Aura, 1022 W Burnside St, 597-2872, $4 well and $3 menu, 4:30-6 pm Wed-Sun
Club-like atmosphere with dive bar prices.
Crow Bar, 3954 N. Mississippi, 280-7099, $1.50 PBR, $2.50 micros, 3-8 pm everyday
Good nibbles. Abundance of hot hipsters too introverted to talk to you.
Gypsy, 625 NW 21st, 796-1859, $2 well drinks and cheap bar menu featuring burgers, potato skins, and more! 4-6:30 pm Mon-Fri
This bar may suffer from an identity crisis (Mardi Gras and pinball theme?) but the happy hour is right on.
Dan & Louis’s Shucking Room, 208 SW Ankeny, 227-5906, $1.95 menu and oysters abound, 4-6 pm Mon-Fri
Lots of Portland memorabilia and great seafood.
Fox and Hound, 217 NW 2nd, 243-5530, $2.50 wells, 4-8 pm everyday
No food, but you can ride around on horseback in flaming red coats trying to kill a poor defenseless animal. Or you could drink.
Sandy Hut, 1430 NE Sandy, 235-7972
50 cents off well and domestic drafts, 4-7 pm Mon-Fri.
Find out why so many scenesters call it the Handy Slut.
Sabala’s Mt Tabor, 4811 SE Hawthorne, 238-1646, 4-7 pm daily, a dollar off everything
Make sure you check out Sabala’s newly remodled Sideshow Lounge complete with full bar and freakshow posters.
Sapphire Hotel, 5008 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 232-6333, $4 house drinks and cheap menu, Mon-Fri 4-7 pm
Have some big trouble in little China in this historically romantic, cozy hot spot.