Favorite special occasion/celebration restaurant in Portland?

What's good to go to celebrate. nothing too stuffy but fun and memorable with good booze and food.

 

Always have a good time at the Rheinlander on Sandy. I really like their authentic German food.

I am not a beer drinker, but I can not get out of there without trying a few of their great beers on tap. Very good service, combined with a song or two. Never felt I paid too much like some other A list restaurants.

 

Watch, these crackers are going to say Chilis and The Olive Garden!

 

One of my ex coworkers met his wife there...she was a waitress...he could never stop talking about that place and always recommended I try it...she was from Berlin and he was Pittsburg American German...have yet to make the trip

 

Shutting down? What’s going on? It can’t be from lack of business.

I just eat there couple of months ago with out of town friends. The place was packed.

Is Horst Mager's (original owner/master chef) daughter that now owns it finally retiring? Believe the Rheinlander restaurant has been in business for about 50 years, and still uses Horst's original recipes.

 

I usually have a great time celebrating Oktoberfest at Oaks Park. There's plenty of German food and beer to choose from.

 

Everyone knows the best Oktoberfest is in Mt. Angel

 

He said “good booze”, not “good drugs”.
But the service can be good, if you pay enough to order a waitress to go special.

 

While local food snobs tend to look down on The Matador for some reason, the wife and I really enjoy it. And we're pretty picky. The food is always consistently good, the drinks are excellent and the waitresses cute and friendly. Usually more than a few attractive unaccompanied ladies also. Plus both locations are nice venues. A great place to hang out, munch and drink. Not overly fancy but very nice.

 

The Ripcityboy Breakfast Experience!

1. (a) Buy overpriced ticket to white blues/punk/classic rock band with fat bearded lead singer.

1. (b) Put on leather belt, ultra tight AC/DC T-shirt, gutter punk jacket with Joe Strummer Button on the collar.

2. Have friend drive you to downtown PDX an hour before gig to find parking. Spend as much pre-gig time at possible at local water hole. (Jack and Cokes & Makers mark)

3. Go to gig and buy more overpriced alcohol while moshing and jumping for three hours.

4. Meet other concert goers outside of gig and hot box in their car for half an hour.

5. Walk around downtown PDX with straight edged friend who thinks you're an Ahole and try to find his car.

6. Go to his cramped apt. and get a five hours sleep while cat sits in head.

7. Head over to Original Hotcake House on Powell and wolf down on pankcakes and hot grits!

So tell me..... Are You Experienced!!!

 

Rheinlander definitely. Make sure to get the cheese fondue too. Awesome.....

 

If a restaurant owner is finally burned out and giving it up, I probably don't want to eat stuff that's clearing their inventory...you'd think with a Cordon Bleu school in Portland someone would step in and keep it going if it's that good...hope it survives the transition

 

That terrible. My family is German and weve been going there for decades. Shit. I was three I think when I went there. Gustav's is owned by the same guy but I don't like the menu as much. It's hard to find good German beer. Unless you find a good import place that specializes in it.
The generic stuff they have in places like Fred Meyers is pig swill.

 

I like Guinness, Grolsh, Ching Tao and most local microbrews...I can drink Heiniken....I guess Grolsh is technically Pilsner though

 

If you want good German beer, you can go to Stammtisch in SE, or Prost in N Portland. They always have a great tap list.

 

Yeab. I'll check them out. I usually go to St Johns Market or OC Beer Supply since I lIve in the South Metro area. At least for just buying stuff for home. I don't really like the lighter Pilsners but really go for the darker german Dunkel-style lager.