The Five Places We’re Most Excited to Drink This Week

Buzzlist.

(Thomas Teal)
By WW Staff

1. Grains of Wrath

230 NE 5th Ave., Camas, Wash., 360-210-5717, gowbeer.com.

Ex-Fat Head's brewer Mike Hunsaker's new brewpub finally gives you a reason to visit Camas. Start your drinking with the Mötörhead-themed Overkill IPA, a passionfruit masterpiece in which every IBU is utilized for maximum effect.

2. Keys Lounge

533 NE Killingsworth St., 503-719-7409, keyspdx.com.

(Walker Stockly)

The owners of Radio Room have converted a former King neighborhood key shop into a midcentury rumpus room that tastefully toes the line between swank and kitsch.

3. The Cavern

4601 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

(Aubrey Gigandet)

This dimly lit whiskey joint is the injection of fresh blood the Barmuda Triangle has needed for years—an old rocker bar that's dignified, cozy and a just a wee bit punk.

4. Chapel Hill

4380 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Let's try this again—the new bar from the owner of Church was supposed to open on 4/20, but a permitting issue caused a delay. It'll now open April 27. Expect neon art and pho tacos.

5. Ponderosa Lounge

0350 N Vancouver Way, 503-345-0300, jubitz.com/ponderosa-lounge-country-bar.

(Walker Stockly)

With Duke's sudden closure, one of Portland's only true country bars now seems even rarer. The jewel of Jubitz's trucker universe just finished a seven-month renovation, updating the 49-year-old institution with a better PA system and a second bar.

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