2008 Bar Guide Articles
Eat fat, die young
The Vanguard recommends the best places for greasy bar food
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We are lucky to live in a city that can marry eating, to a fun night out on the town (drinking), without robbing us too much of our hard-earned cash.
The trouble actually is: Where do we go? With so many great places to eat and drink, the choices can be overwhelming.
Here are a few old Portland stand-by eateries.
The trouble actually is: Where do we go? With so many great places to eat and drink, the choices can be overwhelming.
Here are a few old Portland stand-by eateries.
Drinking at the movies
Eat, drink and watch movies-all at the same time
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It's a McMenamin's, so expect the standard food and drink McMenu, with one twist: the Mission is old and the owners prefer not to accidentally burn it to the ground, so no cajun 'tots with your Captain Neon. There's ample seating on the ground floor and balcony. 21-plus after 7 p.m.
Beyond the taxi
Get your drunk ass home safely
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You're at the bar, possibly drunk and you've struck out at all attempts to prolong the evening with someone else. So what now? It's time to go home and hit the hay, that's what.
Drunk and loud
Portland loves karaoke: some tips for the singing obsessed
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For some in Portland, karaoke is a way of life. They love the thrill of stumbling up to the front of a bar, clumsily taking a mic in their hand and warbling through whatever horrible '80s pop song is hip at that moment--all for an attentive audience of drunks waiting for their turn to make fools of themselves.
Sound like hell? Well, it's not--it's actually kind of fun.
Get your sing on: Portland's karaoke bars
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Portland's gaudiest tiki bar. Let your inner Cyndi Lauper out amid grass skirts and cocktail umbrellas.
The happy hour expert
How Cindy Anderson wrote the Portland Happy Hour Guidebook
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Something was missing from the travel, tourist and inside-info books on the greater Portland area, something … delicious.
Enter the Portland Happy Hour Guidebook.
What do we like to do after a long day of work? What's one of the famous Portland hobbies that doesn't depend on the weather? We like to drink! And eat for cheap! Why couldn't someone write a guidebook about that?
