDoo Doughnuts:

We had the maple bacon doughnut which was THE BEST, as well as the Old Dirty Bastard.  Out of this world!  I've been craving maple bacon doughnuts since we left [perhaps I should make these]...

The next morning we got up and checked out Petite Provence.  I highly recommend the steak benedict!  Incredible, and only $12 for BEEF TENDERLOIN on your benedict!

There is like a bazillion McMenamins spots in Portland.  It's the coolest restaurant/bar/entertainment concept I've seen yet.  We tried out Blue Moon Tavern and Grill on our first day and Kennedy School our last day.  I LOVED the Ruby beer.  Light and refreshing - just screams summer!

Here's Mal with her sampler! 

I was too sleepy and needed a latte...

Next up was Henry's [12th Street] Tavern.  Mal and Mr. Busy B had another sampler, I had a blueberry beer and we all shared the gorgonzola fries.  Increds!

Cheers!

Seriously.  It happened...

We checked off Deschutes Brewery next.  Between the three of us we probably tried a dozen beers and loved all of them.  Deschutes is so great on draft! 

I also got to see an old pal Mia!

So happy :)

After Deschutes came time for Rogue.  We each had another sampler [here's mine]!

Rogue has a VOODOO MAPLE BACON DOUGHNUT beer!  Sounds delish, right!?  No.  Nast, in fact!  Tasted like campfire in yo mouf.  I highly do not recommend it...

Never Again...

We ended the night at BridgePort.  By this time we were so full of beer and tired I didn't take a single picture!

Stay tuned for day two with more great eats!