Sound RIDER! presents the

Café to Café Grand Tour 2009

Ride to Eat – Eat to Ride

Do you enjoy long rides on scenic roads and great food along the way? If so you’re gonna love the Café to Café Tour 2009!

The Café to Café Tour 2009 incorporates 15 cafes and restaurants scattered across the Northwest. You goal is to visit every one of them between April and September (take this to mean all spring and summer) and provide proof of your visit to each. Those completing the entire list of 15 locations will be awarded a special plaque to certify their bragging rights.

The 15 cafes and restaurants located throughout the Northwest include six in Washington, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Each location has been selected in conjunction with the editors from our sister publication, Seattle DINING!, based on food quality, location significance and proximity to great riding roads.

This grand tour can be done by anyone regardless of what make or model of motorcycle they ride. It’s a good excuse to get out on some new roads and taste some great food. And while you’re out there who knows what new adventures await you along the way?

We’ve allowed six months for participants to complete all 15 stops. You can squeeze them in while you’re out on other rides, or simply start riding to them once you’ve received your registration package. All 15 locations are revealed in your registration package and there is no particular order in which you must visit each café. Bonus points are acquired if you dine at the location as well.

To get started simply register to play today. Once you receive your registration package you can begin hitting the select cafes. Along the way you’ll be documenting each visit by taking a photograph of yourself in front of each location and collecting a receipt if you want to build bonus points. You may submit your photos as often as you like throughout the spring and summer and a tally will be updated online here each month.

We also recommend various roads to use in the area of each café to make your trip that much more interesting. For adventure riders, dualsport options are included as well.

CLICK HERE to order your registration package now!

Please note. Photos shown here may or may not depict cafes included in this years tour.

NEWS & UPDATES

10/1 - The final standings are now posted - CLICK HERE. Awards will be handed out Saturday October 10th at Magills in Pasco starting at 12 pm. There's something on the menu for everyone! If you completed all 15 cafes and are unable to make the awards event, your wall placard will be mailed to you the next week.
7/6 - The food at #8 is great but the hours are skitchy. Call ahead to be sure they will be open.
6/28 - All 15 cafes were done in 3 days over 2400 miles by Bryan Jack. Now Bryan has nothing to do the rest of the summer:-( Remember riders, you have until the end of September to do it. Keep it safe and take time to enjoy each stop.
5/29 - Participants please use the photo re-naming criteria on the location sheet BEFORE submitting your photos.
5/1 - Cafe #9 has moved to 919 Bridge St in downtown Vernonia
4/16- The correct address for Cafe #6 is on Ponderosa Rd (not Bond Rd)
4/15 - Be advised that certain routes to some of the cafe's at higher elevations may still be blocked by snow. Check our extensive listing of road conditions before you ride.

"We took advantage of an unexpectedly early opening of Chinook Pass yesterday to bag our first Cafe of the year. Thanks for putting this on. I have been on lots of these types of photo tours in the past but this is the first one that my wife has been excited about accompanying me on. We won't likely make it to all of them but we'll sure have fun getting to the ones we can."

Tim Watts - 2009 Cafe to Cafe participant #9029

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