Visit Portland 
and Surrounding Areas

This section is to aid visitors in their trip planning or to simply view the area from afar.  We are proud of Portland and hope you enjoy your visit whether traveling to Portland on business at our offices, or just visiting the area for fun.

The 2007 EPIS Electric Market Conference will be held at the Skamania Lodge in the Columbia Gorge.

Here are some intra-page-links to make things easier to find:
 Around Oregon, Around Portland, Around Oregon City, Around Washington, Guides, Hotels, Local News and Media, Portland Activities, Places of Business, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel Services

 

Around Oregon

Around Oregon City (Just down the hill, across the Willamette from West Linn)

Around Portland (Oregon, of course)

  • Activities:
  • Around West Linn

     

  • Guides:
    1. BikePortland.org
    2. MetroBlogging (local gossip about the city)
    3. PortlandFood.org
    4. PortlandFoodAndDrink.com
    5. Portland Travel Guide - Portland Oregon Visitor Association, POVA
    6. portland.citysearch.com
    7. PortlandOnline
    8. TellUs - 800-555-8355

     

  • Places of Business:
  • Restaurants: (my list)
    • Caprial's Bistro
    • Chart House Restaurant 
      • review
      • In the west hills of downtown Portland overlooking southeast Portland and Willamette River; mostly steaks and seafood;  a favorite restaurants for a view and cocktails.
      • 5700 Terwilliger, Portland OR 976204, 503-246-6963,
        A bit difficult to find, but well worth the search.
      • valet parking evenings, reservations accepted
    • for the late night crowd - new for exploration
      • close-in eastside Portland
        • Dots Cafe
          • 2521 SE Clinton Street, Portland OR 97202-1238, 503-235-0203
        • The Empire Room
          • 4260 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland OR 97215, 503-231-9225
        • Farm Cafe
          • 10 SE Seventh Ave, Portland OR 97214-1244, 503-736-3276
        • Original Hotcake and Steak House
          • 1002 SE Powell Blvd, Portland OR 97202-2534, 503-236-7402
        • Pix Patisserie
          • 3402 SE Division Street, Portland OR 97202, 503-232-4407
      • downtown Portland
        • Dragonfish Asian Cafe
          • 909 SW Park Ave, Portland OR 97205-3023, 503-243-5991
            (cross street=  Taylor)
        • The Roxy
          • 1121 SW Stark St, Portland OR 97205-2309, 503-223-9160
        • Shanghai Tunnel
          • 211 SW Ankeny Street, Portland OR 97204-4001, 503-220-4001
    • Heathman Restaurant & Bar at the Heathman Hotel
      • review
      • downtown Portland, short walk to PCPA/Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Executive Chef Philippe Boulot is my cousin.
      • 1001 SW Broadway at Salmon St, Portland OR 97205, 503-790-7752, 503-241-4100
    • Huber's Cafe
      • Downtown Portland in the Oregon Pioneer Building, 
        since 1879, Portland's oldest restaurant -         review
      • 411 SW Third, Portland OR 97205, 503-228-5686
      • real carved roast turkey and flamed Spanish coffee specialties
    • Hunan
      • downtown Portland Chinese restaurant - review
      • 515 SW Broadway Street, Morgan's Alley Building
        Portland OR, 503-224-8063
      • best General Tso's chicken in town,
        Favorite dinner order: General Tso's Chicken, Dry Sautee String Beans, Pot-stickers, hot and sour soup
    • Hunan Pearl
      • South of downtown Portland, near Hwy 217 and I-5
      • found best Chinese west of the west-hills, great service
      • 15160 Bangy Road, Lake Oswego, 503-968-6868
    • Ichidai
      • 5714 SE Powell Blvd, Portland OR 97206, 503-771-4648
    • International Bistro - Opened July 19, 2001
      • Dinner only, 1701 SW Jefferson Ave, 17th & Jefferson in Goose Hollow just west of downtown Portland, 503-219-9405
      • Operated by students of Le Cordon Bleu restaurant-management program of Western Culinary Institute of Portland OR, subsidiary of Illinois-based Career Education Corp
    • Jake's Famous Crawfish
    • Koji Osakaya
      • 606 SW Broadway (downtown), Portland OR 97205, 503-294-1169
      • 1502 NE Weidler (east of Lloyd Center), Portland OR 503-280-0992
      • 7007 SW Macadam (near John's Landing), Portland OR , 503-293-1066
    • McCormick & Schmick's
      • downtown Portland - review
      • 235 SW 1st Ave, Portland OR, 503-224-7522
    • McMenamin's
      • restaurant and lodging w/ on-site micro-brews at TRULY eclectic locations
      • McMenamins West Linn, one of the more conventional restaurant/pubs is just on the other side of I-205 from EPIS HQ.
        503-656-2970
    • Newport Bay Restaurant at Riverplace
      • map
      • okay, yes it's part of a chain, but it's also a floating restaurant on the Willamette River in downtown Portland
      • 0425 SW Montgomery, Portland OR 97204, 503-227-3474
    • Pho Van
      • Viet Namese restaurant, southeast Portland - review
      • 1919 SE 82nd Ave, Portland OR, 503-788-5244
    • Portland City Grill
      • dinner with a view from 30th floor of US Bank tower in downtown Portland
      • 111 SW Fifth, Portland OR 97204, 503-450-0030
      • Lunch 11am-4pm, 
        dinner 4pm-11pm,  Fri-Sat 4pm-1am, Sun 4pm-10pm
    • Powell Seafood Restaurant
      • SE Portland, small neighborhood Chinese restaurant, but good food, fresh, good service, clean, bright and cheerful; menu is quite varied for a small place
      • 6633 SE Powell Blvd (at 67th), Portland OR 97206
        503-775-3901
    • Rose's - classic deli
      • Recently returned to in Portland
      • 838 NW 23 Ave, Portland, 503-222-5292
      • 6:30AM - 10PM M-F, 7:30AM - 10PM Sat, 7:30AM - 8PM Sun
    • Salty's on the Columbia
      • Hard to find but has a view of the Columbia River, near PDX, 
        North of the Columbia River levee.
      • 3939 NE Marine Drive, Portland OR, 503-288-4444
    • Thai Orchid Restaurant - about the best Thai food in town
      • 18740 Willamette Drive (Hwy 43), West Linn OR 97068, 503-699-4195 - review
      • four other locations in the Portland area
    • Wong's King Seafood


     

  • Specialty Shopping:


Around Washington State


Local Portland News Media and Live Web-Cams

Emergency

  • National Animal Poison Control Center - 888-426-4435.

 

Travel Services