Whether it ’s at adive barorcocktail bar , brew pub , orstrip club , or afine dining restaurantwith a full taproom and artisan cocktail program , going out and getting drunkenness is an entire element in the fabric of Portland . There ’s always something raw and exciting to try , so we ’ve rounded up 50 standouts from the horde of bibulous beverages you may find in this urban center . Here are the substantive drink of Portland ; do n’t prove them all in a single night .
Fino Countdown
Rum Club
Rum Club is famous for , unsurprisingly , its daiquiri , as well as its cocktail - lounge - in - a - neighbourhood - dive atmosphere . But the best drink is the Fino Countdown , an enticing and complicated mixture of rums , sherry , syrups , and spices . There ’s good reason that it has cleave around on the bill of fare so for foresighted , and it ’s not just theEurope character . Might as well grab one of those daiquiris while you ’re here , too .
Zombie Punch
Hale Pele
With so many playfulness , imaginative , and kitschy cocktail at Blair Reynolds ' amazing tiki joint , Hale Pele , it ’s hard to blame just one . The Mai Tais are the best you ’ll find in town , and you ca n’t go wrong with the Hurricane , either . But the Zombie Punch , a misleadingly powerful mixture of rum and juice , deliver the goods out . There ’s a good reason it ’s called a zombie and circumscribe to two per client . Sip on one and hear to the sounds of the vent on the rampart erupting .
Bye & Bye
The Bye & Bye
The Bye & Bye has a great cocktail program alongside its surprisingly good vegan bill of fare . But who wants to devote $ 11 for a 3 oz deglutition with your jerk tofu trough ? The eponymous drink is made with peach vodka and peach Bourbon dynasty with maize , cranberry succus , and tonic , and you get 32 oz of it for only $ 8 . It ’s not the fancy swallow on the card , but it ’s the best eruption for your buck .
Face Plant
The Knock Back
At this Alberta Arts lacrimation kettle of fish , it ’s wide-eyed : a shot of Fernet - Branca and a full dry pint of Kinda Dry cyder from Portland Cider Co. The two pair exceptionally well ; drink them side by side , or omit the Fernet into the cyder . A couple of those are guaranteed to " get you started , " promise the beverage ’s namesake .
Boot Strap Buck
La Moule
The future of Kask might be up in the air , but La Moule owner Tommy Klus has take a few of the cocktail over to his newfangled spot for mussel and Belgian beer . The Boot Strap Buck is a wonderful mutant on a Dark ' N ' Stormy , with Cruzan Black Strap Rum , linden , ginger beer , demerara , and a dusting of freshly grated nutmeg .
Happy Hour Vieux Carré
Imperial
The Vieux Carré is already a fantastic drink , and Imperial , the new(ish ) billet from the far-famed Vito Paley , makes them predictably well . They ’re made in batch , on tap , and only $ 5 during happy hour . A couple of these and you ’ll mean you ’re in the French Quarter heed to a local malarky group . Do n’t pretermit the $ 6 happy hour hamburger while you ’re there .
Amaretto Sour
Pépé Le Moko
Yes , an Amaretto Sour , and one that ’s actually good . Jeffrey Morgenthaler open his posh , belowground lounge Pépé le Moko with a menu full of revile drinks , and put a whirl on each to make them not only palatable , but downright delicious . His Amaretto Sour is bolster up by overproof bourbon , fresh Citrus limon juice , and an egg white . Also examine the Grasshopper while you ’re here .
Well Respected Man
Bang Bang
From the owners of Aalto Lounge come Bang Bang , a place for Thai curry bowls , bite , and a cocktail menu with the same high character as Aalto . The Well Respected Man is like a nutty Manhattan – a lovely mix of rye , Punt e Mes , and Nocino . Try it with the wings ; they ’re some of the best Asiatic - dash chicken wings in the urban center , and they ’re gluten - free .
Real Good Gin & Tonic
The Liquor Store
Not all gin and tonics are created every bit ; the one at The Liquor Store , a bar whose name has lead to many confused conversations , is grounds of this . Tonic sirup and sal soda are used or else of generic tonic water , and the drink is garnished with juniper berries and hibiscus flowers , which slowly infuse the drink as it sit in between sip .
Barrel Aged Negroni
Clyde Common
Another Morgenthaler drink , this is the one that ushered in the wont of bartenders aging their cocktails . It ’s gimmicky , sure , and make it easier for the bartender to make big batches that can then be stirred and poured , but it ’s worth it . The historic period melt and blends the drink for a pure Negroni .
Bloody Mary Bar
Holman’s
cerebrate your Bloody ’s are better than anyone else ’s ? Prove it at the Bloody Mary bar at Holman ’s , a classic Portland nosedive , every weekend . It provides the shabu and vodka ( obviously , you ’re not pouringthatyourself ) , and you get to assemble your own mix from the monolithic choice of tomato succus and spices . It ’s an obvious way for the busy brunch bartender to do less work , but it ’s no less fun for it .
Aquavit Bloody Mary
broder & broder nord
Speaking of Bloody Marys , yours arenotbetter than the aquavit - based Bloody Mary at the Norse brunch spots broder and broder nord ( the latter also serves dinner ) . Let ’s face it , vodka is boring , and aquavit is delicious , lending itself to a savory / racy Bloody Mary exceptionally well .
Super Premium Vodka Flight
Kachka
OK , so not all vodka is boring . Kachka , the place with the best dumplings ever , has a astounding collecting of vodkas , and have a number of flights meant for sip or fritter . If you ’re regularise a flight , you might as well go all - in and get the Super Premium and see how quickly you could ping back $ 30 worth of vodka . Nasdrovia !
Old Fashioned
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library
The Whisk{e}y Library is the best place in Portland for whisky fanatics , with a massive , er … library of whiskey . you may order any whiskey you want as an Old Fashioned ( and have n’t you always desire to grade a $ 300 Old Fashioned to “ impress ” someone ? ) , but the one on the cocktail menu is everlasting as is . If you ’re not sit down at the bar , a whisky librarian will pluck a bar cart over to your mesa or seat to make it .
Spanish coffee
Huber’s
Spanish coffees are , shockingly , not actually Spanish , but spring up here in Portland ! Huber ’s , one of the city ’s oldest and most treasure restaurants , was the birthplace of the drink , and still set on the best show when you place one . We love our John Barleycorn with a side of pyrotechnics .
Cocina Especial Margarita
Nuestra Cocina
Who says Portland does n’t have good Mexican food ? Lots of citizenry , but they ’re haywire . testify them so by pick out them to Nuestra Cocina . Even if they ’re stubborn enough to not like the food , they ’ll have to admit that the Cocina Especial Margarita , a spicy and zesty take on the drink boast chile árbol - infuse tequila and muddled fruit , is wild .
Smoke Signals
Laurelhurst Market
Smoke Signals has been on the menu for many years now , having established itself , and the steakhouse ’s cocktail menu , as sincerely innovative . The most notable aspect is the ice : melted with hot sess , then refrozen to maintain that smokiness , it ’s then combined with rye and pecan for a pleasant-tasting , singular cocktail .
Fireball and PBR
Devils Point
you may get Fireball and PBR at any dive bar in PDX , but at Devils Point – the original rock music ' n ' gyre funnies nightclub – it ’s always on sales agreement . Any thought of how unspeakable Fireball might be will dissipate the present moment one of the unbelievable dancers takes the stage . It would n’t be an essential Portland leaning without a funnies gild !
Charred Orange Wood Alaska #1
Trifecta Tavern
A lot of bartenders are turning to kitchen techniques to craft inventive drinks , but bartender Colin Carroll at Trifecta may have found the most creative , and labor - intensive , way to make batched cocktails yet . The Alaska # 1 , with gin , Yellow Chartreuse , and sherry , is instill via sous vide with orangish woodwind instrument charred in the kitchen ’s oven . Luckily , it ’s not just ridiculous , making a complex , smooth , botanical libation .
Kingpin
Bit House Saloon
Bit House Saloon was Portland ’s most popular new bar of 2015 , with its articulatio coxae - yet - welcoming , cozy atmosphere , enthusiastic faculty , and great potable . The Kingpin was add together early on and has stay on the menu , late get together by the Killgrave to go on owner Jesse Card ’s custom of nerdy name . The drink is nuanced and rich , but balanced : fume fig - infuse bourbon , Hennessy , Nocino , sherry , and walnut tree bitters .
Mint julep
Raven & Rose/The Rookery
The mixologist at Raven & Rose and The Rookery ( the upstairs bar ) excel at making the classic , and the best example of this is their take on a good deal mint julep . It ’s not available in winter . But during the summer , it ’s the best mint julep in the city , due mostly to the Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon dynasty , at 120 proof , that ’s been in person selected by the bar stave . That , and the perfectly crushed chicken feed and gently express mint , with a hunky-dory mist of Artemisia absinthium for aromatics .
Kentucky Blackbird
Swift Lounge
Swift Lounge is noted for its Mason jar drinks , the good of which is the Kentucky Blackbird . Bourbon , plenty , sing , and lemon tree in a Mason jar = merriment . you could order it in the “ sissy ” size of 16 oz for $ 6 , but why do that when you could order a 32 oz “ roly-poly ” for only $ 2 more ? Just verify you do n’t have to ram .
Robert Palmer
The Hazel Room
The Hazel Room is a not - so - blot out veil muffin on SE Belmont . It was originally intended to be a cocktail bar and tea leaf house , but now operates as one of the best brunch spots in townsfolk , with tons of Camellia sinensis - base boozy boozing . ( It collaborated with Townshend ’s Tea when it started distil its own tea - free-base purport . ) take hold of the Robert Palmer , a boozy take on an Arnold Palmer , and a bracing direction to start your day .
Bottled cocktail
Interurban
Interurban is hard to pin down ; more than any other piazza in town , it strikes a Libra the Scales between bar and eatery . Many of the cocktail here come direct from Hellenic recipe book , like Savoy , and those drinkable were often made in turgid batches for multiple drinker . So grab a bottle of cocktail for the table for a classic imbibing experience .
Gin and tonic
Victory Bar
The Victory Bar , a hip daub in SE incubate in simulated - communist memorabilia , gives us another noose and soda water . This one is made with home - made tonic water , as well as house - infused hop gin . The result is a surprisingly rounded gin , with the hops supply a flowered sweetness rather than the expect bitterness . Enjoy it while watch some inspiring propaganda and bizarre music videos on vintage TVs , comrade .
Bartender’s choice
Angel Face
It take Portland a while to do what many other cities have done , which is to have a cocktail bar without a drink carte du jour . At Angel Face , the sister bar to Navarre , you could either call for for a specific potable , or just give the bartenders a list of adjective you like in a cocktail . " Sweet . " " Tart . " " Bitter . " " Alkaline . " " Acerbic , yet demure . " Whatever your pleasure , the bartenders can probably figure it out for you . They wish a challenge .
Portland ‘85
Driftwood Room
Everyone ’s favorite hotel bar for adultery , the Driftwood Room in the Hotel Deluxe specializes in sparkling cocktails . The Portland ‘ 85 , appoint for the urban center and year of my birth * , is made with pear brandy and pear liqueur , both from Clear Creek , and topped with bubbly . It ’s the perfect drink for an amorous encounter.*this is conjecture , and almost certainly simulated
Draper Daiquiri
Barlow
It ’s a well - documented fact that cocktail service in nitrogen - chilled glasses simply taste well , and it ’s not all just fanfare . All the drinks at Barlow are solid , and served in a cloud of liquid nitrogen , but you ca n’t baffle a well - made rum cocktail , which is what the Draper is .
The happy hour trio
Aalto Lounge
Aalto has one of the best happy hour hand in Portland , as well as one of the most smart mid - 100 Norse designs . The HH computer menu has remained constant for old age , centering on three cocktail : a spicy vodka / pineapple sour , a cucumber - lavender gin highball , and a Bourbon dynasty drink with Citrus limon and Punica granatum . They ’re great especially because they ’re only $ 2 each . Might as well get one of each , and grab a $ 2 grill high mallow sandwich with tomato soup while you ’re there . Just be certain to tip nicely .
Werewolves and Vampires
Produce Row Café
Produce Row Café , though freshen up from its once - seedy aureole , is a Portland institution , responsible for for much of the beer culture we take for granted these days . And while it did n’t cook up the beer and whiskey jazz band ( boilermakers have been around for at least a hundred ) , it was the first in Portland to specifically pair beer with spirits .
Sundowner
Expatriate
We ’re not certain whether this is named after the legendaryBoulder , CO , barthat ’s the stuff of diving streak fable – probably not , considering that if you walk into that resplendent shithole and ordered a mix of mezcal , dry - and - sweet-flavored vermouth , pamplemousse , and absinthe , they ’d look at you funny – but either way , this thing ’s delicious , especially when paired with wonton nachos .
The Nathan Jr.
The Nest Lounge
Like the proverbial capital of Arizona , The Nest burned down and rose from the ashes in a new place , a revive planetary house on SE Belmont . There , you’re able to play board games , ping pong , and pool , participate in trivia nights , and imbibe The Nathan Jr. , a admixture of New Deal Vodka , calcium oxide , soda , and Emergen - C. Get your vitamins while you tope ! It ’s undecipherable whether or not that will help diminish your holdover , but it ca n’t spite .
Piña colada
Teardrop Cocktail Lounge
Daniel Shumaker and his staff at Teardrop were pioneers in the Portland cocktail scene , and the taproom remains relevant today . Its impressive , and impressively large , cocktail menu rotates regularly , ready a single drink guileful to pin down , but we croak with the piña colada . As TCL reshape the cocktail scene in PDX , so too does it reshape the piña colada . You ’ll be count forward to it all class until it re-emerge in summer .
Piggy Back
Hamlet
When you have a stripe that specializes in fancy ham and cocktail , of track you demand to put the two together . Thus , a shot of prosciutto and mezcal bring together force to yield the pickleback irrelevant .
Purple Alien
Space Room Lounge
Because sometimes you want to adventure diabetic jounce and drink a fishbowl containing lemons , grape vodka , grape juice , and 7 Up . And when it pass , it ’s good to do so in a pitch - shameful room with only a black - lit mural of Mount Hood to nark on you for cave in .
The Sake
smallwares
Jo Wares is a lord of mess with Asiatic influences and convention . She made General Tso ’s crybaby into an amazing sandwich , after all . So if her joint ’s going to make a variation of a Pimm ’s loving cup with sake , well , you just confide that it ’s going to be good .
Drinking Tobacco
Shift Drinks
A buddy atWillamette Weekturned us on to this drink , and we ’re pretty into it because it sounds coolheaded , and this is a bartender ’s bar , so it feels extra nerveless when you vocalize cool . It ’s a strong vermouth . Get it , and then whatever else you want on the menu that you ’ll probably savour more , but wo n’t feel as insider - y for ordering .
Mai Tai
The Alibi
Oh , whatever . It ’s credibly Kool - Aid and well spirits . But guess what : you ’re about to blab out the “ Thong Song ” to a room full of strangers , and that free Hawaiian buffet is n’t go to get any freshman . So maybe order two and get to employment .
Mystery shot
Spare Room
When in a mammoth former bowling alleyway / dive bar where the KJ blows a saxophone as you sing , you act accordingly . That intend rolling the literal dice and taking the enigma shaft , which arrive out of a bottle shrouded in a paper suitcase that corresponds with its bit . It might be Amaretto . It might be butterscotch schnapps . It ’s most certainly liquor that ’s run south . And it ’s incredible .
Pudding shot
Mad Hanna
Mad Hanna is one of the few dives that ’s managed to keep its Old Portland feel , aided by the fact that it ’s filled with lawful local anaesthetic alternatively of spectacled hipsters . And yes , this shot is exactly what you cerebrate it is .
Pepper Smash #2
Oven & Shaker
One of legendary mixologist Ryan Magarian ’s best concoctions sounds like a bucket of meaninglessness : mint , aquavit , lime , maple sirup , and yellow pepper juice collide in a glass . But it ’s a blessed revelation , murder every banknote in between sweet and spicy with alarming ease .
Dharma Drinks
Foster Burger
$ 6 . A dead reckoning of well whiskey and a magniloquent son . Now you may endure the clashing of loud music and kids while you hork down a two-fold Foster .
“The boob drink”
Mazatlan
So … look , we have no idea what ’s in this thing . It might be horchata and vodka . But there ’s definitely mop up emollient . And you ’ll finally want one after a nighttime of karaoke and mammoth Dos Equis , because it ’s served – as all Milk River - based cocktail of dubious root should be – in a mug shaped like a boob . A boob that has a fix in the nipple . It ’s swish like that .
Sidepipe
Bunk Bar Wonder
Oh , nothing . It ’s just Bunk ’s famous frozen margarita with a tiny Corona in the side that drains into the slush as you drink in it . You roll in the hay . Just something perfect .
Squirt and Vodka
My Father’s Place
My Father ’s Place is the quintessential Portland dive / diner , open from 6 am - 2:30am every twenty-four hours , give the closing crew just enough clock time to clean up before the openers derive in . Go snaffle a Squirt ( on tap ) with vodka to work off the katzenjammer you bring in here the night before , along with some oily diner breakfast food , available all day .
Brown Derby
Pope House Bourbon Lounge
The Brown Derby is an frequently - overlooked bourbon deglutition , but an essential classic . Pope House is an oft - look out on whiskey bar , but it ’s one of the good in the city . Go grab the former at the latter . During happy hour , it ’s only $ 5 , unadulterated for a summertime sipper on the patio , or a wintertime happy hour in the honest-to-god manor house .
Tasho Macho
Departure
The Tasho Macho is the longest - surviving drink on Departure ’s cocktail carte du jour , from when the restaurant first opened under Ron Acierto ( it ’s his deglutition ) . It ’s a spicy , Asian fusion - inspired take on a Moscow mule , and best sip on one of the balconies , look out on one of the best uncommitted views of Portland .
PDX Sour
The Box Social
The Box Social is a wild-eyed footling spot help to gentrify the North Williams area with manner . All of the drinks here are made with cool , but since this is a Portland leaning , go with the PDX Sour . It ’s a riff on a Brooklyn sour , with Buffalo Trace Bourbon dynasty , lemon juice , egg snowy , maraschino liqueur , and caramelized pineapple with a red wine ice-cream soda .
Tijuana Speed Ball
Slow Bar
Portland ’s legendary Slowburger will decelerate you down . That ’s why you ask a coffee - tinged tequila cocktail as a chaser . Or two . It ’s a passably big Warren E. Burger .
Cumin Centipede
The Observatory
Montavilla is the Modern pelvis / not hip rapidly growing part of Portland , rubbing up against 82nd just east of Mt Tabor . The Observatory is one of many great bars in the small region . There , you may find the Cumin Centipede , a savoury mixture of cumin - spiced tequila , bell pepper , cuke , and Coriandrum sativum with a salt lip .
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Clyde Commons' Barrel Aged Negroni | Andy Kryza/Thrillist
Alex Frane/Thrillist
Flickr/Ami @ Entouriste
Courtesy of La Moule
Pepe Le Moko
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Flickr/Curtis Cronn
Broder
Multnomah Whiskey Library
Courtesy of Michael Cary
Laurelhurst Market
Courtesy of Alan Weiner
Raven & Rose
Hazel Room
Courtesy of Katie Burnett
Alex Frane/Thrillist
Driftwood Room
Aalto Lounge
Expatriate
Teardrop Lounge
Smallwares
The Alibi
Oven and Shaker
Bunk Bar at The Wonder
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