Bars in Southwest Portland
Jolly Roger at John's Landing
Specifically: Johns Landing
12 hi def TV's
all the sports packages
daily food & drink specials
Outdoor seating
All lottery games
Aquariva
Specifically: South Waterfront
Sipping the vino on the SW Waterfront, expect to be surrounded by the often atrocious waterfront date crowd.
Bamboo Grove
Specifically: Johns Landing
Hawaiian joint, more of a restaurant than a bar, far and away in St. Johns.
Boom Boom Room
Strip club with a mirrored stage.
Buffalo Gap
Specifically: Johns Landing
Multi-roomed saloon with free live music most nights.
Bushwackers Dancehall & Saloon
Specifically: Tualatin
Huge country dance club with free lessons on Saturdays and poker night on Tuesdays.
Cheerful Bullpen
Specifically: Goose Hollow / PGE Park
Sports bar just a stone's throw from Jeld-Wen. Too bad they named themselves after baseball, since baseball left our fair city.
Cider Mill Lounge
Specifically: Multnomah Village
Sports bar with live music and trivia, featuring the area's last Fryer Tuck's chicken.
Clubhouse Bar & Grill
Pretty typical sports bar in the 'burbs with a little something for everyone.
Clyde Common
Downtown bar located next to the Ace Hotel serving specialty cocktails and food.
Commodore
Specifically: Goose Hollow
Fortified island citadel of slovenly drunkenness, faithfully resisting the surrounding gentrification.
Driftwood Room
Intimate swanky bar inside Hotel deLuxe that is perfect for date night.
Dublin Pub
Irish pub with live music 6 nights a week and 59! taps.
East India Co. Bar and Grill
Exactly what it says. Indian grill with a bar that has cheap happy hour food.
Element
Newish downtown "Martini bar" and dance club that's a fav of the younger Blazers.
Firehouse Pub
Specifically: Lake Oswego
Fulton Street Pub
Another McMenamins, this one in John's Landing. Also the home to the creation of Hammerhead Ale.
Gemini Bar and Grill
Specifically: Lake Oswego
Great Lake O Dive.
Goose Hollow Inn
Specifically: Goose Hollow
Nice neighborhood joint known for its Reuben and that Bud Clark's family still owns and operates it.
Greek Village Tavern
More of a bar than a Greek restaurant.
Happy Fortune
Chinese lounge.
Higgins
One could say that this restaurant started the local organic movement in Portland.
Jack London Bar
The Rialto's dark swanky basement lounge.
Jake's Famous Crawfish
100+ year old landmark extents an excellent happy hour to the mostly corporate/tourist set.
Jimmy's Bar & Grill
Specifically: Multnomah Village
Kell's Brew Pub
According to the OLCC filing, Kell's Irish is opening up a brew pub at this address. Not currently open.
Kingston
Specifically: PGE Park
Sports bar with tons of rooms next to Jeld-Wen.
Lucky Labrador Public House
Specifically: Multnomah Village
Another Lucky Lab located in a former Freemason's house in SW
Maher's Pub
Specifically: Lake Oswego
Irish pub in Lake Oswego featuring organic produce and monthly "Meet the Brewer" nights.
Marathon Taverna
Specifically: Goose Hollow
Sports bar in the loosest sense: games play on numerous TVs, Budweiser banners adorn, the day shift old-timers could care less; at night, TapouT bedecked youngsters from god knows hoot & holler.
Matador (CLOSED)
Frequented by homeless alcoholics, punks, D list celebrities, and slumming suburbanites, the Matador sets the bar by which all other Portland dives are measured.
Mazatlan
Specifically: Goose Hollow
Completely ordinary Mexican restaurant/bar with no real discerning qualities, other than the clientele's perplexed stares at Ella St. Social Club patrons across the st.
Raccoon Lodge
Family friendly restaurant and brewpub brought to you by the creator of the Oregon Brewers Festival. Also home to Cascade Brewing.
Renner's Grill
SW dive open since 1939.
Rock Creek Tavern
Specifically: Hillsboro
Yet another McMenamins, this time in Hillsboro.
Rogue Hall
Specifically: pSU
Rogue Ales PSU
Salvador Molly's
Family owned restaurant with flavors from around the world with a dirt cheap happy hour menu.
Scooter McQuade's
Popular pre-Crystal Ballroom shows and post-Timbers matches bar known for its potent Jello shots.
Ship
Neighborhood bar with a Chicago sports theme and free peanuts on Thursdays.
Suki's Bar & Grill
Specifically: PSU
Fantastic dive below a Travelodge, just across the 405 from PSU.
Sunset Strip
Couples friendly strip club.
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.