Checked Oct 23, 2026: 5 of 5 facts confirmed; 0 unresolved; 0 conflicts.
Can you visit as a guest?
- Can you bring a guest
- Yes. The dinners are publicly listed and open to peers in the industry.
- How many free visits
- Events are free; no visit limit is stated.
- Must you be invited
- No. RSVP on the event page so the reservation can be sized.
Source: Access, checked Oct 23
- Identity
- PADNUG is the Portland Area .NET Users Group, a developer user group for the Portland, Oregon metro area. It brings together software developers to learn and discuss technologies and techniques for developing on and interacting with Microsoft platforms. The group is part of the .NET Foundation network. Meetup lists about 2,600 members and a Beaverton home location. Rich C. hosts the Hillsboro, Beaverton and Tigard dinners; Jeff D. and Rich C. host the Portland dinner.
- Cost
- Admission is free; the organizer's event pages list no fee. Membership dues are not stated on the organizer's pages. Who pays for food and drink is not stated on the organizer's pages.
- Access
- Events are publicly listed on Meetup, with no member-only restriction and no guest fee stated. The organizer asks attendees to RSVP: reservations are sized from the RSVP count.
- Cadence / venue
- Weekly dinners on Tuesdays, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, in person, rotating on a fixed cycle: 1st Tuesday at Nonna Emilia Restorante Italiano, 17210 SW Shaw St, Aloha; 2nd Tuesday at Thirsty Lion Pub and Grill, 10205 Southwest Washington Square Road, Tigard; 3rd Tuesday at Grand Central Bowling, 808 SE Morrison Street, Portland; 4th Tuesday at Thirsty Lion Gastropub, 2290 NE Allie Ave, Hillsboro.
- What to expect
- The Portland Geek Dinner is an informal dinner with no presentation: food, beverages and conversation with peers in the industry, in a restaurant reserved from the RSVP count. The group once held monthly meetings featuring presentations on topics such as technology announcements, architecture and developer experiences; its current format is the weekly dinner.
- Cadence
- Weekly dinners, Tuesdays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, rotating through Aloha, Tigard, Portland and Hillsboro on a fixed monthly cycle.
- Commitment
- No membership commitment is stated on the organizer's pages.
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Sources
Sources checked Oct 23, 2026.
