Just a warning to those who travel quite a bit:  Never, and I mean ever, rent a car from Sixt.  They sent me some bcrap claim about a scratch on the car 2 months after I returned it to the Miami airport.  These people fked with the wrong customer, and matters have been taken care of, but these scumsuckers tried to scam me out of $1600 dollars.  Under no conditions rent a vehicle from them.  Period.

Quote from: pbiflyer on June 24, 2026, 02:27:45 PMPortland
Ringside Steakhouse, old school steakhouse been around for 80 years.
Voodoo donuts - the original location
Mcmenamins - comfort food, now they're kind of everywhere. Original was the John Barrycorn location but I like the more nature setting of Cornelius Pass.

@Hards Alumni

Skip voodoo. You can get it in the Denver airport, Chicago, etc now.

Portland has every single type of food you could imagine, but depending on your price range, transportation, and where you are hanging out here's my top within spitting distance of downtown

Nodoguru: $250 a person Japanese chefs menu with the best single dish I might have had in my life

Guero: tortas on the near east side, pretty reasonably priced

Eem: Texas bbq Thai fusion, smoked lamb curry will change your life

Nimblefish: excellent omakase sushi place

Laurelhurst market: butcher/steak place that's more contemporary, won't be your traditional white cloth place but very high quality

Oregon fish market: grab fish and chips from the window, you won't regret it

Paper bridge: unreal northern Vietnamese place, just got write up in NYT though so get reservation

Dimos: New Haven style pizza place with other Italian options.

Top burmese: Burmese place in northwest, may be currently my favorite non premium restaurant in the city.

Bottos bbq or Matt's bbq, bottos has a brisket smash burger that's out of this world and cheap

Honestly to get a real cultural experience here, go to one of the big food cart pods and sample a bunch of things. Hawthorne asylum is huge with a ton of choices, but there's food carts everywhere and as long as you quickly verify


Feel free to let me know more specifically what you might be looking for. If it exists I've probably either tried it or have some friends who have

Quote from: TallTitan34 on June 25, 2026, 08:09:46 PMBig break in the War on Algae.

https://x.com/whitehouse/status/2070172607740039567?s=46

I know I shouldn't still be astonished, but the degree to which the rightwing, and rightwing media in particular, are willing to not only indulge but amplify such baldfaced lies is insane.

How far we've fallen. North Korean media is taking notes on how to up their fascist fantasy propaganda.

Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on June 26, 2026, 09:49:56 AMWe have a 5-point plan for them

You really only need 2 or 3. Short people are pretty easy to deal with.

Quote from: MuggsyB on June 25, 2026, 08:57:02 PMThis is another unprovoked attack on our smaller citizens. 

We have a 5-point plan for them

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on June 26, 2026, 09:30:07 AMand yet likely a step up from Pullman, WA.

Yes, probably.  But of all the places to go back to... Baton Rouge?

 

Quote from: cheebs09 on June 26, 2026, 06:35:19 AMLooks like the Cubs have some momentum.

Roller coaster of a season.

• March 25 to May 8: 27-12 (.692) Best in MLB
• May 9 to June 10: 7-22 (.241) Worst in MLB
• June 11 to Present: 10-3 (.769) Best in MLB

Source Chris Kamka

Quote from: Hards Alumni on June 26, 2026, 09:16:18 AMMilwaukee is better than Baton Rouge in every way except there is no college football in Milwaukee.

It is a truly awful place.

and yet likely a step up from Pullman, WA.