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Favorite Places
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Ground Kontrol
- 511 NW Couch (map)
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Northwest
503-796-9364
- (based on 4 user reviews)
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Blue Moon Tavern & Grill $$
- 432 NW 21st (map)
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Northwest
503-223-3184
- (based on 6 user reviews)
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Rontoms $
- 600 E Burnside (map)
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Southeast
503-236-4536
- (based on 12 user reviews)
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Apex Beer Bar $
- 1216 SE Division (map)
- Southeast
- (based on 2 user reviews)
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Rogue Distillery & Public House $
- 1339 NW Flanders St. (map)
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Northwest
503-222-5910
- (based on 2 user reviews)
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Deschutes Brewery & Public House $$
- 210 NW 11th Ave. (map)
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Northwest
503-296-4906
- (based on 2 user reviews)
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Bridgeport Brewpub & Bakery $$
- 1313 NW Marshall St. (map)
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Northwest
503-241-3612
- (based on 4 user reviews)
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East End $
- 203 SE Grand (map)
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Southeast
503-232-0056
- (based on 10 user reviews)
All your favorite arcade games from yesteryear to recent. From Burgertime, to Street Fighter 2, to Dance Dance Revolution. The only thing that can overpower the cacophony of all those bells, bleeps and bloops? Live DJ music dude!
This McMenamins Pub features a bank of widows that open to the bustle of NW 21st Avenue in the summer and a cozy fireplace for when it's not so warm. Long, family-style tables, an array of booths and pool tables fill the restaurant. Serving the standard McMenamins fare of sandwiches, salads, and burgers as well as those thirst-quenching beers.
With a refined, minimal, retro aesthetic, Rontoms is large and airy, yet it's reminiscent of your folks' basement den circa 1973 (minus the shag carpet or linoleum, plus hipsters). They boast a good selection of locally produced liquors along with the usual suspects and the shareable food choices have a distinct Scandinavian bent with cheese fondue, Swedish meatballs, and the like. And when weather permits, squeeze yourself into their popular back patio. This one's a keeper!
Right next to the Taqueria Los Gorditos restaurant is a new spot that specializes in that favorite of Northwest pass-times, beer! With it's enormous front beer garden(non-smoking), more than ample bike parking, and a bunch of pinball machines for added fun.
Right in the heart of the old brewery district, Rogue gives those other brewers a run for their money with a selection of fine beers(over 30 on tap) and a large selection of good eats. Updated, selections of hearty pub food, quite often with a Rouge ale in the recipe, await hungry diners.
You've probably had one of their popular beers and if you're visited Bend, you may have been to their brewery. Now a little piece of the Deschutes empire has landed in the Pearl district. A cavernous converted warehouse space, with lots of reclaimed lumber as well as some pastoral wood carvings, surround you. As well as the clamor of folks ordering and devouring burgers, steaks and a slew of other crowd-pleasing dishes with plenty of vegetarian options. And of course there's the Mirror Pond, Black Butte Porter or Inversion I.P.A. to slake your thirst.
Any uppity bar worth its salt has a great snack plate, and Bridgeport's is one of the best and freshest. Sandwiches and salads also score high points here, like the savory pulled pork sandwich or the asparagus and steak salad. You can also choose from several pizza options, one of the few remnants of the old BrewPub (pre-massive renovation) besides the beer. Beyond that, it's a whole new world.
If you're in the mood to see a show/DJ, check out some local art and hang with the cool kids in one of 3 rooms on 2 levels the East End (owned and run by local band members) just may be the place. They also have a menu of primarily (but not exclusively) vegetarian eats with such items as; fried ravioli, a carrot ginger soy burger, as well as a bacon sandwich, fish & chips and other quality edibles. Let's see... what else... They have a photo booth(!) and 2 bars with totally rock 'n' roll-named drinks. The rest you'll just have to find out for yourself.
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