Bar Reviews I gotta admit, I thought I was really slumming it by visiting The Orient (1025 NE Broadway, 282-5811), that faded landmark of old, pre-condo Portland. I’d seen a few questionable-looking charac ...   More

Bar Reviews You may recall a window-clad bar surrounded by wooden picnic tables that once sat catty-corner from the Blue Moon on Northwest 21st Avenue. It was called Silver Dollar Saloon&Pizza (501 NW 21st Ave., ...   More

Bar Reviews No, not those Phish-heads—though the Hawthorne Fish House (4343 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 548-4434) is within spitting distance of head shops like the Third Eye—actual fish heads. See, owners ...   More

Bar Reviews Like most of the hangouts in the slowly burgeoning “TweBu” neighborhood, Red Flag (344 NE 28th Ave., 232-0507)—a dimly lit bar in the shell of the not-much-missed Geraldi’s C ...   More

Bar Reviews Rumor has it that Old Town’s Crown Room (205 NW 4th Ave., 222-6655) features entertainment from old-school lounge singers (i.e., Elvis and Sinatra impersonators) on weeknights—which actual ...   More

Bar Reviews Why, when I stepped inside Trippin’ Billies (3326 N Lombard St., 283-0205), did it feel like 1996 again? Maybe it was the ’90s-era prices—six bucks will get you a latte, a pot of te ...   More

Bar Reviews Nostalgia makes people do odd things. It might make one guy call ex-girlfriends when he’s drunk, another care about a baseball team of millionaire strangers. Or nostalgia might make you plunk a ...   More

Bar Reviews Past 39th Avenue, Southeast Portland seems a land of forbidden pleasures into which I normally dare not tread. I know there are plenty of strip clubs, Mexican restaurants and fast-food joints, but I c ...   More

Bar Reviews A friend and I went to check out new Alberta spot the Bye and Bye (1011 NE Alberta St., 281-0537) on Halloween, but it was closed in the name of fun (naturally). Determined, we headed back the next d ...   More

Bar Reviews On a street lined with unintentionally kitschy hole-in-the-wall bars, Portsmouth Pizza&Pub (5264 N Lombard St., 289-4644; formerly the Portsmouth Club) feels like a barren warehouse. But don’t ...   More