Smokehouse 21
Toward the tail end of last year, Chef BJ Smith—formerly of the slightly more hoity and far more toity downtown "dinerant" the Original—c…
413 NW 21st
Northwest Portland
971-373-8990
Northwest Portland
971-373-8990
Yur's Bar & Grill
Yur's is not particularly memorable in that it's a neighborhood dive bar of prototypical designation, but also because one's memory tends to gray out after a c…
717 NW 16th Ave.
Northwest Portland
503-224-0160
Northwest Portland
503-224-0160
Uptown Billiards Club
I went to a fancy-dress party at this upscale billiards hall and felt very much like Mrs. Peacock was going to do me in with a wrench at any moment. Uptown Bil…
120 NW 23rd Ave.
Northwest Portland
503-226-6909
Northwest Portland
503-226-6909
Pink Rose
Situated a few feet beneath that OfficeMax in the Pearl District, the Pink Rose is a subterranean bunker of bad taste. You enter through an archway bearing a t…
1300 NE Lovejoy
Northwest Portland
503-482-2165
Northwest Portland
503-482-2165
Dr. Sushi & BBQ
IF DR. SUSHI IS, in fact, the doctor he claims to be, I get the feeling he's a general practitioner. The newest iteration of the old Sammy's space on NW 23rd, …
333 NW 23rd
Northwest Portland
971-279-4022
Northwest Portland
971-279-4022
Bridgeport Brewpub & Bakery
So obvious it's not. This giant brewpub is basically split into three bars within a beautifully maintained old-school brewery block building. It's the closest …
1313 NW Marshall St.
Northwest Portland
503-241-3612
Northwest Portland
503-241-3612
Paymaster Lounge
This bar is a magical wonderland of weird and awesome. Weird: Their interstitial TV room feels like a cinder-block bunker for delinquent drunks. Awesome: Once …
1020 NW 17th
Northwest Portland
Northwest Portland