Frugal Portland!

Wow. This is an incredibly useful New York Times in-depth article about visiting Portland and doing it without spending a bundle. It could have been subtitled, "Where Even the Restaurants Have Wheels."

Eventually, though, I would break away and go off — by bike, by foot or by bus (a weeklong TriMet pass is $22.50) — in search of sustenance, whether in sometimes stately, sometimes shabby downtown or over the Willamette River into the lazily gentrifying neighborhoods of the east side.

This was no easy task, because Portland is overflowing with great, affordable restaurants. In dozens of meals, I don’t think I was ever truly disappointed with a single bite, nor did I ever leave hungry, nor did my friends and I ever spend more than $25 a person. In fact, if I had any regrets, it was that I felt duty-bound not to repeat a restaurant visit no matter how much I liked a place and wanted to return.