The Jack London Revue is the basement jazz room under the Rialto Poolroom on SW 4th, a speakeasy-style cellar with a full bar, four nights of programming and quiet sets.
Tip: Thursday through Saturday at 19:00; the room is small, book ahead for headliner nights and arrive 30 minutes before the set.
Address: 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204
Cassidy's is the 1979 downtown American grill on SW Washington at the edge of the Pearl, the place that posts a 02:00 close every single night with a full kitchen and a bar to match.
Tip: Late-night menu runs to last call; the bar is the way at 23:00, but the dining room stays seated until close.
MONO Space is the Pearl District high-fidelity listening gallery in a renovated NW 13th warehouse, a ticketed deep-listening room with a custom speaker system and no talking once the music starts.
Tip: Open Saturdays 12:00 to 17:00 for free public gallery hours; ticketed listening sessions sell out, so check the calendar a week ahead.
The Sandy Hut is the 1923 dive on NE Sandy at the edge of Kerns, the room locals call the Handy Slut, with strong drinks, late kitchen and a jukebox that runs to 02:00 every night.
Tip: Kitchen runs late and the bar pours until 02:00 seven nights; cash and card both work and the booth seats fill on Friday after 22:00.
My Father's Place is the 1978 Buckman dive in the 1892 New Logus Block on SE Grand, a National-Register building that serves breakfast all day, plays pinball, and pours until 02:30.
Tip: Open from 07:00 every day including holidays; the kitchen serves breakfast through close, so post-show late food is the play.
Cassidy's is the 1979 downtown American grill on SW Washington at the edge of the Pearl, the place that posts a 02:00 close every single night with a full kitchen and a bar to match.
Tip: Late-night menu runs to last call; the bar is the way at 23:00, but the dining room stays seated until close.
Star Bar is the Buckman rock-and-roll dive on SE Morrison with a strong jukebox, Guns N' Roses pinball, a Reuben crowd swears by and pours that go to 02:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Tip: Cash-friendly, late kitchen on weekends; the jukebox is loud and the pinball line stays moving past midnight.
Aalto Lounge is the mid-century-modern neighborhood bar on SE Belmont since 2000, named for the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, with happy-hour pricing through to close and a steady late shift.
Tip: Kitchen runs through the night; happy hour cocktails are a giveaway most evenings, and weekend close pushes to midnight.