THE DALLES, OREGON FEBRUARY 7, 2025~ The Dalles Main Street is excited to announce
the first First Friday of the new year, our annual Chocolate Crawl, set to take place Friday
February 7th from 4-7 pm in historic downtown The Dalles. This event is full of sweet treats for
all of the special people in your lives as a variety of shops offer extended hours, discount deals,
and delicious food and beverages just in time for Valentines Day.
This year the Chocolate Crawl will feature all of your favorite locations! Some of what to expect
includes buy one get one free on all items in store plus a sweet treat with purchase at Pretty
Parties. Chocolate treats at Vibe Consignment and chocolate truffles at Breezeway Antiques.
Boutique sales, line dancing at 6 pm and chocolate espresso martinis at Studio Fit. Rivertap will
have chocolate themed desserts and cocktails including chocolate martinis, chocolate peanut
butter old fashioneds, & chocolate orange espresso martinis. You can find sweet and savory
samples from Fein Vanilla Co. & chocolate drink specials at Wines on 2nd. Emma’s Bowtique
will have sweet treats and a free gift with a $50 or more purchase, and at Urban Paper Jill will
have some excellent discounts and a hot cocoa bar while over at Westwind Frame & Gallery the
ladies will supply chocolate sweets, discounts on public displays of affection, and amazing
company and conversation. Down the street at Skookum Outfitters you can find boozy hot
chocolate, mint hot chocolate, white russians, lots of fun goodies for your Valentine and artisan
pizza from Pizza The Gathering. Next door at Lines of Design and the Travelers Tea Nook will
highlight tea and chocolate pairings while across the street Claudia & company at Sigman’s
Flowers and Gifts will be giving out samples of Moonstruck chocolate. Down at The Workshop
they will be crafting and coloring wooden heart ornaments for Valentine’s Day as well as
featuring their newest addition with the bakery corner. Megan from Rustic Roots Baking is going
to be doing a bagel bar, Cupcakes by Cyndi will have her grab and go fridge stocked full of
cupcakes for purchase, as well as mini cupcakes for shoppers. Amanda from The Coffee Shop
will be doing a hot chocolate bar, and teaming up with Smoke Ring BBQ for some savory
snacks. The Workshop will also have Freedom, the owner of Moonbeam Daydream with her new
products that they just brought into the shop and will officially launch the brand and assist
customers with finding the perfect Moonbean product for their glow up!
This year, TD Main Street will host First Friday each month along with two additional signature
fundraising events; our Main Street Uncorked Roses & Rose`wine walk in the spring and a
community concert this fall. Other themed First Friday events will include a treasure hunt in
March, dads & grads in June, the Fort Dalles Fourth Block Party in July, an art walk in August,
shop for schools in September, Veterans Day events in November and the annual Sip & Shop to finish out the year in December. We are excited to bring together our downtown businesses and
community partners to energize and engage our community throughout the year and appreciate
your continued support.
The Dalles Main Street is a community driven organization dedicated to creating and
maintaining a vibrant and thriving downtown. We foster community awareness of our unique
history and work cooperatively with other organizations and businesses on projects that benefit
The Dalles and the downtown core. The Main Street 4-Point Approach is a nationally recognized
process to improve the health of the downtown area and create a prosperous community for all.
Since implementation in 2013, The Dalles Main Street has seen great success in a number of
areas including community clean up, beautification projects, historic preservation and
revitalization. Join us this year for a stellar line up of First Fridays and fundraising events in
beautiful historic downtown The Dalles.