Portland Dive Bars

Sloan’s Tavern We’ve been itching to get to this place and so glad we finally did! Especially since word on ...

The Korner Pocket Bar What a comfortable, friendly and thoughtful place! Not words I commonly use to describe a dive, ...

  Portland is truly a magnificent city – host to not just one, but two full blown tiki themed dive ...

Rumpus Room  The name “Rumpus Room” gives me visions of a 1970’s era basement lair with rust colored shag carpeting, ...

George’s Corner Tavern I was so hungry when we arrived at George’s only to be greeted with a view of ...

Donnie Vegas Talk about a thirst trap; Donnie Vegas’ Instagram account had us thirsting for a trip to this honest-to-goodness ...

The Slammer Tavern It’s impossible to be unhappy at the Slammer because everyday is Christmas!! No joke – Christmas décor, ...

It’s a garden variety, pleasant enough neighborhood dive bar. I wouldn’t drive across town for it again, but would probably ...

The Candlelight Restaurant and Lounge   Business in the front, party in the back! Yep, it’s the mullet of dive ...

  The Mouse Trap Tavern It’s a cute neighborhood-y place. A little light inside and service bit too friendly to ...

The Glasshouse Tavern  A bargain hunter’s dream. Wow, what a hidden gem! And hidden in plain sight right next to ...

Portland Lager –  A Dive Bar Beer And So Much More At last! Cheap, easy-drinking beer without the spooky sweetness ...

The Trap  Rhymes with… We went into this dive bar so you don’t have to! I guess it is technically ...

The Elvis Room We went back and forth on this one – is it a dive bar or not? In ...

The Cosmo Lounge The quintessential dive bar. Pleasingly dark with lots of bar stools complete with ripped vinyl seats, scattered ...

Sandy Hut This place is retro heaven, it is the hut of huts. We ventured in on a Sunday morning ...

The Yamhill Pub In a word: wow. This is a dive. I mean really a dive. Not a Portland kinda ...

The Twilight Room, AKA The T Room A close associate and U.P. grad highly recommended this stop and we were ...

Mad Hanna From the outside it is a non-descript and a touch scary building in a random neighborhood, but behind ...

The Lay Low It was a balmy summer night when we first wandered into the Lay Low. And so glad ...

Railside Pub Is it open? Hard to tell since the only vehicle parked in the lot was a hearse, but ...

The Spare Room We almost drove right past it, not because it is tiny, but more because it is a ...

Inspired By Her Steven Shomler and KC Shomler, AKA Diana Prince, had their first ever date at a dive bar ...

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    What is a Dive Bar? A dive bar has character. Usually on the seedy side. It’s gotta be ...