Bars in North Portland
5th Quadrant
Awesome beer, decent food. Kids.
820
Owned by nationally renowned mixtress Lucy Brennan, you will be in the presence of greatness.
Alibi
Specifically: Interstate / MAX
Famed Portland tiki bar brimming with dark volcanic islandy charm. Located on the Max yellow line.
Amnesia Brewing
Specifically: Mississippi
Mississippi Ave brewery and pub stationed in an old warehouse with roll up garage doors and a huge covered patio.
Anchor Bar
Specifically: Hayden Island
Sports bar off the beaten path with tons of ridiculously cheap specials running daily.
Atlantis Lounge (Mississippi Pizza)
Specifically: Mississippi
Oddly eclectic event boasting lounge attached to Mississippi Pizza Pub.
Bar Bar
Specifically: Mississippi
Mississippi Studios attached bar.
Box Social
Specifically: Williams / Boise
For lack of better a description, another "specialty cocktail lounge in a box".
Casa Naranja
Specifically: Mississippi
An orange house with small plates - you do the math.
Chapel Pub
Exactly what you would expect from a funeral home converted to a Mc-Bar.
Chopsticks III: The How Can Be Lounge
Out of the way karaoke bar with no crowds
Crow Bar
Specifically: Mississippi
Dark dive with a friendly crowd.
Dancin' Bare
Specifically: Kenton
Naked ladies, can I say more.
Ducketts
Specifically: PCC
Small little student/rock/dive bar near PCC with decent patio.
Eagle Portland
Bear bar! 'Nuff said.
Eat: An Oyster Bar
A little slice of New Orleans in Portland. Bourbon flights and live music on Thursdays.
Fixin' To
You'll feel at home even if you're not a southerner.
Florida Room
Specifically: PCC
Great local bar for weekdays or weekends.
Foggy Notion
Relax by Day, Party by Night
George's Corner Sports Bar
Friendly little Interstate dive with much raved about burgers.
Gotham Tavern
Specifically: Rose Garden area
You'd never know from the outside that this spot is ultra modern with live music on the weekends.
Grain and Gristle
Woodsy restro-pub whose namesake indicates an obvious beer'n'meat focus.
Greeley Avenue Bar & Grill
Neighborhood bar with it all. Sports, VJs, Live bands and Poker Nights,
Interstate Bar & Grill
Specifically: Interstate / MAX
N. Interstate dive easily mistaken for an automotive battery store.
Irish Town
Specifically: Vancouver
Irish bar in a strip mall in Vancouver that also serves Asian food?
Kenton Station
Unassuming run of the mill pub & grill in Kenton. Closes early.
Leisure Public House
Specifically: St. Johns
A neighborhood bar for sure, though slightly higher end. Patio mecca with concrete ping-pong table, bocce court, etc.
Lucky Labrador Tap Room
Same as the other Lucky Labs, located in NoPo.
LV's Sports Bar and Grill
Formerly known as Twelve 22, this bar has apparently cleaned itself up and now serves soul food and burgers while showing all the games on the big screen.
Marie's
Specifically: St. Johns
Offensively well lit, and mauve painted, neighborhood bar in St. Johns. You can almost smell the perm chemicals.
Maui's on Williams
Specifically: Mississippi
Cheap & friendly aquamarine cinder block box adorned with Hawaiian imagery restores warmth on cold a day.
Miss Delta
Hand crafted cocktails served up with a hodge-podge collection of swamp food. Excellent happy hour.
Mississippi Studios
Specifically: Mississippi
Incredibly well designed venue with wide variety of acts.
Mock Crest Tavern
Specifically: Kenton
Bright, intimate blues bar in North Portland.
Moloko Plus
Specifically: Mississippi
Clockwork Orange inspired modernist lounge with an excellent atmosphere. Highly recommended.
Mousetrap Tavern
Specifically: Kenton
Cash only North Portland dive. You have been warned.
Nite Hawk Cafe & Lounge
Specifically: Interstate
Large North Portland dive delivers as it did in it's glorious smoke filled past, albeit with a shiny new surfaces that do little to mask it's true nature.
Northside Lounge
Dumpy little ramshackle joint with stiff'n'affordable drinks, naturally attached to a Chinese restaurant. Regular rummies 'round the bar, naturally.
Occidental Brewing
Specifically: St. Johns
Pause
Specifically: Interstate
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.
Perch Tavern
Specifically: St. Johns
Surreal, woodsy, owl themed joint, with off-kilter regulars, and staff to boot, ergo, a must on any St. Johns crawl.
Ponderosa Lounge
Huge truckstop honky-tonk, offers free dance lessons, all things C&W.
Portway Tavern
Specifically: St. Johns
St. Johns dive
Prost!
German pub with Das Boot and a patio.
Record Room
Buy and sell vinyl and tapes while sipping on a pint or a glass of wine.
Red Fox
Small hipster bar with $1 cans of Old German all of the time.
Rooster's
Strip club and biker bar on N Columbia.
Saraveza
Self-described bottle shop and Pasty Tavern that is a beer geeks haven.
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.
Side Bar
Cozy New Old Lompoc tasting room adjacent to Fifth Quadrant. Free Peanuts.
Slim's Restaurant & Lounge
Specifically: St. Johns
Dive bar in St Johns with a huge menu and live music usually of the acoustic vein.
Sloan's Tavern
Family owned bar with decor from the 70's. Closes early.
St. John's Pub
Specifically: St. Johns
Yet another McMenamins outlet with a movie theater.
Sundown Pub
Specifically: St. Johns
Cozy vegetarian pub in St John's.
Tavern On Denver
Specifically: Kenton
Tavin's Sports Pub
Sports bar on Russell Street. Five BIG TVs and every sports event EVER on, UFC fights too!
Homemade food, fresh ingredients.
The Decoy
Divey neighborhood bar just outside of Portland that serves chinese food, but isn't an Asian lounge.
The Liberty Glass Bar & Grill
Specifically: Mississippi
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 Overlook
Specifically: Overlook
Lounge attached to breakfast/Greek diner-type joint.
The Overlook Lounge
NOPO institution that has been around for over 60 years. Classic Amerian food intermingled with Greek dishes and breakfast daily.
The Waypost
More of a cafe than a bar, but they have live music, film nights and readings.
Twelve 22
Now LV's Sports Bar and Grill.
Twilight Room
Neighborhood bar that's popular with the U of Portland crowd.
Upright Brewing Company
Tasting room only for a fab Brewery by the Rose Quarter.
Vendetta
Open airy concrete "art box" with a hell of a patio.
White Eagle
McMenamins bar with great arcitecture and character.
Who Song & Larry's
Specifically: Vancouver
Just across the Columbia with a huge deck overlooking said river.
Wishing Well
Cheap Drinks and Eats
World Famous Kenton Club
Specifically: Kenton
Excellent NoPo dive with gruff but lovable service, colorful regulars, and frequent alt-country/rock acts.
Your Inn
For Reals NoPo Neighborhood Bar
