Bars With an Older Crowd in Portland
715 Inn
You probably would not have set foot in it, had you known it was there in the first place. Your loss.
Ace Tavern
Run down cash only tavern.
Alibi
Specifically: Afternoons
Famed Portland tiki bar brimming with dark volcanic islandy charm. Located on the Max yellow line.
Belmont Inn
Sports dive on Belmont, caters towards the day time drinkers, and night time U.F.C. crowd.
Bistro 921
Completely unremarkable hotel bar.
Blackwell's Grubsteak Grill
Cash only dive in the Hollywood district.
Bob & Alice's
Fried food Foster Haven
Broadway Grill & Brewery
Totally unremarkable brewpub in the Lloyd district, easily missed, and even better avoided.
Buffalo Gap
Multi-roomed saloon with free live music most nights.
Candlelight Room
Downtown blues bar known as a hook up spot for the over 40 crowd. Slated to close Febuary 26, 2012, due to the future Milwaukee light rail.
Cheers Northwest
Formerly known as an "Old man's bar," Cheers is now apparently marketing itself as a gastro pub.
Cider Mill Lounge
Sports bar with live music and trivia, featuring the area's last Fryer Tuck's chicken.
Claudia's Sports Pub & Grill
Whether you want to play a game of pool or watch a game on the TV, Claudia's is a good bet.
Club 21
Classic Portland dive/rocker green room. The gnome hut exterior boasts of currently unavailable "Steaks for Your Enjoyment."
Coasters
Awesome Mix of Hipsters and Locals
Commodore
Fortified island citadel of slovenly drunkenness, faithfully resisting the surrounding gentrification.
Concordia Ale House
Beer geek/family haven in Concordia
Country Bill's Restaurant & Lounge
Perpetually family owned vintage surf & turf lounge.
Dilly's Bar & Grill
SE Clinton neighborhood dive.
Dockside Saloon & Restaurant
More of a blue collar lunch diner than a saloon, it opens in the wee hours, and closes even earlier.
Duff's Garage
Inner SE retro Americana - checkers, bygone automotive culture, and naturally, the music of the era. Not the drinks, not the food, but escape to the past is, of course, why people come here.
Edgefield
Popular McMenamins destination for live music and weddings. Two golf courses, several pubs, movie theater, a soaking pool, two restaurants and a hotel. Sheesh!
Elk Rock Bar & Grill
By the looks of their website, We'd probably avoid this bar.
Fox & Hounds
Laid back, aww-shucks bar with a primarily older gay clientele.
George's Corner Sports Bar
Friendly little Interstate dive with much raved about burgers.
Havana West
Specifically: by day
The new name for Hal's Tavern.
Neighborhood bar known for it's awesome shuffleboard table, Cuban food, and cheaper drinks.
Heathman
Elegant hotel bar and lounge with a great happy hour food menu.
Holman's
Old fashioned bar & grill with a sweet outdoor patio.
Horse Brass Pub
If only exempted from the smoking ban, the Horse Brass is perhaps the best American representation of a British pub thus far.
Hutch on Holgate
Rustic sister bar of the Hutch Tavern, with a fanstatic mineshaft/cabin style basement.
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.
Jake's Place
Divey charms abound (an increasingly more difficult find in Sellwood).
Joe's Cellar
Specifically: Downright Geriatric
Great dive bar you'd find if you walked all the way to the end of NW 21st.
Jolly Roger
Sports bar and dive in uber-hipster zone. Expect a very mixed crowd.
Marathon Taverna
Specifically: Day Shift
Sports bar in the loosest sense: games play on numerous TVs, Budweiser banners adorn, the day shift old-timers could care less; at night, TapouT bedecked youngsters from god knows hoot & holler.
Marie's
Offensively well lit, and mauve painted, neighborhood bar in St. Johns. You can almost smell the perm chemicals.
Morrison St. Bar & Grill
Nondescript bar catering to the older crowd. You've driven by it 100s of times with no intention of stopping, and frankly, we wouldn't blame you.
Mousetrap Tavern
Cash only North Portland dive. You have been warned.
My Father's Place
SE greasy spoon dive/diner serves two purposes: Liquoring up the morning crowd as quickly as possible, and warding off the hangovers/cocaine induced morning insomnia amongst PDX's scenesters.
Nite Hawk Cafe & Lounge
Large North Portland dive delivers as it did in it's glorious smoke filled past, albeit with a shiny new surfaces that do little to mask it's true nature.
Oaks Bottom Public House
Part of the Lompoc empire, this small, sleepy brewpub lulls you to complacency, perhaps a bit too much, before you realize: holy shit, Sellwood is a bit off the beaten path.
Paddy's
"Irish" bar with good food and the largest wall of liquor in Portland.
Pal's Shanty
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.
Papa-Son's Bar
The slow muttering daytime geriatrics transitions into the mile-a-minute prattling of the night time tweakers, and somewhere your brain explodes, gray matter found in the Airstream smoking trailer.
Pappy's Bar & Grill
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.
Pause
More beloved eatery than a drinkery, still, it's a family friendly pub with style, and in such a barren tract of Interstate, you could do worse.
Red Star Tavern
Decent hotel bar with floor to ceiling windows and a huge whiskey selection.
Refectory
Huge restaurant and bar with attached ballroom on the edge of Gresham where you never know what type of entertainment you'll encounter.
Renner's Grill
SW dive open since 1939.
Rheinlander & Gustav's
German themed beer hall with good inexpensive food at happy hour.
Ringside Steakhouse
Upscale steak house with a tiny lounge that serves amazing late night happy hour bites.
Rovon Inn
Neighborhood dive with cheap drinks. CASH ONLY - ATM on site.
Rumpus Room
Older regular crowd and loads of video crack.
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
Expensive steakhouse chain.
Santa Fe Taqueria
Tiny bar attached to a popular Mexican restaurant on NW 23rd.
Savoy
Bistro and lounge well known for great food, especially great happy hour deals.
Sewickly's Addition
One of the anchors of Hawthorne's famed Barmuda Triangle, this bar pours them heavy and cheap.
Ship Ahoy Tavern
Though you can see the glory of the c-bar across the street, this bar is for those that prefer something a little more low key.
Siam Society
Upscale Thai restaurant housed in a former sub-power station.
Side Bar
Cozy New Old Lompoc tasting room adjacent to Fifth Quadrant. Free Peanuts.
Silver Dollar Pizza
Neighborhood Pizza and sports bar on NW 21st.
Silver Dollar Pizza II
Kind of a sports bar sans many sports fans, awkwardly fitting into it's place just up the street from landmark mainstays.
Spirits
Super friendly neighborhood dive, and quite possibly the cheapest drinks in town.
Sports Den (The Mark)
Cigar and sports bar in Beaverton.
Starky's
Gay neighborhood bar catering mainly to the older crowd.
Tabla
Nice neighborhood restaurant with a lovely bar and an open kitchen.
Tanuki
From their website: "Please note that an izakaya is a place for adult relaxation and socializing. We do not allow children in our establishment." Score!
Tennessee Red's
SE neighborhood BBQ joint that shows movies on Sundays and Mondays and plenty of sports for the fans.
Thatcher's
Montivilla neighborhood bar with a variety of entertainment and a pledge to be the "local hangout."
The Old Shucking Room (Dan & Louis's)
Small all wooden lounge attached to Dan and Louis Oyster Bar, open since 1907!
The Orient
Small lounge in a Chinese Restaurant with one TV always showing sports.
The Overlook
Lounge attached to breakfast/Greek diner-type joint.
The Paragon
Nice Old-school Pearl District restaurant with a large bar area and porch/street seating. Perfect for scenesters on First Thursday.
Tillicum Club
What's in a name anyway? Certainly, a worthwhile spot if you have a DD to take you to Portland's fringes.
Tony's Old Time Tavern
One of the diviest bars in NW, which is a lot to say, considering it's next door to the Matador.
Trap
Lower Foster Karaoke and Darts Paradise
Triple Nickel
Popular Belmont bar known for stiff drinks and dart tournaments.
Tugboat Brewing Company
Portland's oldest downtown brewpub features unfiltered Belgian Strong Ales,a tiny interior and quite a diverse crowd.
Utopia Lounge
Dive bar within a Vietnamese restaurant.
Virginia Cafe
A Portland Institution
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An airport hotel bar in the Cascade Station/Ikea mega-box complex.
World Famous Kenton Club
Excellent NoPo dive with gruff but lovable service, colorful regulars, and frequent alt-country/rock acts.
Yur's
Down and dirty dive, unofficially Radio Cab driver's "lounge".
