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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Portland Monthly and Willamette Week. Updated August 2026.
Scotch Lodge · Buckman
Esquire Best Bars in America inclusion. Portland Monthly and Willamette Week regular.
Teardrop Lounge · Pearl District
Opened 2007. a Portland cocktail-renaissance landmark that has produced a deep bartending bench.
Rum Club · Buckman
Portland Monthly Best Bars pick. Open since 2011 and a training ground for bartenders who went on to open other notable Portland rooms.
Too Soon · Kerns
Portland mainstay less than two years after opening. 1,000-drink book nodding to NYC, named to Esquire's Best Bars in America 2025.
Hey Love · Buckman
Winner of Willamette Week's 2025 Best of Portland Readers' Poll Best Cocktail Bar. Plant-heavy Jupiter Hotel bar known for playful, tropical-leaning drinks.