Bar Reviews No shit—upon seeing that The Whiskey Bar and Grill (1135 SW Washington St., 227-0405) offered a “Kobe Burger” ($12), I called the bartender, Kevin, over to my table and asked if the ...   More

Bar Reviews It took me about three years to find a “favorite bar” in Portland. But when I first entered dimly lit ex-funeral home the Towne Lounge, I knew I was home. The six months the Towne Lounge w ...   More

Bar Reviews Nestled near Cathedral Park in St. Johns, the charmingly named Your Inn Tavern (7004 N Catlin Ave., 285-0420) offers video poker, flat-screen TVs and its very own ghost. Established in 1923, the bar h ...   More

Bar Reviews In two years, MLK nightspot the Kiknbaque Lounge had established itself as one of the karaoke scene’s best-kept secrets: a melting-pot sing-along around a communal table. It might have become a ...   More

Bar Reviews “What’s that PODS container doing there?” I exclaimed in horror to my wife as we drove past Caldera Public House (6031 SE Stark St., 233-8242) a few months ago. In this toxic economy ...   More

Bar Reviews Quickly after setting foot inside HS Pub (4579 NE Cully Blvd., 281-0217), my friends and I realize the same thing: This would be the perfect hideout for the Barksdale crew. Just off a Northeast Cully ...   More

Bar Reviews Minutes after ducking out of the rain and into Red Fox (5128 N Albina Ave., 282-3934), a friend of mine declared it to be the archetypal Portland bar. Which is hard to deny, what with the wordless-log ...   More

Bar Reviews The parking lot in front of NEPO 42 (5403 NE 42nd Ave., 288-8080), a newish joint around the corner from a pair of rival taquerias on Northeast Killingsworth Street, has four spaces, but don’t t ...   More

Bar Reviews Immediately upon entering Sway Bar (627 SE Morrison St., 719-6025), two things are obvious: People make pizza here, and they still haven’t figured out what else they do. Beyond the aroma of doug ...   More

Bar Reviews Stepping into the Candlelight Cafe Bar (2032 SW 5th Ave., 222-3378) on a Sunday night is like entering a new world filled with fortysomething swingers, pingpong and slap bass. Yeah, you heard me corr ...   More