Bar Reviews THE VENUE’S VENUE: On the eve of my departure from Portland and WW (as its recent music editor, see Here Comes Your Fan), I’d like to salute my favorite local music venue: the Towne Lounge ...   More

Bar Reviews PANES FOR GLORY: More bars should have windows. The daylight streaming through the storefront panes isn’t the first thing you notice at Victory (3652 SE Division St., 236-8755)—that’ ...   More

Bar Reviews DOG DAYS: Prime porch-settin’ weather has returned to Portland, and on nights when you can’t find a house party, The Liberty Glass (938 N Cook St., 517-9931) offers an inviting, if snug, a ...   More

Bar Reviews NO-FRILLS SWILLS: Beer lovers certainly have their priorities straight. When WW last reviewed the Concordia Ale House (3276 NE Killingsworth St., 287-3929) almost three years ago, it was the Northeast ...   More

Bar Reviews SUMMER LOVIN’: Approaching “fancy Italian row”—how I’ve mentally termed the strip of Northwest 21st Avenue that’s home to Serratto, Caffe Mingo and now Bar Mingo (8 ...   More

Bar Reviews As I stepped into the cheesy, pastel-lit confines of downtown club Envy (204 SW Yamhill St., 200-5500), the space that used to house H2O, I noticed a small quarrel: A pushy frat boy who bore a strikin ...   More

Bar Reviews SUBTERRANEAN BLISS: With the hominess of a house show, the covert charm of a speakeasy, a menu filled with delicious-sounding cheap Persian vegetarian specialties and bric-a-brac décor recallin ...   More

Bar Reviews ROADIES:An evening in the orange-painted pool room of Yorgo’s Tavern (5421 N Greeley Ave., 283-0676) is a feast for the senses, including those of the absurd: At 10:30 pm on a recent weeknight, ...   More

Bar Reviews GRAPEVINE GAB: “When I met the winemaker, he was wearing a John Deere hat, so I was predisposed to like the wine,” chuckles the jolly blond giant holding a bottle of puckery pinot from Spi ...   More

Bar Reviews The last time I went to Tiger Bar (317 NW Broadway, 467-4111), it echoed with old-school rap and bristled with fringe Portland DJs and MCs—the small but diverse patronage that had found a home t ...   More