6 editor picks in Portland.
Food tour in Mississippi/Williams
Brunch on Mississippi Food Tour
Bar Vivant at Pix is in Mississippi/Williams
Portland's cocktail bars range from book-lined whiskey rooms to neighborhood dive-and-fried-chicken hybrids, with a strong bias toward the spirit-forward and the unhurried. The scene splits between downtown and the inner southeast. The Multnomah Whisk(e)y Library downtown is the reference point for the city's deep-shelf approach, while Jacqueline and Reel M Inn on the Division corridor show the more casual, room-first side.
6 cocktail bar places in Portland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Portland · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Old Fashioned with library-pour bourbon
Portland's whiskey library and membership lounge on SW Alder, with 1,500+ bottles on rolling library ladders, leather wingbacks and cart-pulled cocktail.
Drink Martini paired with Pacific oysters
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.
Drink Cheap beer and broasted chicken
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.
Drink Sake old-fashioned
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.
Drink Grower Champagne flight
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.
Try Bourbon flight and charcuterie
Portland's whisky library on SW Alder is open until midnight nightly, with 1,500+ bottles on rolling library ladders, leather wingbacks and bar-cart cocktail.
