52nd Avenue Sports Bar
Hard to find little hole in the wall sports bar, windows frosted to look like a PeeChee folder.
715 Inn
You probably would not have set foot in it, had you known it was there in the first place. Your loss.
820
Owned by nationally renowned mixtress Lucy Brennan, you will be in the presence of greatness.
A & L Pub
Specifically: Montavilla
Dark cavernous Montavilla sports bar, certainly a Pittsburgh Steelers fan outpost.
Ace Tavern
Specifically: Cully
Run down cash only tavern.
Alameda Brewhouse
Specifically: Beaumont
The typical family friendly brew pub, boasting award winning beers, and the predictable family din.
Alberta Rose Theater
Specifically: Alberta
Historic theater features eclectic mix of live music, performance art, and film.
Alberta Street Pub
Specifically: Alberta
Dark, fun Irish pub with frequent acoustic acts.
Alleyway Cafe & Bar
Specifically: Alberta
Bright and clean dive bar made with smokers and pinball aficionados in mind.
Ambassador
A popular, quintessential Chinese Restaurant/Karaoke lounge, spruced up over the years.
Ate-Oh-Ate
Specifically: Burnside
Hawaiian food (808=Ate-Oh-Ate=Hawaii's area code) with the requisite tropical cocktails.
Atlantis Lounge (Mississippi Pizza)
Oddly eclectic event boasting lounge attached to Mississippi Pizza Pub.
Aztec Willie
Specifically: Lloyd District
Kid friendly Taqueria/bar with Pan-Latin dancing/lessons.
B-Side Tavern
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Nice dive on lower Burnside with a fantastic jukebox, patio, and colorful service.
Bakery Bar
Specifically: Glisan
Actually, it's not a bar, it's a bakery with booze that closes at 2pm.
Bar Bar
Specifically: Mississippi
Mississippi Studios attached bar.
Basil Bar
Opens/Closes/Opens/Closes/Back Open
Beech Street Parlor
"Tiga 2"
Bernie's Bistro
Specifically: Alberta
Awesome southern bistro on Alberta with an expansive patio that even has a bar!
Beulahland
Specifically: 28th
Cafe by Day, Punk Bar by Night
Biddy McGraw's
As authentically Irish as one can get in the US.
Bill's Steakhouse
Bar that serves steak on the way to the airport.
Billy Ray's
Specifically: MLK
Friendly neighborhood bar on MLK with two-levels a plethora of pinball machines and a patio.
Binks
Specifically: Alberta
Tiny, ultra friendly Alberta bar with roll up garage door and sidewalk seating.
Biwa
Famed noodle house in the Pine Street Theater building.
Blackwell's Grubsteak Grill
Specifically: Hollywood
Cash only dive in the Hollywood district.
Blind Onion Pizza Pub
Pizza place with free garlic. Beer only.
Blue Diamond
Small dive on Sandy with live Blues a few times a week.
Boss Hawgs Bar 'n' Grill
Specifically: Past 82nd
Based on the name alone, it is exactly what you would expect.
Bossanova Ballroom
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Private two story venue, open only for fantastic eclectic shows and private parties.
Branch Whiskey Bar
Specifically: Alberta
Whiskey whiskey whiskey
Breakside Brewery
Open airy brewpub in North Portland with large communal tables and roll up windows.
Broadway Grill & Brewery
Specifically: Lloyd District
Totally unremarkable brewpub in the Lloyd district, easily missed, and even better avoided.
Burnside Brewing Company
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Clean upscale brew house.
Bye and Bye
Specifically: Alberta
Vegan dream scene, though you wouldn't know it.
Calamity Jae's
NASCAR and Budweiser paraphernalia abound!
Caldera Public House
Specifically: Montavilla
Bright little Tabor side neighborhood bar. So easily off the beaten path.
Candlelight Restaurant & Lounge
Specifically: Montavilla
Montavilla dive with cheap, stiff pours and a reputation for being just that (Not to be confused with the Candlelight downtown)
Casa Del Matador Southeast
Not THE Matador on W. Burnside. Not THE Matador on W. Burnside.
Casa Naranja
Specifically: Mississippi
An orange house with small plates - you do the math.
Chapel Pub
Exactly what you would expect from a funeral home converted to a Mc-Bar.
Chopsticks Express
Specifically: East Burnside
Portland's most beloved karaoke bar for the not so serious would be crooner.
Chopsticks III: The How Can Be Lounge
Out of the way karaoke bar with no crowds
Club 205
3 stages occupied by one of the better looking array of girls in Portland.
Club 21
Classic Portland dive/rocker green room. The gnome hut exterior boasts of currently unavailable "Steaks for Your Enjoyment."
Club Hollywood Sports Bar
The bar adjoining Hollywood Bowl.
Clyde's Prime Rib
The big "PRIME RIB" sign on this retro Sandy Blvd steakhouse is all the info you need to know.
Coalition Brewing
Traditional Public House
Concordia Ale House
Specifically: Concordia
Beer geek/family haven in Concordia
Copper Rooster
East Burnside dive not really near anywhere else.
County Cork Public House
Tame, family friendly version of an Irish pub.
Crow Bar
Specifically: Mississippi
Dark dive with a friendly crowd.
Cruzroom
Specifically: Alberta
Fantastic little box on Alberta with great tacos.
Don's Dugout
Huge sports bar out by the airport.
Doug Fir Lounge
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Swanky, Hipster Hotel with Kick Ass Venue
Dreams & Memories
Cinder block dive with a great name and a gritty environment.
Driftwood Tavern (D's Bar)
Sports bar brought to you by folks from the Mid-West.
Dublin Down Pub
Specifically: Vancouver
"100% Irish" pub in the 'Couv.
East Burn
Specifically: Burnside
Two level bar has an upstairs restaurant with patio featuring swings instead of chairs and downstairs bar with skee-ball.
Eat: An Oyster Bar
A little slice of New Orleans in Portland. Bourbon flights and live music on Thursdays.
El Dorado
Mexican Cantina known for huge margaritas.
Exotica
Upscale strip club with 4 stages.
Fixin' To
You'll feel at home even if you're not a southerner.
Flirts
Cougar hotel bar! Who could want more!?
Florida Room
Great local bar for weekdays or weekends.
Free House Bar
Small plates, sandwiches and classic cocktails.
Fremont Ridge Inn
Specifically: Cully / Beaumont
Unassuming neighborhood dive.
Galaxy
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Beloved karaoke dive, rumor has it that it may soon be demolished to make way for something terrible.
Gossip Lounge
Upscale sports bar bathed in blue light.
Grain and Gristle
Woodsy restro-pub whose namesake indicates an obvious beer'n'meat focus.
Greeley Avenue Bar & Grill
Neighborhood bar with it all. Sports, VJs, Live bands and Poker Nights,
Greg's Backyard Sports Bar
Family friendly barbeque joint way out there on Sandy.
Guild Public House
Freshly re-opened by a few seasoned vets (de la Trebol/Vintage Cocktail Lounge).
Holman's
Specifically: 28th
Old fashioned bar & grill with a sweet outdoor patio.
Hop Haven Beer Bar & Bottle Shop
Say it ain't so - a beer geek bar that serves Irish Car bombs.
Hour Glass Pub
Apparently where old drunks take their kids to teach them how to grow up just like them.
Hungry Tiger Too
Hipsters and old men unite at this two room bar with both meat and vegan friendly menus.
Hutch Tavern
Off the beaten path on 47th & Glisan, in it's confines you'll find off duty hospital staff, and a handful of relatively quiet regulars.
Jade Lounge
Low key Asian themed lounge attached to Il Piatto.
Jay's Mexican Bar & Grill
Specifically: Broadway
Jody's Bar & Grill
Specifically: Parkrose
Strippers and sports!
Joq's
Specifically: Sullivans Gulch
Laid back, unpretentious, "Gayborhood" sports bar, far off the beaten cruise path in a rather barren stretch of NE Broadway.
Katie O'Brien's
Specifically: Kerns / Sandy
Nice little dive with cheap, greasy breakfasts, best enjoyed after a long night of excessive drinking.
Kennedy School
Specifically: Concordia
It is an unwritten municipal code that all citizens are required to bring first time Portland visitors to this converted elementary school housing many "bars".
Laurelhurst Market
This restaurant, meat market and neighborhood bar knows its meat and its cocktails. Nothing here for you, veggies.
Laurelthirst Pub
Specifically: Kerns
Divey little box renowned for its frequent folksy, bluegrassy acts.
Laurelwood Public House
Probably the most striking and accurate depiction of the family friendly brewpub stereotype. For some reason, parents love it.
Local Lounge
Specifically: MLK
Long struggling location finally found it's pace, casual, gay friendly environment.
Lucky Inn
Specifically: Kerns
Neighborhood dive leaning towards old punks, rockers, and skaters with a nicely did patio, cheap drinks and strangely, Italian food.
Lucky Labrador Tap Room
Same as the other Lucky Labs, located in NoPo.
LV's Sports Bar and Grill
Formerly known as Twelve 22, this bar has apparently cleaned itself up and now serves soul food and burgers while showing all the games on the big screen.
Mash Tun
Specifically: Alberta
Rare anymore, it would seem, that a brewpub caters to, well, adults. Mash Tun fits the bill perfectly.
Maui's on Williams
Cheap & friendly aquamarine cinder block box adorned with Hawaiian imagery restores warmth on cold a day.
McPeet's
Specifically: Beaumont
A pleasant change from the stuffy fuddy-duddy mode of Wilshire Beaumont, McPeets remains a perfectly capable and charming bar-bar.
Migration Brewing
Specifically: Kerns
Beer-only microbrew joint's fantastic beers attract early afternoon beer geeks & patio sun-seekers.
Miss Delta
Hand crafted cocktails served up with a hodge-podge collection of swamp food. Excellent happy hour.
Mississippi Studios
Incredibly well designed venue with wide variety of acts.
Montavilla Station
Perhaps too divey even for the skater/rocker crowd at Roscoe's, Montavilla Station's respiteful down-market confines serve its purpose with unintentional perfection.
Moon and Sixpence
Specifically: Hollywood
English Pub in Hollywood, with few to none of the Americanized proto-British pub trappings.
Mudai Lounge
The marriage of Ethiopian restaurants and hipster/rocker hangouts is becoming a common theme in Portland, Mudai is no exception.
Mynt
Specifically: Sandy
Mynt has changed it's name to Syren's Gentlemens Club
Mystic
A fine little strip club just across the street (and in direct competition with) Club 205. Opens early in the AM with an all day happy hour.
Natian Brewery
Nano Brewery that had beer-mongers eagerly awaiting a tasting room.
Nepo 42
Specifically: Concordia
Kind of a neighborhood family style pub, not really conducive to rambunctious drinking, but with two nearby dive bars, it's a welcome change.
Noble Rot
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Impeccably designed wine bar with rooftop patio.
Northside Lounge
Dumpy little ramshackle joint with stiff'n'affordable drinks, naturally attached to a Chinese restaurant. Regular rummies 'round the bar, naturally.
Over & Out
Cocktail lounge cum Sports bar tucked back behind the Observatory.
Pal's Shanty
Specifically: Hollywood
Historic Sandy Blvd shack, is a veritable sea-feed: pub grub style oysters/crab/prawns/chowder, you can almost feel the salty barnacles. Inexplicably closes early.
Pappy's Bar & Grill
Specifically: Montavilla
Evidently, having private locking bathrooms on 82nd creates a bit of a problem that rhymes with Seth. Still, the colorful regulars, surly staff, and lunch counter bar will make you smile.
Park City Pub
Specifically: Cully
Non-descript, but according to a Google query, much beloved.
Peter's Bar & Grill
Specifically: Cully / Beaumont
An often disused Northeast neighborhood sports bar, serves as an impromptu waiting room for the new Fire on The Mountain.
Pirate's Cove
Specifically: Cully
Pirate themed strip club crammed into a building built as an over-sized jug. Expect generally friendly service (from both the BTs and the dancers) at the teeny bar.
Prost!
German pub with Das Boot and a patio.
Radio Room
Specifically: Alberta
Swell neighborhood bar with a covered heated upstairs patio (good for smokers) and a patio with a firepit downstairs.
Railside Pub
Out of the Way Rock Bar
Random Order Coffeehouse
Coffee, pie, and specialty cocktails.
Record Room
Buy and sell vinyl and tapes while sipping on a pint or a glass of wine.
Red Flag
Small hipster bar with a kick-ass jukebox and good food.
Red Room
Live music venue with a rock and roll memorabilia decor and $1 mystery shots. A good reason to go to 82nd Ave.
Refectory
Huge restaurant and bar with attached ballroom on the edge of Gresham where you never know what type of entertainment you'll encounter.
Republic
Go for the Food
Rheinlander & Gustav's
German themed beer hall with good inexpensive food at happy hour.
Rontoms
Large hip, fashionable and modern bar/lounge with a huge patio and great happy hour food.
Rose and Thistle
Everything you'd expect from a Scottish pub with the addition of a lovely patio out back.
Rovon Inn
Neighborhood dive with cheap drinks. CASH ONLY - ATM on site.
Sam's Hollywood Billiards
Enormous and reasonably priced pool hall.
Sandy Hut
Portland institution patronized by all walks of life. Cheap!
Saratoga
Rock and roll club with DJ nights, Karaoke, and special events including "Bearaccuda Night." Photo booth included.
Saraveza
Self-described bottle shop and Pasty Tavern that is a beer geeks haven.
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.
Sextant Bar & Galley
Specifically: Columbia River
Divey little nautically themed bar, located (with sweet patio) right on the Columbia River.
Siam Society
Specifically: Alberta
Upscale Thai restaurant housed in a former sub-power station.
Sinnott's Li'l Cooperstown Pub
Friendly neighborhood sports bar with pretty darn good food.
Skinn
Specifically: Cully
Formerly "JD's"
Soluna Grill
Casual fine dining restaurant.
Spare Room
Huge bar with many cheap specials throughout the day and a wide variety of entertainment at night including bingo, karaoke, movies and live music.
Spirit of '77
Spacious Blazers bar (hence, '77, the last year they pretty much did anything), with plenty of games, bike parking, and a decent balcony patio.
Spirits
Specifically: Cully
Super friendly neighborhood dive, and quite possibly the cheapest drinks in town.
Stanich's
Long standing tavern that has what some consider the best burger in Portland. Entirely bedecked in sports pennants.
Stark Naked Pizza
Pretty awesome pizza place on SE Stark.
Starky's
Gay neighborhood bar catering mainly to the older crowd.
Swift Lounge
Quaint bar/lounge with upscale food and cocktails.
Syren's Gentlemens Club
Formerly "Mynt". Ain't nothing but a "Y" thing.
Tabla
Specifically: 28th Ave
Nice neighborhood restaurant with a lovely bar and an open kitchen.
Tapalaya
Cajun/Creole restaurant that serves up their dishes tapas style.
Ten Till One Tavern
The bar portion of Stanich's.
Thatcher's
Specifically: Montavilla
Montivilla neighborhood bar with a variety of entertainment and a pledge to be the "local hangout."
The Hilt
Specifically: Alberta
Fairly non-descript bar on Alberta serving Greek food and pizza. Large patio on the street is good for people watching.
The Know
Specifically: Alberta
Cheap small bar on Alberta that's full of hipsters and loud music.
The Nest
Specifically: Alberta
Dive bar with pretty much the most diverse crowd in Portland.
The Orient
Specifically: Broadway
Small lounge in a Chinese Restaurant with one TV always showing sports.
The Standard
Portland Patio Favorite
Tiny's Cafe
Hip coffee shop that serves beer.
Tonic Lounge
Venue split into cozy little wrap around bar, venue side with ample floor space, back bar, and game room.
Tony Starlight's Supper Club & Lounge
Twelve 22
Now LV's Sports Bar and Grill.
Union Jack's
Specifically: Lower Burnside
Beloved Rock n' Roll Strip Club
Upright Brewing Company
Tasting room only for a fab Brewery by the Rose Quarter.
Utopia Lounge
Specifically: 82nd Ave
Dive bar within a Vietnamese restaurant.
Vintage Cocktail Lounge
Fine Crafted Cocktails
w xyz
Specifically: PDX
An airport hotel bar in the Cascade Station/Ikea mega-box complex.
Wilshire Tavern
Friendly cash only beer and wine bar.
Wonder Ballroom
Northeast Music Venue
Yakuza Lounge
Specifically: Concordia
Izakaya at 30th and Killingsworth with a rad patio.
Yen Ha
Super Vietnamese dive, scattered array of regulars from scenesters to con artists to weathered boozers.