Bar Reviews “I’ll buy a free drink for anyone who sings an Erasure song!” yells the bartender, her face hidden behind dry ice and a series of red and green laser lights straight out of a televised Muse Christmas special. Welcome to Sunday-night karaoke at The Lovecraft (421 SE Grand Ave.   More

Bar Reviews Having failed spectacularly as a publicly financed City Council candidate in 2010, Jesse Cornett has turned to a second affiliation as a publican—like Bud Clark, if Bud Clark never won anything.    More

Bar Reviews Doesn’t it seem like all the new bars in Portland are fighting to out-boring each other? We’ve traded building elaborate booze cathedrals for yawn-inducing booze monasteries. Which is fine when    More

Bar Reviews  It’s hard to get past the logo for the Burnside Brewing Company (701 E Burnside St., burnsidebrewco.com):    More

Bar Reviews The hook for the Landmark Saloon (4847 SE Division St., 894-8132, thelandmarksaloon.com), a newish country-twanged watering hole on Southeast Division, is the soundtrack—owners and local musicia ...   More

Bar Reviews If you live in Southeast, there aren’t many options for watching Blazers games. And while a sports-minded bar like Blitz is nice, the noise and douchebag factor often make me wish I had just sta ...   More

Bar Reviews Along with Southeast Belmont’s Hall of Records, Record Room (8 NE Killingsworth St., recordroompdx.com) represents Portland’s latest attempt to combine every last activity young people enj ...   More

Bar Reviews For years, the Egyptian Room enjoyed consistent patronage from Portland’s lesbian community. But as is the case for any business catering to a single demographic, times are tough. Thus, under th ...   More

Bar Reviews When the “China” part of Chinatown was shanghaied to 82nd Avenue, Portland’s downtown risked losing the marvelously seedy, dimly lit Chinese bars that were hubs for sailors, scoundre ...   More

Bar Reviews Too many bars in Portland struggle to find an identity. Often, a new spot can’t decide whether it wants to be a neighborhood watering hole or a weekend concert venue. Fortunately, The Saratoga ( ...   More