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.
Food program: Spanish tapas
Tip: Open until 02:00 Friday and Saturday. Order the tortilla espanola with a copita of fino.
Address: 2225 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214
Portland's whiskey library and membership lounge on SW Alder, with 1,500+ bottles on rolling library ladders, leather wingbacks and cart-pulled cocktail service.
Signature drink: Old Fashioned with library-pour bourbon
Food: Charcuterie and small plates
Tip: Members 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.
Signature drink: Martini paired with Pacific oysters
Food: Seafood and oysters
Tip: Oyster happy hour 16:00 to 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.
Signature drink: Cheap beer and broasted chicken
Food: Fried chicken and jojos
Tip: One 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.
Signature drink: Sake old-fashioned
Food: Pan-Asian small plates
Tip: The outdoor decks open in May and close in late September. Reserve outdoor seats a week ahead.
