re: Brewery and restaurant recommendations Portland and Seattle

Wow you guys are giving me some good stuff. Really appreciate it. Any thoughts on Base camp, Hair of the Dog, or Upright? They're close to Sunnyside.

Upright - good Belgian style beer, but it's in the basement of a building and hard to find. It's kind of a cool place to hang out for a few minutes, but you're actually in the brewing space when you enter, so there isn't much room to sit. Their hours are odd, so check before you go.

Hair of the Dog - Excellent. They have a brewpub, and they have very good food. It's a typical Portland new-age brewery - very industrial. They always have a barrel aged "from the wood" beer.

Base Camp - Fantastic spot. Great views and a cool place to hang out - both inside and out. Outside, they have fire pits where you can make s'mores. Inside is really cool, as well, with lots of burlwood tabletops. Beer is pretty good. At night, the view of downtown Portland is great. Best ambience of all of the places you mentioned, by far. They have not one, but two food carts parked outside, so you'll have food choices.

While in that neighborhood, Cascade Barrel House and The Commons are both cool places to hang. Lots of taprooms in the area, too. The Beermongers, Apex Bar, and Loyal Legion are probably the best.

Jax, do you have all this info saved to copy and paste

In Portland....go eat Pizza at Apizza Scholls, so damn good!!!

Make sure you hit up great notion--it's right by salt and straw