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Oregon City’s Bent Shovel Brewing Is Back Open, with a New Beer Garden

An Oregon City brewery has traded its signature red bard for a beer garden. Bent Shovel has leased an outdoor space at the Viewpoint Restaurant and Lounge on South Springwater Road just seven minutes from its original location, which doubles as the owners’ home.

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Bar Dune Would Be a Fairly Standard Cocktail Lounge, Were It Not for the Grasshoppers

Bar Dune, the new venture from Sizzle Pie’s Matthew Jacobson doesn’t commit to a theme. Instead, it seems content to settle into standard fancy-bar territory—dimly lit, nice-smelling, urbane but not uninviting.

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Satellite Tavern Is a Sports Bar with More Than One Conversation Starter to Keep You Occupied During Halftime

Beyond those aesthetic touches, though, Satellite, at its core, is a fairly standard sports bar.

The Top Five Places to Drink in Portland This Week

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The Top Five Places to Drink in Portland This Week

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Northwest Portland Wine Lounge Bar Diane Rewards Connoisseurs Without Alienating Newbies

Best of all, every bottle can be had by the glass for 25 percent of the list price—a confident move that belies the bar’s sense of self right out the gate. I could scarcely believe my good fortune as the bartender agreed to pull down a bottle of gorgeous Ar.Pe.Pe. Rosso di Valtellina ($74), a feather-light nebbiolo from Lombardy that tastes like winged violets.

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