Hi Portland,

My partner is turning 38 in November and his absolute favorite food is burgers. I’m a burrito guy so I’ve got myself covered, but I want to take him somewhere great for a memorable burger and tasty sides for his birthday.

We live in Buckman and will have a small group of us hungry guys—we aren’t looking for anywhere too fancy. I’m sober (happy with an iced tea or coffee), but he loves a good beer or cider. He generally prefers classic, hearty burgers without anything too wild—historically, he goes for combinations with bacon, blue cheese, mushrooms, or crisp onions.

I’d appreciate any ideas you have! My partner is the nicest guy, works his tush off for Portland Public Schools keeping Grant High School clean, and really deserves a big, tasty burger for his born day.

Thanks in advance!

So to add some context, last night, my sister and I were making our way into Portland from Beaverton around 9/9:30pm when suddenly there was a Loud boom and a huge crater developed in the glass. I didn’t see anything coming towards me nor did I see the object make an impact to the glass. Shortly after this, I pulled over several hundred yards from where it occurred to check out the damage, and at the time, other cars were pulled over as well but, well behind me. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now with the news of the closure and this occurring after the 217 exit but before the Sylvan exit, it now has me wondering if instead of a rock or whatever it could have been something electric? Reason I say that is because I rechecked the damage this morning in the daylight I noticed that not only were there the cracks but also what seems to be deep scratches in a uniform shape - not at all cracks but actual scratches. Which is not at all typical from what I’ve experienced with other types rocks or debris hitting my windshield. Keep in mind, this is a brand new vehicle, 2026. I am making this post to see if anyone else has this occur to them. My running theory is that I must have run over a power line or cord or something electrical must have caused the damage. I’m waiting to submit anything to insurance just yet because if other people experienced the same thing last night. I’m gonna try to post pictures of the damage - I also have pictures of a prior time my windshield made contact with a chunk of snow a few years ago.
Thanks!

TL;DR:
I suspect that my vehicle must have made some sort of contact with something electrical last night and want to know if anyone got their windshields cracked last night (October 27 26 around 9:30pm)

Edit: spelling

Edit 2:
Here are some pictures - the oddest thing to me is those scratches are in a perfect line. The picture with the flash on was taken shortly after it happened, and the scratches are very pronounced. Additionally, if you look at the “impact” site, there’s a deep dent on the frame of the vehicle - and if you look closely at the one taken at night, you can see that there’s almost like a splatter of white and red paint. Which is why I’m skeptical that it was a rock or something. And something of that size i would have at least seen as it impacted the windshield but I didn’t see anything at all.

https://imgur.com/a/9HUMDU4

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