So my wife and I took her visiting sister to Portland City Grill ^[1] for a nice dinner last night. The women were dressed nicely in dress and I was wearing jeans with a nice button down shirt and brown shoes. We sat at our table and enjoyed a nice meal.

I noticed as I looked around most people were dressed up. I did observe however a few people who were quite dressed down. One woman in particular stood out – she was wearing an unbuttoned flannel shirt with another shirt underneath, what looked to be sweats and very casual sandals. Another gentleman was wearing a casual t-shirt, jeans and sneakers.

I can’t say I was really offended but these observations did make me wonder a few things. Isn’t Portland City Grill a place you dress up? Is Portland such a casual place you can stroll into any high end restaurant wearing whatever? Do Portlanders really even care? Thoughts and insights welcome…