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The Doug Fir is a bustling east-side hangout adjacent to the ultra-hip Jupiter Hotel. Once inside, the distinctively Northwest decor—think log cabin modern—and delicious cocktails such as the Blackberry Cosmo and the Lil’ Sunshine (Bacardi with lemons and grenadine) will exert an irresistible pull. Enjoy happy hour deals between 3-6 PM in the upstairs bar, or head downstairs later on Read more...
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If you’re not quite ready to run the table, odds are you’ll dig the mellow scene at Back Stage Bar, where clusters of cue-wielding Hawthorne hipsters are all in good, groovy moods. Read more...
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Beer dilettantes and fern-bar regulars will likely not be enchanted by the stark industrial interior, which resembles an auto-parts warehouse with a bar sprouting up from its center. But a constantly rotating cast of 19 taps ensures that there’s always a spanking new IPA from some remote artisan brewery in the hinterlands of Pennsylvania to get acquainted with. Read more...
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Lined with colorful maps and nautical charts, the walls of the North 45 Pub reminds us that any story sounds cooler if it happens in a foreign country. But out on the flagstone patio, the picnic tables and simple strings of incandescent bulbs tell you how good it is to feel right at home. If you come in to spin Read more...
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Social dancing is an awfully demonstrative activity for such an aloof populace, but it’s been known to happen. And if Portland actually had a dance scene, Holocene, a Big Apple-flavored electronica mecca, would already be its headquarters. Two DJs spinning at once on different floors provide double the funk and art-scene voyeurism. For more on good late night eats visit Read more...
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With its emphasis on sweat, soul and booties—be they shaking, swaying or grinding—Friday nights at The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge are tough to beat, and often end up looking like the cover of Marvin Gaye’s album I Want You. Though we really can’t explain the extras from Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo who intermittently transform the floor into a giant slab Read more...
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A man in a suit walks up to the bar. He orders a Beefeater martini with a splash of Carlos 1 brandy. No olives. Up. “Excellent choice, sir.” A woman in a suit walks up to the bar. “Give me the burger, side of mayo, please. Champagne.” “Bottle or glass?” asks the bartender. “Bottle. I’m celebrating. Alone.” The man loosens Read more...