First look at 1847 Food Park w/ new 3-level taphouse & bar
Portland suburb Milwaukie, Oregon’s new community driven food and drink destination the 1847 Food Park opens today with a bar by Migration Brewing. The long in the works project was erected quickly on the site of a former funeral home in downtown Milwaukie nearby Beer Store Milwaukie and the new pFriem Family Brewers location, but the journey to finish essential last minute elements like hand rails and power to the extensive list of food trucks has been an odyssey.
For beer fans a lot of the interest around 1847 Food Park centers around Migration Brewing’s involvement. This project is quite unlike the Portland and Gresham-based breweries other locations in that it is actually NOT a Migration Brewing taproom, and does not carry the brewery’s branding or aesthetic. Out of a total 32 draft lines only 7 of them are from Migration Brewing, including brand new 1847 Lager, Pale Ale, Juicy IPA, and West Coast IPA that are made for the new bar. The taplist is highly curated with beers from some of the best Pacific northwest breweries split up into sections for 1847 official brews, Light, Funky, Hoppy, Malt Forward, and Draft Cider. This is a fun opportunity for the Migration Brewing crew to highlight styles and breweries they love in addition to their own offerings: Living Haus Beer, Hetty Alice, Holy Mountain, Grand Fir, Tiny Giants, Oak Union Brewing and more are among the featured.
Migration will operate the primary ground level bar with full liquor, cocktails, N/A options and TVs. On the second floor mezzanine there are roll-up doors for open-air on warmer days and tons of additional seating for food or drinks and rentable event space. The third floor is a rooftop ‘Sky Bar’ that is open air, and when fully built out will have an auxilliary bar for events and an additional fire pit, views from this level run from west across the highway and to the skyline above the Willamette and to southeast with views of downtown Milwaukie from city hall to the new pFriem location.
The next phase of the buildout will also include a semi-secret 21+ only basement level Speakeasy bar to be called ‘Six Feet Below’ with higher end spirits and a more swanky setting.
The 1847 Food Park property is the size of a small block, split up into 4 different quadrants and upper and lower levels. On one section a sloped lower level lot will be filled with food trucks and a semi-secret entrance to the speakeasy. On the main ground level is a smaller food truck courtyard that serves as an entrance towards the brick-and-mortar structure where the bar and mezzanines are located, and then there is a huge wood covered pergola for open air dining and additional food trucks and fire pits. There is also a parking lot under construction, though there is plenty of local parking and public transportation with multiple free community lots and the Milwaukie Transit Station just 2 blocks away and a MAX line stop not much further.
1847 Food Park will soft open on Thursday, February 5th at 2pm. There will be multiple water stations for humans and dogs, a roaring outdoor fireplace, and space for up to 17 carts, with the aim to have 10-12 running soon. Weekly rotating carts will feature amenities like a dog washing cart or mobile haircutting and tattooing carts.
Not all of the food trucks are on-site yet and some of the features are still being built out, but the bar, views, seats, and some key food options should be up and running.
The expected and confirmed food trucks so far are:
Greek Gods Gyro
The Sushi San
Burgerlandia
Bobablastic
Crazy Philly
So Thai Asia
Adelina Mexican (coming soon)
Rendered BBQ
Pizzeria Stellina
1847 Food Park sits on the corner of SE Main and Scott Streets in the heart of historic downtown Milwaukie, Oregon at 1925 SE Scott Street 97222. The hours will be Monday – Sunday from 11am – 8pm
