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midnight Thursdays. Wednesday is Happy Hump Day with $1.50
well dnnks, $1 off hot drinks and happy hour food menu served all
day. Happy hour is 4-6 pm weekdays with discounted dine-in
A new mixed joint serving lunch and dinner. It's a video bar during
tacos, burritos, chips and salsa, dip, draft beer, well drinks and
the week, with OJs and dancing on weekends
margantas.
Q THE EAGLE POX
1300 W Burnside St. • 503-241-0105
Boxxes/Red Cap Garage, the only two-in-one gay club in the city,
is Portland's original gay dance club and has the most experienced
Portland's original masculine men's bar
DJ ensemble in the scene Stark Street’s only nonsmoking bar for
the boys.
n EGYPTIAN CLUB
Sunday is Big Time Bingo hosted by Heather Tuesday is Flirt host
** 3701 SE Division St. * 503-236-8689
ed by Cory with go-go boys and FSO DJ. Wednesdays are karaoke
with more than 30,000 songs to choose from (Boxxes) and D Word
drag/cabaret show (Red Cap). Thursdays are One with FSO DJ.
Friday is Latino Night with DJ Sam and go-go boys (Boxxes) and
The Flow htp hop night hosted by Cory (Red Cap) Saturday is The
A List, Portland's best 0J lineup with FSO, Dougalicious, Levente,
Seth Hutton, DJ Tronic and Leonetti of the Sexy Crew
The 7,000 square foot Egyptian Club, located in a former milk plant,
features three different rooms. There's a dance floor in the Tomb;
the Front Lounge offers pool tables and video games; and a third
bar, the Room, features karaoke seven nights a week The crowd
is primarily lesbian.
The L Word Sundays and Mondays Texas Hold Em Tournaments
at 7 and 9:30 pm Mondays and Wednesdays. Ladies International
Poker Series Hold 'Em Tournament at 7 pm Tuesdays. Special
oCASirs
w 610 NW Couch St. • 503-241-0105
New "all-inclusive'' nightclub and lounge in Old Town from the
events at 9 pm Thursdays. Dancing at 9 pm Fridays and Saturdays.
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owner of the Eagle.
EMBERS AVENUE
110 NW Broadway • 503-222-3082
Gay bar in historic Old Town. Free Gay b Happy starring Jersey
ö C.C SLAUGHTERS
W 219 NW Davis St. • 503-248-9135
Scities 9:30 pm Tuesdays. The Dark Side of Pleasure starring
C.C Slaughters is a great hangout. Come feel like "Norm" or shake
Johnny 0 10 pm Thursdays The Music & the Mirror starring Miss
your booty all night long to the best sound, lights and laser shows
Honey Bea Hart 9:30 pm Fridays. Krystal Lynn Is the Nubian
in Portland
Princess 9:30 pm Saturdays.
Daddy Bear Er Lesett 9:30 pm Wednesdays. The 0 Spot starring
Monday Movie Madness with DVD release parties and free movie
passes at 9 pm Karaoke hosted by JoeyCub and DJ Suzanne at
9 pm Tuesdays. Wild Wednesdays with music by OJ Alex
Hollywood at 9 pm. Bolivia Carmichaels hosts Hip Hop Heaven with
music by DJ Alex Hollywood at 9 pm Thursdays Clubland with DJ
Portland's only all ages gay nightclub. The Greater Portland
JoeyCub at 9 pm Fridays. Bolivia Carmichaels hosts House of
Intercollegiate Queer Society hosts College Night 10:30 pm Fridays
Hollywood with music by DJ Alex Hollywood 9 pm Saturdays
featuring different music every week, $3 off the cover with student
Carnivale de Bolivia, a talent and variety show with performers and
. comedians, on first and third Sundays, game shows like Family
identification and speed friend-making (like speed dating!) for the
first hour.
Feud, Name That Tune and Win, Lose or Draw on second and fourth
zps
Sundays.
its lounge menu. It also offers premium cocktails, an extensive
FOX fc HOUNDS
wine list and bottled and draft beers. Enjoy live music Wednesday
217 NW Second Ave. • 503-243-5530
vivial, mostly mature crowd to its somewhat countrified environs."
Crush features specialty martinis and cocktails and serves a full
Fox & Hounds regularly hosts various charity events, and the first
food menu. Hip DJs spin throughout the week, with dancing on the
Sunday of each month is a fun-filled bingo fund raiser. Sheltered
weekends. Happy hour is all day Tuesday, 4:30-6 pm Wednesday
sidewalk seating fits a handful of tables and affords some good
Crush is now open for brunch
people watching. $2 well drinks and $2 select beers 4-8 pm daily.
Friday and 3-7 pm Sunday
9 am-3 pm Sunday
dining when weather permits.
1125 SW Stark St. • 503-227-5887
•
Scandals is one of the city's oldest gay men's bars and has been
Because Old Town is an energetic and vibrant part of Portland's
continually providing a comfortable setting, great cocktails and a
through Sunday, with pool and lottery in the game room. Courtyard
According to BarFly, this "cheery, kicked back pub draws a con
nightlife and on-street parking is sometimes limited, Hobo's offers
"more than friendly" bar staff to men from Portland and from out of
validated parking at its neighborhood Smart Park located on the
town for 30 years. Recently relocated only a block away from its
corner of NW Davis and Front streets.
previous location, Scandals provided a new, modern, clean space
for its clientele. It features a pool table, darts, video lottery and
music videos and is one of the anchor bars for the Portland Pride
Full menu served until 8:30 pm Sunday-Thursday and until 10 pm
JOQ S
Friday and Saturday, with bar menu served until closing time
2512 NE Broadway • 503-287-4210
thereafter
~ SCANDALS
Featuring the best 9 Ball Tournament 8 pm Saturdays Possibly the
street festival.
Portland's only 'Tea Dance" on Sunday afternoons. Blues on
Tuesdays. Live DJs on Friday and Saturday.
best $6 ribeye dinner anywhere. Joq's also serves up the lowest
World famous female impersonators Darcelle XV b Company have
been entertaining audiences in all walks of life for more than 37
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GAM. S DIRTY DUCK
drink prices in the city. Join one of its softball, pool or bowling
439 NW Third Ave. • 503-224-8446
teams. Enjoy a good time and make a new friend at this entertain
years with Las Vegas style cabaret revue9 of glitz, glamour and
BarFly describes the Dirty Duck as an "endearingly light-in-the-
comedy. They have traveled the States presenting a show that you
loafers
have to see to believe Stop by when you are in Portland and you
Shakespeare's local. Said to be haunted by its formidable former
will be glad you did! Company parties are welcome.
owner. Mama Bernice! Home of the Oregon Bears' Featuring pool,
Showtimes are 8:30 pm Wednesday and Thursday and 8:30 and
hole
longshoreman-type
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A locally owned gay bar known for good music, great drinks, the
best prices in town and lottery Happy hour 7 am-D pm. Join the IT
NORTHBANK
Club DJ boys on the first Friday of every month Shanghai Steakery
106 W Sixth St., Vancouver • 360-695-3862
also holds other events; it’s best to check with the bar for upcom
Southwest Washington’s first and only gay bar Now smoke-free!
ing events.
pinball, MegaTouch and darts
not required but are highly recommended Dinner seating is 5-7 pm
QH080S
by reservation Male strippers at midnight Friday and Saturday
w 120 NW Third Ave
Take $1 off any item that costs more than $2 on Buck-Off Monday
• 503-224-3285
$5 pasta dinners (spaghetti or fettuccine alfredo) are served with
$2 well drinks 5-9 pm Tuesdays Licious Karaoke is Wednesday and
o DWGO S TACO BAR
V 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd
• 503-233-3996
Hobo's has been an integral part of Portland's dining and lounge
experience for more than 25 years Located in the heart oi Old
Town, it provides a friendly atmosphere of casual elegance and
Girls Night Out, "the place to meet girls
who like girls," is 6 pm-
Friday Thursday is Girfz Night with $3 Smirnoff and $5.50 pitchers
of Bud and Bud Lite. Saturday is a special event or DJ. Sunday is
happy hour all day with free pool.
Q SILVERADO
1217 SW Stark St. • 503-224-4493
Claims to be Portland's only gay-owned and operated gay night
club, Portland's favorite gay bar and Portland's "original" premier
gay nightclub. "Where the men are hot and the party never
serves outstanding cuisine from both its complete dinner menu and
ends .. we lead the crowd, not just follow *
The Ministry of Mylar (Not Your Mother s Church) Sundays
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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SHANGHAI STEAKERY
16 NW Broadway • 503-228-9325
ing neighborhood bar’
for
10:30 pm Friday and Saturday. Admission is $15. Reservations are
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Karaoke with Rocky Rhodes 8 pm 1 am Mondays. Wednesday is
There’s nothing scandalous about Sundays at Scandals: It’s all sloshy fun
and games, with an all-day hrunch party that spills out onto the sidewalks
in nice weather. The pool tables, festooned with palm fronds and ficus
plants, are free all day. For $4 75 you get a Bkxxly Mary that just won’t quit:
huge glass, well mixed, gtxxl and spicy with salt on the rim. Typical har fixxl
is well prepared and really hits the spot the morning after a party.
The day 1 was there, copious sunlight poured in through luxurious
Southern-exposure windows, and hy early afternoon the place was filling up
fast with gregarious gays enjoying some hair of the dog and high-octane
conversation. It was a pretty homogenous group, in terms of age, dress and
physicality, hut then that’s doubtless part of the reason its regulars feel
comfortable there. The 2006 Gay Games played on a screen above the
gambling machines, providing me with a constant stream of images of
brawny athletes oiling one another up and something 1 can only describe as
drag queen water wrestling.
Scandals throws an all-day brunch party every Sunday.
My only complaint: What’s with not taking debit cards? I had to leave
my barely touched liquid breakfast on the table and run across to Powell’s, only to find its ATM machine out of order. I ended up walking to Whole Foods,
buying $25 worth of gnxreries and getting cash hack in order to avoid paying a couple of dollars in ATM fees, which may or may not be slightly ridiculous. But
like the end of an adult fairy tale, my Bkxxly Mary and chicken tenders were waiting on the table when 1 got back, none the worse for the wait.
—Tony LeTigre
Latino Night with Meesha Peru.
SOUTHSIDE SPEAKEASY
3529 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, Salem • 503-362-1139
Southside Speakeasy is the place in Salem and the central
Willamette Valley for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community to meet and hang out.
Free pool all day Sunday with Desperate Housewives at 9 pm.
50-cent tacos are served 5-9 pm Mondays with bingo at 6:30 and
karaoke at 9. Top sirloin steak dinner is served 5:30-10 pm
Tuesdays for $8.95. Win points and prizes with free Texas Hold 'Em
poker 7:30 pm Wednesdays and 6:30 pm Saturdays. Dance party
with DJ Rosi 9 pm Thursdays Dance party with DJ Lori 9 pm
Fridays and Saturdays; cover is $3.
~ STARKYS
2913 SE Stark St. • 503-230-7980
Starkys is Portland's eastside home to fine food and drinks.
~ ZAYTOON
2236 N.E. Alberta St. • 503-284-1168
Step inside the sexy, urban haven of Zaytoon and hobnob with
Alberta's finest denizens. Traditional Lebanese cuisine pleases the
palate, and exotic cocktails are liable to make you swoon, especial
ly dunng early and late night happy hours. An upstairs loft hosts a
pool table and balcony seats for Movie Night Mondays.