Need a drink or snack break? Here are some tasty selections to tide you over between meals
Pepe le Moko Bar
Just when we thought the Ace Hotel couldn’t be any cooler, along comes chef/owner Nate Tilden’s Pepe le Moko. Located “below stairs” in the idiosyncratic hotel, the intrepid
step into a dark and steamy locale to sip an Amaretto Sour or Hotel Nacional Special in secret. Upstairs, Tilden’s Clyde Common is the place to go should you crave a Caesar with your brunch.
Pepe le Moko: 407 SW 10th Ave., 503-546-8537
Clyde Common: 1014 SW Stark St.
Voodoo Doughnuts
It appears that nobody departs Portland these days without a pink box, standard issue for Voodoo Doughnuts, filled with those irreverent confections that draw lines almost every
hour (they are open 24 hours) of every day, though the shop does close for certain holidays. Bacon Maple Bars, Captain Crunch-covered doughnuts or the Marshall Mathers version with, you guessed it, M&M’s are some of the tamer selections in the case.
22 SW 3rd Ave.; 503-241-4704
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library
Like the Alberta and Mississippi neigbourhoods before it, Portland’s West End has gone
from forgotten industrial area to trendy track in just a few months. The Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library, a room filled with overstuffed chairs, a large brick fireplace and, of course, lots of whiskey, seems well-suited among the lumberjack-styled boutiques and farm-to-table dining rooms along this stretch.
1124 SW Alder St.; 503-954-1381
Distillery Row
Forget for a moment the Portland breweries (quite the task considering there is more than one hop masher for every week of the year), Rose City’s pop-up distilleries are equally
deserving of your thirst. Seven distilleries make up “Distillery Row,” located on the city’s trendy Eastside. Many, like New Deal Distillery’s Hot Monkey Pepper-flavoured Vodka, have already garnered national awards. Download your special discount Distillery Row Passport and go forth prepared.
The Commons Brewery
You can’t visit Portland without putting a little time into a brewery. Or 12. The Commons captures everything good about the Portland brewing scene and was opened by a former
home brewer who’s transformed his passion for crisp ales into a neighbourhood celebration. Sip in the tasting room, fill a growler or take home a seasonal bottle that blends the Portland aesthetic with signature Cascade hops.
1810 SE 10th Ave., 503-343-5501
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Crai S Bower contributes images and words to more than 30 publications. He lives and writes in Seattle.
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