PROTIP: Bars in Oregon have to serve food as long as they're serving alcohol. As a result, some of them have amazing food.
PROTIP: You can't buy alcohol (other than beer or wine) anywhere else but a state-controlled liquor store. Most of them are closed on Sundays and close around 7pm every other night of the week.
- The Night Light - This was our favorite bar just before we moved to Italy. Right in the heart of the quiet Clinton district (where we were living at the time).
- The Doug Fir Lounge - I hate to use the word swanky again but that's the only way I can describe it. The entire place is built to look like a log cabin. Used to go here all the time. Pretty good bar. The restaurant is open until 3am (or at least was when I lived there) and has some DAMN good gastro pub style food. The halibut fish and chips and burger are insane. Funny enough, I saw the GitHub guys here (including maddox and Tek I think?) after