Old Town-Chinatown Food & Drink, Northwest (NW) Portland

Ever since Wallbangers closed over three years ago, Portland has been without a dueling piano bar. How could we have survived so long?!? Thankfully for bachelorette parties and tongue-in-cheek revelers, the Barrel Room has resurrected the time-honored, raucous tradition in...

For the last year, hungry lunchers and famished late-nighters could order up quick eats from the figurative and literal hole-in-the-wall at the back of the Couture Lounge. A year later, the folks at Couture have decided that take-out simply isn't enough. Now, diners...

I have always wanted to visit a bar where entrance requires knocking on a darkened door and whispering something like, “Joe sent us!” ala “Hernando’s Hideaway.” Central isn’t quite that secret, but it’s secret enough that you might...

The Old Town nightlife scene just got a huge boost of class thanks to this new "ultra lounge." Boasting high ceilings, crystal chandeliers, multi-hued lighting, dark leather banquettes—even a separate VIP bar—Couture certainly lives up to its stylish...