For most of the last decade, a Beaverton summer Saturday had one center of gravity. You parked near the library, walked to the Farmers Market, crossed under the trees to the Reser plaza, and the whole day happened inside a six-block radius of Southwest 5th Street. Cedar Hills Crossing was where you went for a movie or a paperback, not where you planned a meal around.
That shape is changing this summer. Two of Portland's better-known restaurants have opened or are about to open at Cedar Hills Crossing, the state is in the middle of rebuilding Canyon Road so the walk between downtown and the mall is actually walkable, and the Reser is dark for a week in the middle of it all. If your Saturday routine has felt slightly off since June, this is why.
The downtown Saturday still starts at 5th and Hall
The Beaverton Farmers Market is the anchor and it is not close.
