Best Bars

Portland’s Top Irish Pubs for St. Patrick’s Day, or Any Day

Where to find the best spots for pints of Guinness, corned beef, and Irish whiskey.

03/14/2025 By Alex Frane, Fiona McCann, and Margaret Seiler

Interview

In Noise Hell? This Portland Sound Engineer Has Heard It All Before.

But Tobin Cooley can’t help with that earworm that’s stuck in your head.

09/20/2023 By Arianne Cohen Photography by NashCO Photo

Get Cultured

The Portland Japanese Garden Beckons You to Visit

This Portland cultural icon is the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of city life while still being in the city.

04/19/2023 By Sam Stites

Q&A

The Iceman Speaketh

Don Baldwin, manager of the Lloyd Center Ice Rink, on artificial snow, Tonya Harding, and how smaller ice can be twice as nice

09/30/2021 By Marty Patail

Interview

Meet Lloyd Center’s Pretzel Man

Eleazar Puente went from customer to worker to boss at Auntie Anne’s, with a reality TV boost.

09/21/2021 By Marty Patail

Sponsored Content

The Sweetest Sound of 125 Years at the Oregon Symphony

This fall, the Oregon Symphony reunites with audiences for a historic 125th Anniversary season, bringing music to ears in person and via livestream.

09/01/2021 By Ben McBee

Bottoms Up

Drink Your Way Through the Best New Bars in Portland

Swank speakeasies, scotch-soaked lounges, music nerd paradises: 10 temples of booze you need to visit.

02/25/2020 Edited by Benjamin Tepler Photography by NashCO Photo

Cover Story

Portland's Best New Bars of 2020

From basement speakeasies to rock-themed party palaces, the bar scene is hotter than ever.

02/25/2020 Edited by Benjamin Tepler Photography by NashCO Photo

Saucy Boy

Portland Is a Drinking Town Through and Through

The evolution of boozing in a city otherwise known as Beervana.

02/25/2020 By Marty Patail