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The 8 Best Bars & Cafés in Oregon
All 8 bars & cafés our route editors picked in Oregon, across 5 destinations, gathered in one list. Expect bars, cafés and tasting rooms, spread across 5 destinations.
Our curated picks
8 bars & cafés in Oregon, grouped by destination. Destinations with the most picks come first; this is not a ranking.
Astoria 2 picks
Buoy Beer Company
Astoria · On our Oregon Coast Hideaways route
Brewpub on a cannery pier with a glass floor panel over sea lions below.
Photo: realrjp · Google
Fort George Brewery
Astoria · On our Oregon Coast Hideaways route
Brewery and pizza-and-pub-food spot in a 1920s auto garage downtown.
Tip: The upstairs Lovell Taproom has wood-fired pizza.
Photo: Fort George Brewery · Google
Downtown Portland 2 picks
Crystal Ballroom
Downtown Portland · On our Portland New Year's Eve route
McMenamins' 1914 ballroom with a sprung 'floating' dance floor, which books a ticketed NYE concert most years.
Photo: Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 4.0Departure
Downtown Portland · On our Portland New Year's Eve route
Rooftop restaurant and lounge atop The Nines, with covered, heated terraces over downtown; it typically throws a NYE party.
Tip: The terraces are covered and heated, so rain is not a dealbreaker.
Yachats 2 picks
Green Salmon Coffee House
Yachats · On our Oregon Coast Hideaways route
Local coffeehouse with organic drinks and baked goods.
Photo: Bnagle · Google
WildCraft Cider & Pantry
Yachats · On our Oregon Coast Hideaways route
Dry ciders and beer with a local-sourced menu, in the old Yachats Brewing bank building.
Photo: Lorie H · Google
Cannon Beach 1 pick
Pelican Brewing Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach · On our Oregon Coast Hideaways route
Pelican's brewery and taproom a short walk from the beach.
Photo: Pelican Brewing – Cannon Beach · Google
Portland 1 pick
Multnomah Whiskey Library
Portland · On our Pacific Northwest route
Leather-and-wood whiskey bar with 1,500+ bottles and a rolling cart service.
Tip: Walk-in waits can be long; reservations help.
Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
How we picked these
Every entry is a stop on at least one of TripsCircle's hand-curated routes, chosen by our route editors, who wrote the reason to go shown with each place. These are our curated picks, not a scored ranking: we haven't rated or reviewed them against each other. The list is grouped by destination, and within each destination places that appear on more routes come first.
Prices ($ to $$$$) and visit lengths are rough guides from our route notes, not quotes. Check opening hours before you go.
About this list
How did you choose the bars & cafés in Oregon?
Each one is a stop on a TripsCircle route that our editors built by hand, and each comes with a written reason to go. This page shows all 8 of them. They are curated picks, not a ranked score.
Which part of Oregon has the most bars & cafés on this list?
Astoria, Downtown Portland and Yachats lead with 2 each; the other picks are spread across 2 more destinations.
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Destinations on this list
- Astoria 2 on this list
- Downtown Portland 2 on this list
- Yachats 2 on this list
- Cannon Beach 1 on this list
- Portland 1 on this list
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