Heading to the Waterfront Blues Festival with food allergies or dietary restrictions? You are not alone. Festival food can be exciting, but it can also be tricky when you are looking for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, or vegan options. The good news is that several vendors at this year’s Waterfront Blues Festival are already thinking about…
Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival returns July 2-4, 2026 to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, bringing three days of live music, riverfront views, fireworks, and a full festival food lineup that makes this one of the tastiest summer events in the city. This year’s Blues Bites food court and vendor marketplace will feature a mix of new…
Portland’s summer soundtrack returns to the riverfront. The Waterfront Blues Festival is back July 2–4, 2026 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Downtown Portland, bringing three days, three stages, Blues Cruises on the Willamette River, local food, craft beverages, a curated marketplace, and a Fourth of July fireworks show over the water. This year’s lineup…
After Our Pacific Northwest Tourism Outlook, DMOs Responded: After publishing our Pacific Northwest Tourism Outlook 2026, Where To Eat Guide reached out to destination marketing organizations for additional insight into what they are seeing in their markets and what local restaurants, hotels, tasting rooms, attractions, and hospitality businesses should be preparing for next. The original…
Where To Play This Summer in Seattle: Events, Dining & Local Picks Summer in Seattle is when the Emerald City truly shines. Long daylight hours, waterfront festivals, outdoor concerts, and some of the Pacific Northwest's finest dining create the perfect recipe for a memorable getaway. Whether you're visiting for a weekend or planning a staycation,…
6 Restaurants & 3 Events to Put on Your List Seattle’s fall dining calendar gets one of its best excuses to explore the city from October 18–31, 2026, when Seattle Restaurant Week returns across Greater Seattle. For two weeks, restaurants, bars, cafés and other local food businesses offer specially curated menus at $20, $35, $50 and $65 price points. It Continue Reading
Where To Play in Portland: Taste of Portland Huge Success, October Dining & Local Picks UPDATE | October 12, 2026 Following this year’s Taste of Portland, Where To Eat Guide reached out to Urban Restaurant Group for an update on the event’s fundraising efforts benefiting the Oregon Food Bank. While the final donation total has yet to be announced, organizers Continue Reading
Seattle Events, Dining & Local Picks For a visitor, October is a great month to resist the temptation to stay entirely downtown. Start at Pike Place Market, certainly, but leave room for the Central District, SoDo, Pioneer Square and the Chinatown-International District. Seattle rewards a little wandering. Sea-Tac gives the city unusually easy access for a Pacific Northwest destination, Link Continue Reading
Events, Dining & Local Picks 🟢 Where To Eat Chandlers Prime Steaks & Fine Seafood — Downtown 981 W Grove St. Chandlers is the dress-up dinner in this itinerary: prime steaks, seafood, martinis and live jazz inside Hotel 43. It has the confidence of an established downtown dining room without feeling detached from Boise itself. For an October evening, start Continue Reading
Downtown, the Deschutes River and the Old Mill District make an easy urban circuit, while the Cascade foothills begin almost immediately at the city's edge. October adds an especially strong cultural calendar to that landscape, from independent film and local art to Bend's signature fall festival. 🟢 Where To Eat Spork — Newport Avenue 937 NW Newport Ave. Spork remains Continue Reading