Know Your Venue

Black Water is more than just a bar on a strange corner in the Lloyd…

I passed this place many times during my MAX commute through Old Town. Big windows,…

Way up in North Portland, the Kenton neighborhood has a feeling of Portland’s working class…

Travel along Russell St. in Northeast Portland and you’ll pass quite a few breweries, eateries…

The Firkin Tavern is tucked into Southeast Portland. Before opening in 2011, the space was…

A quiet little stretch of Russell St. in the Boise-Eliot neighborhood has been roused in…

On any given night, there might be a line leading up the The Lovecraft Bar’s…

The blocks in this part of inner Southeast are truly representative of hard-working, artistic Portland.…

It’s a hot summer night downtown, and I’m tucked away inside a hidden jazz club…