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Threshold Brewing Builds Itself a Shelter From the Storms

Preparation to enclose the Montavilla neighborhood brewery’s pop-up street seating began about a month ago. Earlier in the year, once Multnomah County food and drink establishments were allowed to reopen, Szymanski hauled four picnic tables from the 750-square-foot taproom—cozy by normal standards but tiny during a pandemic—and placed them in some parking spaces along Southeast 79th Avenue.

A Garden Center’s Worth of Trees and Bushes Has Transformed the Street Outside Old Town Brewing Into a Green Escape

This past summer saw every bar, brewery and restaurant in town expand into lanes of traffic if they had the means and ability. While many of these makeshift pandemic patios are nothing much to look at, Old Town’s is different: It immerses you in nature.

The First Rule of Baerlic’s Hidden Beer Patio Is Please Talk About Baerlic’s Hidden Beer Patio

Baerlic Brewing was among that inspired group of entrepreneurs that looked at the cracked, gray parking lot behind its building and somehow saw a socially distanced party.

Migration Brewing Migrates West—and Then Goes Up

At the very top lies the latest outpost of Migration Brewing, which boasts a panoramic view unparalleled among the recent crop of rooftop bars.

Zoiglhaus Brewery in Lents Has a Poppin’ Patio, but They’re Still Figuring Out Exactly What to Do With It

Originally dubbed “Zoigl-Lot Brew N’ Q,” it has seating spilling outside the warehouse-sized pub and onto Southeast Ramona Street in Lents.

Hi-Top Tavern Continues the Coolification of Beaumont Village

On the heels of Wonderly—a low-key cocktail hang courtesy of the owners of Southeast Belmont’s Aalto Lounge—comes Hi-Top Tavern, the latest enterprise from the bar group behind Paydirt, Tough Luck and Old Gold. And while it’s unlikely to emerge as the favorite of anyone who frequents any of those places, there’s plenty to like regardless.

Portland’s Party Patios, Porches and Rooftops

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Portland's Best Patio Bars for Happy Hour

Aalto Lounge 3356 SE Belmont St., 503-235-6041, aaltolounge.com. 5-7 pm daily. [$2 EVERYTHING] At this Belmont Street den of sleek midcentury modernity and “bracing cocktails” (their words), and DJs spinning outlaw country and hip-hop, the absurdly generous happy-hour specials tend to draw couples looking for luxe a la cheapo. Two dollars will get you almost … Continue reading Portland’s Best Patio Bars for Happy Hour

St. Johns' New German-Style Brewpub Doesn't Rival Munich, But It's Got a Great Patio

Where are the beer-garden radlers of my youth, with lemon soda mixed in with the lager?

The Best Portland Party Porches and Patios

NORTH / NORTHEAST Billy Ray’s dive 2216 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. This dank, cash-only dive has an excellent back patio, an outside oasis on an otherwise bleak stretch of MLK. Prost 4237 N Mississippi Ave. Next to the food-cart pod on Mississippi, Prost is the closest thing the city has to a German … Continue reading The Best Portland Party Porches and Patios

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