Indulge in Chocolate and Local Deals at The Dalles' First Friday Event, Feb. 7

Feb 6

Written By Columbia Community Connection

From The Dalles Main Street:

By Cynthia Kortge

The Dalles, Ore., Feb. 6, 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, Feb. 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 Valentine’s Day. This year the Chocolate Crawl will feature all of your favorite locations!

Chocolate Drinkes will be served at Wines on Second

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 p.m., 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.

Discounts of public displays of affection will accompany chocolates at Westwind Frame & Gallery

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.

Emma’s Bowtique will offer a sweet treat

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.