HIGH SPIRITS

The Driftwood Room Serves Up Locally Inspired Cocktails

The Driftwood Room teams up with some of Portland’s most loved artisan producers for a special Mixed in PDX summer cocktail series. The creative cocktails feature products from Salt & Straw, Jacobsen Salt, Smith Teamaker, and Bee Local Honey.

04/15/2014 By Brooke Bass

BEST BARS 2014

A Portland Cocktail for Every Occasion

Whether your spirit of choice is vodka, whiskey, gin, rum, or tequila, we've handpicked a selection sure to please.

02/03/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

BEST BARS 2014

Hey, Barkeep! 5 Local Bartenders to Watch

Savvy shakers share their signature drinks, cocktail philosophy, and where they sip on their nights off.

02/03/2014 By Rachel Ritchie

BEST BARS 2014

7 Sinful Date Nights

Let some of Portland’s most indulgent bars inspire your big night out.

02/03/2014 By Kelly Clarke

HIT LIST

Portland’s Best Bars of the Moment

We sipped and rambled our way across the city in search of your favorite new bars: craft cocktail boîtes and slinky date spots, gussied-up pubs, mescal haunts, whiskey libraries, and Sriracha-spiced karaoke parties.

02/03/2014 With Brian Barker, Zach Dundas, Rachel Ritchie, Aaron Scott, Benjamin Tepler, Margaret Seiler, and Marty Patail Edited by Kelly Clarke

HIGH SPIRITS

10 Hot Cocktails from Cool Bars

Ten cocktails to keep you warm (despite any Polar Vortex that tries to keep you shivering this season).

12/23/2013 By Kristin Leigh

GEAR UP

Poler Introduces Camping Cocktail Kit

A boozy collaboration with Philadelphia's Art in the Age puts the glam back in glamping.

10/28/2013 By Haley Martin

HIT LIST

Portland's Best Bar-Only Bites

A visual tour of our favorite tastes from Portland restaurants' bar-only and late night menus.

07/31/2013 By Julia Raymond

Slideshow

Slide Show: Portland's Best Bar-Only Bites

07/31/2013

INSIDE THE MAGAZINE

Eat the July Issue

All the food-centric stories from Portland Monthly's July issue in one handy place

07/03/2013 By Allison Jones

WALLET GUIDE

Finding Fernet

Train your taste buds for the esoteric world of this minty, medicinal amaro with these local cocktails.

07/01/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

BEER BULLETIN

Portland Beer Cocktail Book in the Works

Metrovino bartender Jacob Grier is set to bring fifty beer-based concoctions to your home bar with Cocktails on Tap—and a little help from his friends.

06/27/2013 By Allison Jones

HIGH SPIRITS

Portland Negroni Week 2013

Nostrana and Imbibe Magazine team up to create a citywide celebration of the classic Italian cocktail.

05/23/2013 By Eat Beat Team

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Chugging the Sacrament at Church

A new bar in Northeast Portland tries to make drinking a religious experience.

05/08/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

BEHIND THE SCENES

Smoke Signals Cocktail at Laurelhurst Market

Ever wonder how ice gets smoked? We went behind the scenes to uncover the secret to one of Portland's most iconic cocktails.

04/17/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

5 Reasons to Get Excited About the Multnomah Whiskey Library

We've got the scoop on Portland’s upcoming “spirit library” and its lead man, Tommy Klus.

04/09/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

HIGH SPIRITS

Photos from Toast: Portland's Booziest Bash

Spotlighting the spirited wares of over 50 craft liquor producers, the third annual Portland-based event brought out the crowds.

03/25/2013 By Jessica Shulsinger

PLANTWISE: BOOK REVIEW & Q&A

Q&A With Amy Stewart, Author of The Drunken Botanist

In which she addresses the enlightening botanical history, science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruit and fungi. Also, a book giveaway!

02/17/2013 By Kate Bryant

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

White Owl Social Club

A Southeast dive bar cleans up its act and polishes the menu.

02/01/2013 By John Chandler

INTRODUCING

Introducing Tannery Bar

Skin & Bones is reborn as a cozy cocktail joint.

01/23/2013 By Benjamin Tepler