Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Portland for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Portland for grown-ups.
Portland's whiskey library and membership lounge on SW Alder, with 1,500+ bottles on rolling library ladders, leather wingbacks and cart-pulled cocktail.
DrinkOld Fashioned with library-pour bourbon
FoodCharcuterie and small plates
TipMembers reserve ahead. Non-members enter via the standby line at 17:00 (or Mon-Wed walk-ins more reliable).
Heather Lawless's SE Clinton Street cocktail bar in Portland, with classic spec martinis, Pacific oysters on the half-shell and a relocated 2024 dining room.
DrinkMartini paired with Pacific oysters
FoodSeafood and oysters
TipOyster happy hour 16:00-17:30 weekdays. The bar walks in; the dining room books on Resy.
Portland's most famous dive bar on SE Division, with fishing-lure-encrusted resin tables, poker machines and the city's best broasted fried chicken.
DrinkCheap beer and broasted chicken
FoodFried chicken and jojos
TipOne deep fryer means the chicken can take an hour at peak. Order at the bar and drink while you wait.
The 15th-floor lounge at The Nines hotel in downtown Portland, with two outdoor decks, the city's largest sake list and views of Mount Hood at sunset.
DrinkSake old-fashioned
FoodPan-Asian small plates
TipThe outdoor decks open in May and close in late September. Reserve outdoor seats a week ahead.
Bar Vivant sits inside Pix Pâtisserie on E Burnside in Portland, with a Spanish tapas menu, deep sherry list and an award-winning Champagne programme.
DrinkGrower Champagne flight
FoodSpanish tapas
TipOpen until 02:00 Friday and Saturday. Order the tortilla espanola with a copita of fino.
Day trip · 7 hours
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