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Local Portland Attractions & Student Social Events Guide Local Portland Attractions & Student Social Events Guide Assembled by your hosts: The SIAM Student Chapters at Portland State University and Oregon State University Additional Student Events Lunch at Food Cart Pod Ping Pong Outing Game Night/Bar Outing Monday, July 9th Tuesday, July 10th Friday, July 13th 12:30 - 2:00PM 6:00 - 8:00PM 6:00PM Mississippi Market Place Pips and Bounce Williams Ave, The Way Post, 4233 N. Missippi Ave, 33 SE Belmont St #2311 Game Knight Lounge, etc. Portland, OR 97217 Portland, OR 97214 Meet at 12:40 PM at Meet at 6:10PM at: Meet at 6:10PM at: Rose Quarter Transit Center NE MLK and Hoyt St The WayPost #4 North-Bound Bus Stop Street Car Stop 3120 N. Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227 Local Attractions International Rose Test Portland Art Museum Lan Su Chinese Garden Garden 1219 SW Park Ave 400 SW Kingston Ave 239 NW Everett St https://portlandartmuseum.org/ http://tiny.cc/RoseGarden https://lansugarden.org Oregon Museum of Mill Ends Park Oregon Zoo Science and Industry 56 SW Taylor St 1945 SE Water Ave 4001 Southwest Canyon Road http://tiny.cc/MillEnds https://omsi.edu https://www.oregonzoo.org Portland Japanese Garden Powell's City of Books Pittock Mansion 611 SW Kingston Ave 1005 W Burnside St 3229 NW Pittock Dr https://japanesegarden.org/ http://www.powells.com http://pittockmansion.org/ Our Personal Favorites Ben’s Picks Nathan’s Picks • Bailey’s Taproom • Harlow Restaurant 213 SW Broadway 3632 SE Hawthorne Blvd • Interurban Restaurant • The Tin Shed Restaurant 4057 N Mississippi Ave 1438 NE Alberta St • Revelry Restaurant • Rum Club 210 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd 720 SE Sandy Bvld • Tasty n Sons Restaurant • Pambiche Restaurant 3808 N Williams Ave C 2811 NE Glisan St Mari’s Picks • Bete Lukas Ethiopian Restaurant, 2504 SE 50th Ave • Ground Kontrol Arcade, 115 NW 5TH Ave • Forest Park: Ridge Trail Hike • Tao of Tea, 3430 SE Belmont • Blossoming Lotus Vegan Restaurant, 1713 NE 15th Ave. .
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