Anti:dote
Anti:dote is leading the new wave of hotel bar programs devoted to modern craft cocktails. One of the city’s sexiest bars, the ultra-sleek space is hung with an impressive space-age chandelier…
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Radio Bar
Radio Bar feels as if it could be from another era when etched glassware was standard, Martinis were the drink of note and jazz crackled from muffled radio speakers. Owned and run…
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Star Bar Ginza
A small, brooding room with pressed tin ceilings and polished wood, Star Bar feels like coming upon a temple or a monastery with its hushed, low-lit atmosphere. Owner Hisashi Kishi…
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Bar Hoshi
This hidden gem is on the 8th floor of the Aoki Tower on the outskirts of Ginza. Moody and primarily candle-lit, Bar Hoshi is popular with after-dinner crowds in search of a…
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Ben Fiddich
A relative newcomer to the Tokyo bar scene, Ben Fiddich combines the serene spectacle of the city's old guard with the cerebral ingredient-driven nature of newer cocktail bars like Gen Yamamoto.…
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Pépé le Moko
Around the corner from Clyde Common, Portland's restaurant-cum-cocktail bar mainstay, is Pépé le Moko, a small, dark, jazz-filled subterranean cocktail joint helmed by Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Overhead, a curved ceiling evokes the architecture…
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Driftwood Room
The swanky Driftwood Room, located off the lobby of the Hotel deLuxe, is a 1950s-era lounge that hasn’t changed all that much in the last 60 years. The mid-century décor…
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Teardrop Lounge
Perhaps Portland’s most renowned cocktail bar, Teardrop Lounge is serious about how they present their drinks, even going so far as to include a glossary for those who aren’t familiar…
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Rum Club
One of Portland’s first spirit-focused bars, the Rum Club's cocktail menu devotes half of its real estate to rum drinks—some of which are obscure revivals, others, like the Daiquiri and…
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The Rookery Bar at Raven and Rose
Up in the eaves of an old English Stick-style house in Southwest Portland is the Rookery, a funny little bar with a quaint musty quality reminiscent of an old ski…
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