The Cosmo Lounge The Cosmo Lounge is the quintessential dive bar. Pleasingly dark with lots of bar stools complete with the always-a-good-sign ripped-vinyl seats, scattered tables, and a surly bartendress. There’s fun, cheesy velvet art, an assortment of B movie posters, and even framed bad 80’s albums on the walls. ...
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Sandy HutSandy Hut
Sandy Hut This place is retro heaven, it is the hut of huts. We ventured in to Sandy Hut on a Sunday morning for breakfast, undeterred by the pile of puke on the sidewalk outside the front door. Somebody had a fun Saturday night. We were greeted by stellar mid-century ...
The Yamhill PubThe Yamhill Pub
The Yamhill Pub In a word: wow. This is a dive. I mean really a dive. Not a Portland kinda dive, a real, honest to goodness dive bar. The kind where you fear for your life a little – from the other patrons, from getting diseases from the glassware, from ...
The Alibi Tiki LoungeThe Alibi Tiki Lounge
The Alibi Tiki Lounge Iconic Portland destination Dive Bar. When you look up “Dive Bar” in the dictionary, a picture of The Alibi Tiki Lounge should appear. It has it all! So dark you can’t tell if it is night or day once you disappear inside (and there’s a reasonable ...
Slim’s Restaurant & LoungeSlim’s Restaurant & Lounge
Slim’s Restaurant & Lounge Slim’s Restaurant & Lounge is very much a Portland style dive bar – Slim’s has excellent food and tap list in a pleasingly divey setting. Dark and smelly with a sticky floor, don’t-stay-too-long barstools and an awesome menu with solid beer and whiskey selections. Fun old ...
The Twilight Room AKA The T RoomThe Twilight Room AKA The T Room
The Twilight Room, AKA The T Room A close associate and U.P. grad highly recommended The Twilight Room and we were not disappointed. HUGE place, looks like it has been expanded multiple times over the years to accommodate its loyal clientele that appears to be a mix of U.P. students, ...
Mad HannaMad Hanna
Mad Hanna From the outside, Mad Hanna is in a non-descript and a touch scary building in a random neighborhood, but behind the door lies an oasis! I never thought a dive bar could be pretty, but this one kinda is, oddly. Cozy, dark with fun and quirky décor; everything ...
The Lay Low TavernThe Lay Low Tavern
The Lay Low Tavern It was a balmy summer night when we first wandered into the Lay Low. And so glad we did! This place has it all – dark, right size, great music playing, friendly and efficient bartender with a heavy hand. The memory of years of cigarette smoking ...
The Spare RoomThe Spare Room
The Spare Room We almost drove right past the Spare Room Restaurant & Lounge, not because it is tiny, but more because it is a weirdly nondescript monstrosity. But inside, it hits all of the right notes! Dark and dingy with the lingering aroma of bleach in the air. It’s ...
Inspired By HerInspired By Her
Inspired By Her Steven Shomler and KC Shomler, AKA Diana Prince, had their first ever date at a dive bar on Sept 13, 2017. Steven loved that KC loved dive bars as much as he does. Almost immediately, the idea for this project began rattling around in Steven’s head… On ...
About Portland Dive BarsAbout Portland Dive Bars
About Portland Dive Bars Portland Dive Bars is a passion project that celebrates and highlights the great dive bars we have here in Portland, Oregon. The contributors are local writer “KC is me” AKA Diana Prince, and Portland Author Steven Shomler. Eventually this project will be a book, until then look ...
Follow Portland Dive BarsFollow Portland Dive Bars
Follow Portland Dive Bars You can follow Portland Dive Bars here – Facebook — www.facebook.com/Portland-Dive-Bars Instagram account — www.instagram.com/portlanddivebars KC Shomler You can follow Portland Dive Bars Writer KC Shomler here – Website https://www.recipesaremerelyasuggestion.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KCShomler Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kc.is.me/ Falling Out Of Love With My Career If you like KC’s writing for Portland Dive ...