Basta’s, 410 NW 21st, 274-1572
Fancy apps and drinks, bitchin’ mod lounge.
$3 food & cocktails, 5-6 pm Mon-Fri
Cheerful Tortoise, 1939 SW 6th, 224-3377
Drunk college kids, greasy food, and televised sports.
$2.75 wells, $1.95 appetizers, Mon-Fri 3-6 pm & 10-midnite Sun
Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 228-3669
Drink with precariously suspended motorcycles over your head.
$2.75 wells & micros, 4-7 pm daily
Low Brow Lounge, 1036 NW Hoyt, 226-0200
Refreshingly low brow for the Pearl.
$1 off domestics, wells, 5-7 every day (closed Sun)
Mummy’s, 622 SW Columbia, 224-7465
Weird, tomb-like, but lovable space.
$1.25-$1.75 beer, $2.75 wells, 3-6 pm Mon-Fri
Pazzo, 627 SW Washington, 228-1515
Please, go here instead of the Macaroni Grill.
$2.50 pints, $3 wells, food discounts, 4-6 pm Mon-Fri
Portland City Grill, 111 SW 5th Ave, 30th Floor, 450-0030
One of the best happy hour deals in the city. Fancy food at dive bar prices, amongst Botoxed yuppies.
$1.95-$3.95 menu, 4:30-6:30 pm Mon-Sat, 10-midnight Mon-Thurs, 4-11 pm Sun
Pub at the End of the Universe, 4107 SE 28th, 238-9355
Bizarre but cozy dive bar.
$3 micros, $2 Pabst, $6 PBR pitchers, 3:30-6:30 pm Mon-Fri
Rock Bottom Brewery, 206 SW Morrison, 796-2739
The cheap food is about what you’d expect: pretzels, buffalo wings, and anything else that absorbs booze.
$2.75 pints, $1.95 apps, 4-6 pm Mon-Fri
Rose & Raindrop, 532 SE Grand, 238-6996
A classy, cozy lounge with a huge beer selection. Food is basic but quality.
$1.95-$3.95 menu, 4-6 pm and10-midnight Mon-Fri
Shanghai Tunnel, 211 SW Ankeny, 220-4001
Hipster haven with great food to go and cheap drinks. Try the tuna.
$1 off wells and drafts, 4-7 pm daily
XV, 15 SW 2nd, 790-9090
Great food, great fresh fruit drinks, and it’s Portland’s best pick-up bar.
$2 off food, $2 off drafts ($1 PBR), $3.50 wells, 4-8 pm