When planning your trip to Oregon, be sure to include a weekend in wine country!
The Vintages is a trailer resort located in Dayton, among the rolling hills of Oregon’s wine country. The "hotel" is a collection of 8 retro trailers grouped into a compact neighborhood on a 14-acre RV Park in Willamette Wine Country. What a fun vacation idea!
These retro trailers provide an idea of what it would have been like to stay in a trailer of the 1950s and 1960s—with the comfort and coziness of a hotel." Each trailer offers a unique lodging experience tailored to compliment your wine tasting, dining and exploration. A short list of amenities includes gourmet pour-over coffee from Caravan Coffee, luxurious terrycloth robes, comfortable mattresses and fine hotel-quality linens. Should you decide to put your culinary skills to good use, your trailer features a propane grill and all the tableware and utensils you could possible desire (including a wine opener, of course!)
The park offers a breathtaking view of the neighboring vineyards, a pool & hot tub and outdoor lawn games for all to enjoy. Additionally, should you bring your pet along for the ride, we’re right next door to a dog park where your four legged friend can run around while you pick wild blackberries. We have cruiser bikes you can pedal over the bridge to the neighboring town of Dayton, a gateway to many of the local vineyards.
Holiday in style, relive the past, in the heart of Oregon’s wine country. Join us at The Vintages!
I've been waiting for something wonderful to open in the Ladd Building, which was scheduled to be demolished to make way for the Ladd Tower, but was saved, moved, and then moved back again into the shadow of the tower. Very dramatic. But then it sat empty for a long time, and so I'm just thrilled that it's now getting the happy ending it deserves! See the Oregonian article about the new restaurant, Raven and Rose, that is set to open there next week.
Portland Oregon Real Estate
When downtown Portland's new restaurant Raven & Rose officially opens next week in the historic Ladd Carriage House, diners may feel they've been transported back to the Victorian era.
"My number one goal was to create a space that looked like it belonged in this building," said owner Lisa Mygrant during a walk-through of the two-story gastropub on Wednesday. "It has a timeless feel. It could have belonged to that era or now."
Turning the restored 1880s building, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, into a restaurant took just over 14 months, Mygrant said. Much of that time was spent creating the physical infrastructure for the restaurant, since the carriage house was basically a hollow shell with no pipes, duct work or wiring.
The main floor features an exposed kitchen with a wood-fired oven made out of bricks reclaimed from the carriage house's original fireplace and chimney. Gas lanterns are suspended over booths, as well as two-person tables along a long, cushioned banquette. In the center of the dining room is a custom-made bar with a hand-hammered zinc top, complete with four wines and nine beers on draft, including one cask-conditioned ale.
Steps to the second floor lead to a waiting area outside of the restaurant's pastry kitchen, as well as what may be the restaurant's crown jewel, the "rookery" bar, located where the carriage house's hay loft originally was. The space features another custom-made bar, a library nook that can be used as a private meeting space, and leather couches in front of a gas fireplace. The space also will contain a pool table.
Raven & Rose is aiming for LEED gold-certified status, and reuse of materials has been emphasized throughout the restaurant's design. Bar tables have been constructed out of old walnut shipping crates, and the upstairs floor is made of reclaimed and refinished horse fencing. Over the restaurant's entryway is a ceiling that was part of the carriage house's original living quarters.
The initial menu from longtime Portland chef David Padberg (Wildwood, Clarklewis, Park Kitchen) will feature rustic, wood-fired dishes, like a recent braised short ribs, Yorkshire pudding, roasted root vegetables and beet-kidney sauce that was served at a thank-you dinner for the restaurant's construction crew. Behind the bar is Dave Shenaut, (formerly of Beaker & Flask and Riffle NW), who has designed a menu of historic cocktails designed to evoke the building's history.
The restaurant is just the latest chapter in the building's long history. It went up in the 1880s to house Portland business leader William Ladd's carriages, horses and coachmen. In the 1920s, it was converted into shops and offices, and was remodeled as a law firm in 1972. But in the middle of the last decade, as plans got underway to build the Ladd Tower, a 23-story apartment building on the same block, the carriage house was tapped for demolition. Preservationists rallied to save the building.
In 2007, the building was placed on blocks and moved several blocks west on Southwest Columbia Avenue, where it sat in a parking lot as construction progressed on the tower. It was moved back the next year, then underwent extensive restoration to its exterior, outside walls and roof. Construction on Raven & Rose began in late 2011.
Raven & Rose will officially open for happy hour and dinner Tuesdays through Saturdays beginning Friday, Jan. 4. The restaurant plans to add full daily lunch and dinner service by early March.
adapted from an article that appeared in The Oregonian on December 28, 2012 titled Restaurant first-look: Inside downtown Portland's Raven & Rose in the historic Ladd Carriage House / oregonlive.com
Portland's Iron Chef, Vitaly Paley, has opened another restaurant – this one for the hip, hungry masses. And it's right downtown at 410 SW Broadway.
Want a frothy egg cream (with booze) or grape crush with pisco? How about fresh falafel on yummy frybread? Spicy vermicelli noodle salad, a pickle plate homemade Pop Tarts, or seriously, Reuben croissants? Or course, my first choice would be The Stan:
Smoked Chille Chile and cheddar cheese hot dog, grilled onions, PPD pickle relish and sauerkraut on Michelle’s hot dog bun. Whatever your choice, it's AMAZING, fast, fresh diner food with a twist by Portland's finest chef. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, you will love them all!
I've decided that my next new client is going to be treated to lunch here with me!! It's the perfect way to end a long afternoon of finding your new house in Portland.
From their website:
ABOUT PORTLAND PENNY DINER
In 1845 Frances Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy determined the city of Portland's name with the flip of a coin. And we like to think that after the toss they walked into their favorite diner, or as they called them in that time "lunch wagons," for a celebratory bite to eat. The Portland Penny Diner embraces that spirit, brings people in from the rain and artfully combines the culinary traditions of Northwest immigrants and natives.
Regarded as one of the leading American artists of the 20th century, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) began his life in art as Marcus Rothkowitz in Portland, Ore. Having emigrated from Russia as a 10-year-old with his mother and older sister in 1913 to join his father and brothers in Portland, Rothko attended Lincoln High School and took his first art classes at the Museum Art School before going off to Yale, New York City, and beyond. This exhibition celebrates a native son whose lyrical paintings created a legacy for the world.
There are forty-five paintings , borrowed from family, the National Gallery of Art and private collectors. A retrospective survey of Mark Rothko’s paintings has never been staged in Portland, although Rothko’s first museum exhibition was hosted by the Museum in 1933-34.
photo courtesy of http://faramarzsoleimani.blogspot.com/2011/02/mark-rothko1903-1970.html
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The park offers a breathtaking view of the neighboring vineyards, a pool & hot tub and outdoor lawn games for all to enjoy. Additionally, should you bring your pet along for the ride, we’re right next door to a dog park where your four legged friend can run around while you pick wild blackberries. We have cruiser bikes you can pedal over the bridge to the neighboring town of Dayton, a gateway to many of the local vineyards.
