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Christopher Sky founded this “trashy-chic” queer dance party weeks before the pandemic hit Oregon, but the party goes on. Hungry? (1001 SE Water, clarklewispdx.com)

Coffee Beer

Run by artist Phillip Stewart, this vegan coffee shop pours Portland’s two favorite beverages.

Their pop-up-turned-restaurant Mis Tacones serves up plant-based tacos, tortas, nachos, and asada seitan Cali burritos with hand-pressed tortillas and plenty of panache. The duo also owns Stem Wine Bar, which offers tastings, wine flights, and weekend tarot readings. Huge pride parades have been hosted here since the beginning of the gay rights movement, and in more recent years there has been an increase in everyday celebration as well.

(4641 NE Fremont, redsaucepizza.com)

Sammich

Those in search of Chicago Italian beef or Montreal-style pastrami sandwiches to die for (see: the Pastrami Zombie) head to Mel McMillan’s East Burnside sammich shop. 1981 | old town

Portland’s longest-running male strip club started life amid a string of ’60s gay clubs, one of them in the building that now houses McMenamins’ Crystal Hotel.

dipping sauce: spicy with blue cheese, teriyaki & bbq with ranch

breaded round steak strips served with fries. (4142 SE 42nd, coffeebeer.me)

Friendship Kitchen and Stem Wine Bar

Wife-and-wife team Trang Nguyen Tan and Wei-En Tan run the warm, welcoming Vietnamese restaurant Friendship Kitchen and its Northwest sister location Friendship Kitchen: Saigon 2 Singapore.

Featured Events: Slutty Patio Cookout, big city disco, Gayme on

Escape Bar & Grill

Est. Most of the city’s dozen-plus queer bars opened in eras hostile to the queer community. (1438 NE Alberta, tinshedgardencafe.com)

Inside are drag stars, touring musicians, and sweaty bodies to dance against.

Long before Darcelle set the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest drag queen, long before former Portland Monthly editors Fiona McCann and Eden Dawn joined the team that shattered Guinness’s longest continuous drag show world record, audiences relied on Darcelle’s for stiff drinks and drag revues that defied Portland’s homophobic legal code more than 50 years ago.

2012 | Sumner

This queer oasis in the Parkrose-Sumner neighborhood—blocks from a popular bingo hall and the scenic Catholic shrine the Grotto—is the PDX airport’s closest destination for a long, gay layover.

gay bars in portland

2023 | king

Surreal queer paintings, starry sky projections, and a conservatory’s worth of plants make you feel like you’re in an alien jungle at this newish queer bar. may be substituted for any menu sauce at no charge

hummus, sliced genoa salami, pepperoni mozzarella cheese, kalamata olives, onion pesto spread & sliced bagguette
an assortment of sliced tillamook sharp cheddar, dill havarti, mozzarella & herbed cherve cheeses, dill aioli & sliced bagguette
italian herb breaded calamari rings & legs served with spicy chipotle & fresh lemon
romaine lettuce tossed in a creamy caesar dressing, topped with shaved parmesan cheese, mediterranean olives & house croutons
breaded chicken breast tenders served with fries
battered cod filet served with fries, tarter & fresh lemon
crispy corn battered dogs served with fries
choice of spicy, teriyaki or bbq sauces.

Tin Shed serves everything from breakfast burritos to biscuits and gravy and has been featured on the Food Network and in the New York Times. Then, while waiting for strip clubs to reopen in 2021, she launched her own brick-and-mortar inside The Redd’s Powerhouse Cafe space. Check the bar’s website for its calendar of community events including free wine tastings on Wednesdays, drag bingo, live music, and queer socials.