Feast Portland

This even this year was amazing. We went to the «smoked» event. I saw a bunch of the event crew wearing fuller events t-​shirts. The event was super well organized. They got the line in quickly, and the places that were there were amazing. Well worth the price paid. I would go back for sure. Pok pok, Salt n Straw, top notch wineries, craft beers… Yes please!

I really dig Feast Portland! As a native Angeleno, committing to go outside the radius of travel is a tricky situation. The polarity is rather extreme: Drive up/​down the coast, maybe mountains, maybe Vegas, maybe Arizona, or go balls out, pack up, and spend a couple of weeks wearing out your passport on other continents. I think the packing/​airport thing deflates our will. Oh how I wish Mexico was safe again. That said, if you love to eat, drink, see strange people, and need a nice weekend away with minimum plane time, you really should go to Feast.
Fellow Unilocaler JL and I have been coming here since 2013 and bought our tickets for this year early Spring. We’ve been to the Sandwich Invitational, Night Market, High Comfort, Oregon Bounty, and some wine events. This year the Saturday highlight event will be Smoked at the Fields Neighborhood Park. The highlight used to be at The Nines, so it’ll be interesting to see how this one goes. I can’t imagine topping the Nines Saturday event, but am super excited to attend this one.
I can’t say enough about the events. My other reviews try to capture each event, but the beauty is that you make them your own. Go to the events, buy your shirts, wander on over to places you’ve bookmarked when watching the Food Network or Esquire, go to the Saturday morning Portland State University farmers market (such a great walk there), shop (no sales tax!), use TriMet from the airport to your hotel, and have a blast. It’s amazing how walkable the whole city is.
As an aside, if you have a spare day, visit Multnomah Falls. See you this September, Feast!