Camellia Lounge, 510 NW Glisan, 221-2130, daily 4-7 pm, 10 pm-midnight, $1 Iron City, $1 off drafts, wells, house cocktails TeaZone’s bar, featuring tea-infused cocktail concoctions. Masu East, 310 SE 28th, 232-5255, Mon-Fri 5-6:30 pm, 50 percent off select menu items The Eastside Masu outpost just revamped their menu and added happy hour. Florida Room, […]
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Do You Like Afghan?
Acquire a Taste at Kabobi
There are a few things to keep in mind about Kabobi. (1) They are open until 10 pm on Sunday. (2) They serve complimentary cups of delicious milky tea, which, with a healthy amount of sugar, taste like a liquid version of Cream of Wheat—you didn’t know you wanted it, but you do. (3) They […]
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Happy Hours
Emanon Café, 1000 NW 17th, 222-6435, Mon-Sat 3-6 pm, $4.25 imperial pints, $4.50 wine, $4 food menu Standard pub-grubby fare: potato skins, mac ‘n’ cheese, onion rings, fried ravioli. Encanto, 5225 N Lombard, 286-2929, Mon-Fri, 5-6:30 pm, 9:30 pm-close, $2-4 food menu, $4 sangria pints, $5 house margaritas, $3 wells, $1.50 Tecate Snack on cheap […]
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Foster Gets Uppity
Cava Aims High
Cava represents yet another step in the evolution (gentrification… call it what you want) of yet another Portland neighborhood. The well-appointed new bar and restaurant on SE Foster boasts a higher-end menu and a cozy dining room whose burnt orange walls and wood floors evoke a hipster hunting lodge (if such a place could ever […]
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Barhop ’til You Drop
The Year in Bars
Is there such thing as too many bars? Not in this town, apparently—if the number of new bars that opened this year is any indication, demand is just about limitless. It makes sense—the ideal bar scene for a heavy drinker is one in which there are enough bars to choose from that you don’t have […]
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Happy Hours
E-San Thai Cuisine, 133 SW 2nd, 223-4090, daily 4-6 pm, $2-4 food plates, $2 drafts, $3.50 wells Popular Thai restaurant gets cheaper during happy hour. Echo, 2255 NE MLK, 460-3246, daily 4:30-6 pm, $3.50-6.50 food menu, plus cocktail and food specials from 10 pm-close Mac and cheese, stuffed piquillo peppers, and fried plantains all crop […]
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Northwest Pastrami
Kenny and Zuke’s Holds the Grouch
With recent news that the new Ace Hotel in Manhattan may include a branch of Portland’s Stumptown Coffee, it’s fitting that our own Ace on Stark Street should make room downstairs for something quintessentially East Coast: a Jewish deli. When I think “Jewish deli,” I think grouchy old ladies in crowded, condensation-rich rooms, serving surly […]
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Dockside, 2047 NW Front, 241-6433, Mon-Fri 4:30-7:30 pm, $2 wells, $1.50 domestics, $2.50 micros, plus cheap food A throwbacky bar/restaurant/dive with cheap food and stiff drinks. Dots Café, 2521 SE Clinton, 235-0203, Mon-Fri 5-6:30 pm, beer specials Odds are Dots has been here—and hip—longer than you have. Give the ol’ girl some respect. Doug Fir, […]
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Fun to Look at, Fun to Eat
Pretty (Delicious) Food at sel gris
When asked to describe his approach to cooking, Daniel Mondok reels off his mission statement without hesitating: “American contemporary with an emphasis on French techniques and Northwest accents.” It’s no wonder he’s got his spiel down pat: He’s been refining his approach for 20-plus years, from a stint at Napa Valley’s famous The French Laundry […]
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Blind Onion, 3345 NE Broadway, 284-2825, daily 3-6 pm, 9 pm-close, $2.75 micros Low-key little joint with loads of board games and decent pizza. District, 232 NW 12th, 228-8888, Mon-Sat 3-6 pm, Sun all day, $5 food, $5 specialty cocktails, $5 wine Pan-Asian cuisine, swanky cocktails, posh Pearl District setting. Dixie Tavern, 34 NW 3rd, […]
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Chasing the Dragon
Green Dragon’s All About the Beer
If you’re fortunate enough to walk into Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub when owner Jim Parker is tending bar—as he often does—do yourself a favor, and let him choose your beer. The man has a beer-soaked resume a mile long: He published a beer magazine in Colorado, ran a brewery-tour operation, was head brewer for […]
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DF, 1139 NW 11th, 243-4222, Tues-Fri 5-6 pm, drink specials With some of the best margaritas in town, take advantage of drink discounts during DF’s happy hour (no happy hour food menu, but appetizers are available). Dan and Louis Oyster Bar, 208 SW Ankeny, 227-5906, Mon-Fri 4-6 pm, $2.95 food menu, plus Fri-Sat 11 pm-2 […]