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BarFly » Bars that Cater to the College Crowd

AKA college kids/meatheads

These are the best places to re-create scenes from Animal House. Beware the novice drinkers and the under agers with their older brother's fake IDs.


BarFly Ally » Bar of the Gods (BOG)

(aka The BOG) Darker than Plato's cave, but only in terms of lighting. BOG...More >>

24 user reviews

BarFly Ally » Bitter End

Spacious, clean and stylishly comfortable, the unpretentious Bitter End has...More >>

2 user reviews

BarFly Ally » Delta Cafe

Forgetful of task, rewarding of conversation, bristling upon command - Delt...More >>

8 user reviews

Acropolis

“The Milwaukie Ballet” dances everynight of the year on four st...More >>

42 user reviews

BarFly Bus

Check out the twelve glorious months of BarFly Bus Tours that await you in ...More >>

2 user reviews

Barracuda

Enormous island-theme dance club packs in a crowd of Aberzombies fresh from...More >>

34 user reviews

Basement Pub

It's above ground, you'd say, looking in vain for the staircase, but The Ba...More >>

7 user reviews

Bear Paw

Visit 'round noon, sliding to the bar midst twenty-something burn-out and t...More >>

11 user reviews

Billy Ray's Neighborhood Dive

Servicing a proud community of aging punkers, unabashed drunkards and those...More >>

6 user reviews

Black Cat Pub

Imagine a fog of cigarette smoke drawn from a mixed crowd ranging from disp...More >>

15 user reviews

Boiler Room

Old Town's only dedicated karaoke bar gets packed to the gills with a young...More >>

25 user reviews

Buffalo Gap

Ramshackle roadhouse, cobbled together from the remnants of a century-old f...More >>

4 user reviews

C-Bar

While the furnishings and casual gallery and, well, female staff are as sty...More >>

20 user reviews

Cheerful Tortoise

As not-quite-college bar for a town that really doesn’t have much of ...More >>

28 user reviews

City Sports Bar

Ended up taking a trip on a failboat and is now required to surrender liquo...More >>

20 user reviews

Clinton Street Pub

Former old man hole in the wall cleaned up and expanded by new owners, but ...More >>

11 user reviews

Coach's Bar and Grill

Strip mall sports bar moonlights as a blues club on the weekends. In case ...More >>

5 user reviews

Dots

Eons ago, when ironic deor meant wacky signage and folks wore their grampa'...More >>

11 user reviews

Dublin Pub

Collegiate meat-market best avoided by those not dedicated to the Abercromb...More >>

7 user reviews

Fez

Imagine Casablanca set-designed by Bobby Trendy. Scheherezazde’s Arc...More >>

14 user reviews

Gemini Pub

Popular blues-oriented club draws a friendly, all ages crowd. Odd, scooter ...More >>

8 user reviews

Goodfoot Lounge

While the basement booths and dancefloor should be left to the breakdancing...More >>

14 user reviews

Greek Cusina

You’ve walked by, of course, weekend nights, wondering why seemingly ...More >>

10 user reviews

Gypsy

Ages ago, when Portland's scenesters could be counted on two hands and spa...More >>

11 user reviews

Hawthorne Hideaway

The owner George said something like this "You know how every server and ba...More >>

8 user reviews

Hawthorne Theater

(formerly Conan's) Awkwardly assembled all-ages rock hall keeps the adults ...More >>

5 user reviews

Jolly Inn

(a.k.a. "The Bucket") Much as the gentrification of the Jolly district - no...More >>

13 user reviews

Kells

‘Tis Portland’s Irish pub, and more’s the pity. As Ameri...More >>

10 user reviews

Kingston

Rambling sports bar packs in a noisy crowd on game days (it's spitting dist...More >>

4 user reviews

Limelight

Given the name, one might expect a little more stardust sprinkled about, or...More >>

10 user reviews

Lola's Room

Intimate space on the second floor of the Crystal Ballroom hosts weekly dan...More >>

5 user reviews

Lotus Cardroom

Twas a cardroom, yes, eighty years past. Gamblers, whores, the cream of se...More >>

9 user reviews

Lutz Tavern

While the furnishings - aside from a stool-top temporarily decommissioned f...More >>

10 user reviews

Macadam's

(former Mazzi's) Spacious, family-friendly sports pub hosts blues and jazz ...More >>

3 user reviews

Muu-Muu's

Whither Muu-Muu's? In the very heart of the NW 23rd beast, they managed to...More >>

13 user reviews

New Copper Penny

For newcomers, imagine a gigantic nightclub below a shining neon circle ill...More >>

11 user reviews

Ohm

Let us remember The Ohm as it was - not this re-animated corpse of the Vood...More >>

18 user reviews

Portsmouth Pizza & Pub

(formerly known as the Portsmouth Club) As Mr. Chandler aptly puts it, "It...More >>

15 user reviews

Pub at the End of the Universe

Hidden midst an unassuming street, down the dead zones 'tween Powell and Ea...More >>

11 user reviews

Putter's

A utilitarian pub seemingly identical to familial franchises (Mulligans, O'...More >>

1 user reviews

Ringler's Annex

A McMenamins' pub & espresso bar shoehorned into tiny, tri-level flatiron b...More >>

8 user reviews

Ringler's Pub

Spacious pool hall on first floor of Crystal Ballroom lines them up around ...More >>

12 user reviews

Rock Bottom

Whatever you’ve heard, it was NOT named after the corporate overlord&...More >>

10 user reviews

Rogue Ales Public House

Another utilitarian brew-pub housing acoustic acts for antiseptic drones, ...More >>

4 user reviews

Scooter McQuade's

Despite the name (and location), Scooter McQuade’s isn’t a gay ...More >>

5 user reviews

Ship

Definitely a regular spot if you live in Multnomah Village and you like to ...More >>

4 user reviews

Side Street

Difficult to describe the Side Street without mentioning the competition. ...More >>

6 user reviews

Spice

formerly Billy Reed's Billy Reed's review: Sprawling bar and restauran...More >>

11 user reviews

Squeez

Ramshackle neighborhood joint incorporates desert-island decor - flotsam an...More >>

15 user reviews

Suki's Bar & Grill

Combining the once-grand ambitions of a failing hotel bar with the rather s...More >>

14 user reviews

Tequila Muertos

Been there? Done that? Review away, we'll catch up. Open Mon-Wed 5pm-12a...More >>

1 user reviews

The Nest

(formerly, Joe's Place) The last standing black bar on Alberta is now as pa...More >>

19 user reviews

Thirsty Lion Pub

With all the understated elegance and dedication to authenticity you've com...More >>

21 user reviews

Triple Nickel

Not a dive, exactly, though the drinks and beer (and chicken strips) couldn...More >>

22 user reviews

Tube

Sleekly stark art-bar Tube went double-wide a while ago, warming up conside...More >>

29 user reviews

Twilight Room

A prototypical college bar, and a neighborhood fixture for ages. Vestiges o...More >>

16 user reviews

Voodoo Lounge

O! Would that every night be Mardi Gras, you've mumbled to the Phi Delt si...More >>

16 user reviews

XV

The effortless blend of elegant interiors and indie cool has, as with so ma...More >>

39 user reviews