Cocktailia

Tucked away in a largely industrial neighborhood in NW Portland, Carlyle is very much a destination spot, not somewhere you just wander in to. While all the bars in Portland serve food, Carlyle is first and foremost a restaurant,…

After two long years of preparation, June 25th saw the much-delayed opening of Beaker and Flask, Portland’s latest cocktail-focused bar/restaurant. The Portland Mercury has some background about the restaurant and its founders but it can be summed up as…

Belly Timber, in Portland’s Hawthorne neighborhood, has been recommended to me by a few people who know their cocktails. Last Wednesday they hosted a “Recession-Proof Mixology” event, sponsored by House Spirits, a local distilling company and creators of <a…

When you ask a Portlander where to get a good, creative cocktail, your answers will vary from person to person but nearly everyone’s list will include the Teardrop Lounge. Centrally located in the Pearl district, Teardrop offers up a…

And, we’re back! I’ve been on kind of a hiatus lately, dealing with the move from San Francisco to Portland and everything that comes along with it. It’s been over a month now and I’m now finally getting back into…