Drink 2010

By Casey Jarman

Sometimes a little love makes a hole in the wall seem like so much more. Tiga—a dark and candlelit Northeast Portland haunt that much of the music community calls home—is one of those love-holes. The U-shaped room adds up to more than the sum of its couches, chairs and small tables. It's more than the oft-goofy local art hanging on the walls or the vinyl-junkie DJs that spin each night. Tiga, oh womblike and romantic Tiga, you just always feel like home. Please don't let the douchebags read this and ruin everything.
What to drink: A $5 glass of the house red always feels right to me.
Happy hour: Various drink specials 5-8 pm nightly.
Entertainment: DJs, the occasional neighborhood cat.

WWeek 2015

Casey Jarman

Casey Jarman

Casey Jarman is a freelance editor and writer based in East Portland, Oregon. He has served as Music Editor at Willamette Week and Managing Editor at The Believer magazine, where he remains a contributing editor. He is currently working on his first book. It's about death.

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