Bars With Too Many Hipsters in Portland
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Aalto Lounge
Unfinished yet refined modernist box that consistently squeezes in always-attractive creative class wastrels.
Alberta Rose Theater
Historic theater features eclectic mix of live music, performance art, and film.
Angelo's
Cheap, friendly unassuming dive with a rock steady juke and a diverse hodgepodge of patrons.
Apex
Cyclist friendly, with a nice sized patio, sporting 50 taps.
B-Side Tavern
Nice dive on lower Burnside with a fantastic jukebox, patio, and colorful service.
Bar Bar
Mississippi Studios attached bar.
Basement Pub
Popular neighborhood bar that isn't exactly a basement.
BC's Bar & Grill
Dark cave-like environment with a large but typically empty dance floor.
Bear Paw Inn
Portland's home for the hopeless, this little SE dive is a bizarre ride to bottom.
Beauty Bar
Hipster haven boasting Manicures & Martinis for $10.
Beech Street Parlor
"Tiga 2"
Belmont Inn
Sports dive on Belmont, caters towards the day time drinkers, and night time U.F.C. crowd.
Berbati's
Spacious Greek themed bar in the heart of downtown.
Beulahland
Cafe by Day, Punk Bar by Night
Billy Ray's
Friendly neighborhood bar on MLK with two-levels a plethora of pinball machines and a patio.
Binks
Tiny, ultra friendly Alberta bar with roll up garage door and sidewalk seating.
Biwa
Famed noodle house in the Pine Street Theater building.
BOG (Bar of the Gods)
The Gods are happy that this is their bar.
Bonfire Lounge
Cozy Stark Gem
Branch Whiskey Bar
Whiskey whiskey whiskey
Branx
Rotture's downstairs pool/gaming room.
Bunk Bar
Subway's Jared Fogle Bar it is not. Sandwich shop of considerable repute opens up a neo-modern hipster mecca.
Bye and Bye
Vegan dream scene, though you wouldn't know it.
C-Bar
Stylish SE bar with a better than average menu.
Camellia Lounge
Pearl tea house that specializes in tea/liquor concoctions.
Captain Ankeny's Well
Captain Ankeny's serves as the pre-func/food court green room in the venue blocks of Old Town.
Chopsticks Express
Portland's most beloved karaoke bar for the not so serious would be crooner.
Circa 33
Homage to 1933, the year prohibition was repealed. Nice, classy cocktail joint ran by the guys behind North 45/Paddy's
clarklewis
Fancy-pants restaurant in the East Side Industrial district with huge windows that open on nice days.
Clinton Street Pub
Friendly little dive with a great juke.
Club 21
Classic Portland dive/rocker green room. The gnome hut exterior boasts of currently unavailable "Steaks for Your Enjoyment."
Clyde Common
Downtown bar located next to the Ace Hotel serving specialty cocktails and food.
Cosmo Lounge
Sellwood dive freshly scrubbed from it's previous incarnation (Pogo's).
Crow Bar
Dark dive with a friendly crowd.
Crush
Chic, gay/gay friendly bar with excellent food and creative drinks.
Dante's
Classic Portland Bar.
Delta Cafe
Southern fare and Interesting Drinks
Departure
Chic rooftop restaurant and lounge atop the Nines Hotel
Devil's Point
South East Strip Bar for Everyone
Dig A Pony
Freshly opened hipsta mecca on Grand Ave.
Dots Cafe
An Original Portland Hipster Hangout
Doug Fir Lounge
Swanky, Hipster Hotel with Kick Ass Venue
Driftwood Room
Intimate swanky bar inside Hotel deLuxe that is perfect for date night.
Ducketts
Small little student/rock/dive bar near PCC with decent patio.
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.
East Chinatown Lounge
Upscale bar with DJs nearly nightly.
East End
Rock n roll haven with two bars stocked with cheap beer and drinks served stiff. A music lovers paradise (DJs, live music, and a even record store!)
Fez Ballroom
Big dance club with big personality.
Fixin' To
You'll feel at home even if you're not a southerner.
Florida Room
Great local bar for weekdays or weekends.
Galaxy
Beloved karaoke dive, rumor has it that it may soon be demolished to make way for something terrible.
Genies
Extremely popular (for a reason) breakfast/lunch/brunch spot with killer cocktails.
George's Corner Sports Bar
Friendly little Interstate dive with much raved about burgers.
Gil's Speakeasy
Small, hard to find bar with a huge personality.
Gilt Club
Expensive, but tasty cocktails in a chic setting.
Gold Dust Meridian
Mid-century mod bar on 30th & Hawthorne.
Goodfoot Lounge
Split into 2 separate areas: upstairs pool hall & an downstairs funk-tified dancing kind of place.
Gotham Tavern
You'd never know from the outside that this spot is ultra modern with live music on the weekends.
Green Dragon
Beer Snobs and Wanna Beer Snob Dream
Ground Kontrol
Play every arcade game under the sun with a beer or cocktail in hand after 5pm.
Gypsy
Another Concept Entertainment Group creation, this time on NW 21st, featuring fish bowl cocktails.
Hall of Records
Record shop with a bar!
Havana West
Specifically: by night
The new name for Hal's Tavern.
Neighborhood bar known for it's awesome shuffleboard table, Cuban food, and cheaper drinks.
Hawthorne Hideaway
Spacious venue with friendly service.
Hawthorne Strip
Strip Club You Could Take Your Mom To
Holman's
Old fashioned bar & grill with a sweet outdoor patio.
Holocene
Pretty much only open during events. Runs the gamut of live music, DJs, cartoon breakfasts and gay dance parties. Oh, and hipsters galore clog the sidewalk while waiting for admission or smoking.
Hung Far Low
Known for its famous sign that was resurrected in Chinatown and for its cheap drinks.
Hungry Tiger Too
Hipsters and old men unite at this two room bar with both meat and vegan friendly menus.
Joe's Cellar
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.
Kask
Gruner-associated bar with Alpine feel. Craft-distilled liquor, local wine & micro-brews abound.
Katie O'Brien's
Nice little dive with cheap, greasy breakfasts, best enjoyed after a long night of excessive drinking.
Kelly's Olympian
Stopping in for a drink in this downtown watering hole is a minor date with history...at 100+ years it is one of the oldest continually operating bars in PDX.
La Merde
The Montage's attached lounge, manned by seasoned industry vents with little patience for amateurs. Renowned for it's obvious Montage eats and packed trivia nights.
Ladd's Inn
Neighborhood dive with dark, low slung sunken bar, gruff service, and surprisingly friendly regulars.
Langano Lounge
Tiny under-patronized dive "lounge" with occasional live music and DJs.
Laurelhurst Market
This restaurant, meat market and neighborhood bar knows its meat and its cocktails. Nothing here for you, veggies.
Le Happy
Dark, tiny little crepe restaurant/bar, fulfills the PDX requirement for quirky irreverence. Open late for a post drinking session snack, or PBR nightcap.
Local Lounge
Long struggling location finally found it's pace, casual, gay friendly environment.
Low Brow Lounge
A dive island in an ocean of chi-chi codified boxes, the Low Brow is welcome respite. Expect double the surliness.
Lucky Inn
Neighborhood dive leaning towards old punks, rockers, and skaters with a nicely did patio, cheap drinks and strangely, Italian food.
Lutz Tavern
Iconic, freshly re-opened Woodstock dive.
M Bar
Teeny tiny neighborhood wine bar for drinkers absent of uptight oenophiles and nouveau sophisticates
Magic Garden
This Portland institution is a bar first, strip club second, and a much sought notch on every off-key travel writer's belt. Friendly, up close and personal dancers on a tiny stage.
Mary's Club
Landmark downtown strip club (the first in Portland), leans toward a bygone burlesque as 3 generations of family work the bar & stage.
Matador
Frequented by homeless alcoholics, punks, D list celebrities, and slumming suburbanites, the Matador sets the bar by which all other Portland dives are measured.
Matchbox Lounge
Every so often, a bar will open that serves food of repute, ushering in keyboard critics snapping close ups of their burger with a cellphone. This, my friends, is Matchbox.
Miss Delta
Hand crafted cocktails served up with a hodge-podge collection of swamp food. Excellent happy hour.
Mississippi Studios
Incredibly well designed venue with wide variety of acts.
Moloko Plus
Clockwork Orange inspired modernist lounge with an excellent atmosphere. Highly recommended.
Mount Tabor Theater
Fantastic, spacious Barmuda venue with nice dark sidebar with a reputation for dooming each successive owner to financial ruin. Still, it is a Portland institution.
Mudai Lounge
The marriage of Ethiopian restaurants and hipster/rocker hangouts is becoming a common theme in Portland, Mudai is no exception.
Muu Muu's
Muu-Muus is quite possibly the best of the alphabet blocks: inventive comfort food & excellent atmosphere with just enough edge to scare away the amateurs.
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.
Night Light Lounge
Sexy as hell is one way to describe this loin-loosening box of pure atmosphere.
North Bar
Friendly neighborhood bar on a very busy corner.
O'Malley's
Large sized neighborhood bar that is typically never too busy with good humored service, and a unique "custom art" jukebox.
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.
Plan B
Large, vinyl and babydoll adorned punk joint (loosely, that is, the music varies slightly) with a HUGE patio.
Press Club
Coffee shop meets magazine store meets lounge with good live music on the weekends.
Radio Room
Swell neighborhood bar with a covered heated upstairs patio (good for smokers) and a patio with a firepit downstairs.
Record Room
Buy and sell vinyl and tapes while sipping on a pint or a glass of wine.
Red Cap Garage
Mainstay of the "Vaseline Alley," with loads of cheap offerings and debauchery.
Red Flag
Small hipster bar with a kick-ass jukebox and good food.
Red Fox
Small hipster bar with $1 cans of Old German all of the time.
Republic
Go for the Food
Ringlers Annex
McMenamins pub in a tiny three floored flatiron building.
Roadside Attraction
Funky, rambling, ramshackle bar with a kick-ass patio.
Rontoms
Large hip, fashionable and modern bar/lounge with a huge patio and great happy hour food.
Roscoe's
Local dive turned beer-centric bar complete with "Meet the Brewer" nights
Rotture
Live music venue, lounge and bar in industrial SE.
Sandy Hut
Portland institution patronized by all walks of life. Cheap!
Sapphire Hotel
Great date bar located inside a former hotel that was frequented by the ladies of the night.
Saratoga
Rock and roll club with DJ nights, Karaoke, and special events including "Bearaccuda Night." Photo booth included.
Saucebox
Upscale lounge famous for its book of specialty cocktails featuring a pan-Asian menu.
Secret Society
Tiny upstairs bar housed in a former mason's meeting hall (thus the name) that serves up classic cocktails and European style eats.
Sewickly's Addition
One of the anchors of Hawthorne's famed Barmuda Triangle, this bar pours them heavy and cheap.
Side Street
Relatively bland bar surrounded by loads of others, but damn, they have great tots.
Slabtown
To quote Slabtown's Twitter profile: "Portland's only pinball dive and rock club, forgotten in the shadow of I-405."
Slingshot Lounge
Hipping up Foster with seasoned bartenders and a house cat.
Slow Bar
Small hipster bar known for its killer burger and otherwise great food menu.
Someday Lounge
Two level lounge by day/evening, music venue or dance club by night.
Space Room
Legendary upper Hawthorne bar known for its stiff drinks and awesome Portland murals.
Spare Room
Huge bar with many cheap specials throughout the day and a wide variety of entertainment at night including bingo, karaoke, movies and live music.
Star Bar
Comfortable, casual inner Southeast bar with a great happy hour.
Suki's Bar & Grill
Fantastic dive below a Travelodge, just across the 405 from PSU.
Sundown Pub
Cozy vegetarian pub in St John's.
Sway Bar
Inner SE bar known for its $1 PBR, if they're not out of it.
Sweet Hereafter
From the fine folks that brought you the Bye and Bye, Sweet Hereafter brings the Bye and Bye's delicious all vegan menu and sweet patio to the Southeast.
Swift Lounge
Quaint bar/lounge with upscale food and cocktails.
Tanker
Nautical/skatepark influenced sports bar in Barmuda, ably operated by seasoned industry vets.
Tennessee Red's
SE neighborhood BBQ joint that shows movies on Sundays and Mondays and plenty of sports for the fans.
Thatch
Thatch closed down on May 9th 2012. Rising from it's volcanic ashes in early fall will be the equally tiki-riffic Hale Pele
The Know
Cheap small bar on Alberta that's full of hipsters and loud music.
The Liberty Glass Bar & Grill
Lovely bar located in a two story house that's adorned with antlers. Known for great food, bingo, and Tuesday night's Spaghetti Feed.
The Lovecraft
As evidenced by it's name, the Lovecraft is a horror themed bar. It's also a tea shop by day?
The Nest
Dive bar with pretty much the most diverse crowd in Portland.
The Observatory
Tiny upscale restaurant on the other side of Tabor, just shy of 82nd, that serves up some fine Happy Hour food.
The Parlour
Odd little cafe/bar/venue that's only open on weekends.
The Standard
Portland Patio Favorite
The Vern
Quintessential SE Portland dive.
The Woods
Rambling funeral home turned hipsterized, folksy performance venue.
Tiger Bar
Self proclaimed rock and roll bar on the fringe of the Pearl
Tiny's
Popular coffee shop that serves beer and sandwiches with a nice heated deck overlooking Hawthorne's hip food cart lot.
Tiny's Cafe
Hip coffee shop that serves beer.
Tonic Lounge
Venue split into cozy little wrap around bar, venue side with ample floor space, back bar, and game room.
Tube
Tiny little future chic turned hipsta-matic irony trailer. Always lovely 20 somethings, always good tunes spinning.
Twilight Cafe & Bar
SE diner with "attached" music venue hosting a wide variety of music.
Valentine's
Cozy and comfortable downtown joint that feels like a living room, with two floors to throw back a cheap PBR can or a nice cocktail.
Vault Martini
Stylish lounge in the Pearl that boasts a huge book of specialty cocktails.
Vendetta
Open airy concrete "art box" with a hell of a patio.
Victory
European Bar with a Fine Menu
Vincente's V-Room & The Winking Toad
Vincente's has a bar that's open late!
Vintage Cocktail Lounge
Fine Crafted Cocktails
Whiskey Soda Lounge
Pok Pok's Waiting Room
Wild Abandon
Belmont Bistro with excellent fare, drinks, and service
Wonder Ballroom
Northeast Music Venue
World Famous Kenton Club
Excellent NoPo dive with gruff but lovable service, colorful regulars, and frequent alt-country/rock acts.
XV (15)
Hipster joint in downtown's 4 block hipster/bridge and tunnel square.
Yes & No
Downtown Hardwood Haven
Yur's
Down and dirty dive, unofficially Radio Cab driver's "lounge".
