Good Bar to Take a Date in Portland
820
Owned by nationally renowned mixtress Lucy Brennan, you will be in the presence of greatness.
Andina
Peruvian food served up with tasty Pisco Sours, live jazz nightly.
Aquariva
Sipping the vino on the SW Waterfront, expect to be surrounded by the often atrocious waterfront date crowd.
Bar Avignon
First and foremost a wine bar, and a fine one at that.
Bar Mingo
Reasonably priced Italiano on NW 21st.
Basil Bar
Opens/Closes/Opens/Closes/Back Open
Beech Street Parlor
"Tiga 2"
Biwa
Famed noodle house in the Pine Street Theater building.
Blue Monk
Two level bar and music venue with an enormous beer list.
Box Social
For lack of better a description, another "specialty cocktail lounge in a box".
Branch Whiskey Bar
Specifically: Caveat: Whiskey Dick
Whiskey whiskey whiskey
Brasserie Montmartre
Upscale french restaurant and bistro with live music
Circa 33
Homage to 1933, the year prohibition was repealed. Nice, classy cocktail joint ran by the guys behind North 45/Paddy's
Clyde Common
Downtown bar located next to the Ace Hotel serving specialty cocktails and food.
Clyde's Prime Rib
The big "PRIME RIB" sign on this retro Sandy Blvd steakhouse is all the info you need to know.
Driftwood Room
Intimate swanky bar inside Hotel deLuxe that is perfect for date night.
East India Co. Bar and Grill
Exactly what it says. Indian grill with a bar that has cheap happy hour food.
Gilt Club
Expensive, but tasty cocktails in a chic setting.
Heathman
Elegant hotel bar and lounge with a great happy hour food menu.
Higgins
One could say that this restaurant started the local organic movement in Portland.
Jade Lounge
Low key Asian themed lounge attached to Il Piatto.
Kask
Gruner-associated bar with Alpine feel. Craft-distilled liquor, local wine & micro-brews abound.
Laurelhurst Market
This restaurant, meat market and neighborhood bar knows its meat and its cocktails. Nothing here for you, veggies.
Le Happy
Dark, tiny little crepe restaurant/bar, fulfills the PDX requirement for quirky irreverence. Open late for a post drinking session snack, or PBR nightcap.
Little Bird Bistro
Downtown fancy, French bistro with wine, cocktails and food.
M Bar
Teeny tiny neighborhood wine bar for drinkers absent of uptight oenophiles and nouveau sophisticates
Mother's Velvet Lounge
Exactly as described in name, this is a matronly parlor for brunching and/or a date with yo mama.
Night Light Lounge
Sexy as hell is one way to describe this loin-loosening box of pure atmosphere.
Noble Rot
Impeccably designed wine bar with rooftop patio.
Portland City Grill
It's the view from the 30th floor! It's the happy hour! Boasted of equally by the white collar set to all out of towners. On a clear day, the view is grand...if you can get a seat.
Radio Room
Swell neighborhood bar with a covered heated upstairs patio (good for smokers) and a patio with a firepit downstairs.
Ringlers Annex
McMenamins pub in a tiny three floored flatiron building.
Ringside Fish House
The seaside companion to PDX institution Ringside Steak House, the Fish House boasts an equally legendary happy hour.
Rontoms
Specifically: casual
Large hip, fashionable and modern bar/lounge with a huge patio and great happy hour food.
Rum Club
Nice little mixo-snack bar around around the corn from Beaker & Flask.
Sapphire Hotel
Great date bar located inside a former hotel that was frequented by the ladies of the night.
Saucebox
Upscale lounge famous for its book of specialty cocktails featuring a pan-Asian menu.
Secret Society
Tiny upstairs bar housed in a former mason's meeting hall (thus the name) that serves up classic cocktails and European style eats.
Star Bar
Specifically: Casual Date
Comfortable, casual inner Southeast bar with a great happy hour.
Swift Lounge
Quaint bar/lounge with upscale food and cocktails.
Tabla
Nice neighborhood restaurant with a lovely bar and an open kitchen.
The Old Shucking Room (Dan & Louis's)
Small all wooden lounge attached to Dan and Louis Oyster Bar, open since 1907!
The Paragon
Nice Old-school Pearl District restaurant with a large bar area and porch/street seating. Perfect for scenesters on First Thursday.
Veritable Quandary
Upscale downtown eatery featuring seasonal cuisine.
Victory
European Bar with a Fine Menu
Vino Paradiso
Unpretentious NW Wine Bar, soon to change names to Coppia.
Vino Vixens
Hidden Wine Bar
Wilf's
Classy jazz supper club with red booths adjacent to the train station.
