Portland’s vibrant food and coffee culture is on full display in the downtown area. It’s more than cutting-edge cuisine and world-renowned java, though. The buildings that house these enterprises reveal clues about not only the owners and patrons, but how we want to feel about ourselves as Portlanders.

Our walk will examine a mix of the old and the new, the formal and the casual. We will try to show that, as much as filling our physical need for food and drink, downtown Portland’s bars, restaurants and coffee shops fill our emotional need for surroundings that speak to our nature as Pacific Northwesterners, as Oregonians, and as people.

Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2014

Event Start/End: Meet in front of Huber’s Cafe, 411 SW 3rd Ave.

Host: Joe Barrett

Registration: Yes. Twenty (20) participant cap. Please send an email to JoeBarrett.PDX@gmail.com to register. Wait list requests welcome if participant cap has been reached. Thank you!

Accessibility: This event is welcoming and accessible to Seniors