The drunk people of Portland have spoken! After taking nominations for fave raves in the PDX bar scene over the last few weeks, we narrowed the long, long list down to the top four most frequently nominated folks in each category. Final voting w

Dearest Darlings: I know, I know, you can't hardly wait for tonight's big Club 21 grand re-opening (or, 're-grand opening,' as a tattered banner on my local dry cleaner said for a couple of years). Le Club is now under promising ne

Happy OktoMataBusFest! WTF is OktoMataBusFest? Just another super-duper extra-awesome weekend here in the best city, ever! There's so much afoot in the next few, let's get right to it, shall we? Now, of course, we'll be kicking off the we

Happy OktoMataBusFest! WTF is OktoMataBusFest? Just another super-duper extra-awesome weekend here in the best city, ever! There's so much afoot in the next few, let's get right to it, shall we? Now, of course, we'll be kicking off the w

If you don't have a spare $70-$250 (?!) laying around, and thus will not be attending this year's MFNW (which I like to think stands for 'Masturbation Fest Northwest'), you're in good company - me, too! Luckily for us, the sour

Needing a DJ at Hotties in Beaverton. Position is a volunteer job for friday and saturday nights with a $50 payout plus $5 minimum payout from each dancer. I need someone to start ASAP. TONIGHT!!!! Please call CC at 503-643-7377. Thanks so much. 

Hey all. My boyfriend and I will be visiting Portland for the Music Fest NW next month, and I would love to go out on Saturday night and get my dance on :) I've read so many reviews about all of the different bars, and it can be a little overwhel

Dearest Darlings: Today, Friday, July 22nd, T.G.I.BarFly pops up at Swift, with special guest deejay, Statutory Ray aka "DJ HazMatt"! If you haven't been to Swift, you're in for a treat - the cocktails are absolutely divine, the s

Dearest Darlings: This week, we're taking T.G.I.BarFly for our first visit to NoPo! On Friday, July 15th, T.G.I.BarFly pops up at Foggy Notion, with special guest deejay, DJ Rockthrower! While DJ Rockthrower serves up heaping helpings of all th

Dearest Darlings: I am pleased as punch to present none other than Portland's premier one-man hot dog band, Frank Furter and the Hot Dogs, live at The Slammer for today's T.G.I.BarFly, from 5-8pm! The Slammer will be serving up FREE HOT DOG

Dearest Darlings: Happy Birthday, America! You don't look a day over 234 to me. What do you use, anyway? Whatever it is, I bet it involves plenty of everybody's best friend, alcohol! With the Spirit(s) of '76 in mind, BarFly's book-

Dearest Darlings: It's a big BarFly weekend! We're turning 12 years old on Sunday, and we're celebrating with our biggest and best BarFly Anniversary BBQ Bash, yet! It's this Sunday, June 26th, 2pm-10pm, at the Tonic (see below for t

Dearest Darlings: Hope your week's been as much f-u-n as mine. I don't want to make anyone too jealous, but yesterday, BarFly got HACKED. Just like one of the big kid websites! Anyhoo, you'll forgive me if I just go straight to happy hou

Dearest Darlings:I am very excited to say that today is the first live music T.G.I.BarFly! We've got the extra-witty, ineffably charming, alarmingly catchy songs of Rian O'Hara, performed by none other than Rian O'Hara himself!We'll b

Dearest Darlings: Hope you've been enjoying your weekly helping of BarFlySPAM! My own mailbox has just been jam-packed. Being incredibly popular, well respected, and much sought-after, I always get tons of email, everything from thoughtful inqui

Babe Force BarFly, a.k.a. The BarFly Bikini Team (in good weather!), made its debut at the 2011 BarFly Awards, and will be making appearances at BarFly's new weekly pop-up happy hour parties, T.G.I.BarFly, and various other promo opps about town,

Last night's 2011 BarFly Awards was quite the spectacle! Thanks to everyone who came out, except for the person who 'accidentally' took home a laptop and backpack belonging to BarFly. Please turn it in to the bartender on duty at Sewickly

The awards are tonight, folks, and that means it's time to vote. Voting is by text message, and is open from 8pm-10pm tonight.  VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:Voting short code is 50618. A short code is a 5-digit phone number. Enter it in the phon

Every year, the BarFly Awards celebrates the best and the brightest in the Portland bar scene. Nominations are solicited online, and the top four nominees are invited to compete in the final voting, done live and in person, at the BarFly Awards Gala,

 The boss lady has been on me a while to get going on this thing that I said I’d start writing about beer. The problem about writing about beer in Portland is that it’s kind of like writing about the spank trade in the San Fernando V

Nominate your favorite barkeeps, servers, dancers, hairstylists, writers, DJs, KJs, TJs, cabbies, cooks, and bouncers for a 2011 BarFly Award today! Click here to go to the official nominations survey. Nominations for the 2011 BarFly Awards (a.k.a. &

Let's get political! Join your fellow Americans in bars across Portland, to watch tonight's State of the Union Address (SOTU). It starts at 6pm, otherwise known as happy hour, here on the left coast.  We'll be adding to this list, th

Not being a football fan at all, I had no idea this was coming up. But, my lack of American manliness should not get in the way of your good time.Here are what some of the bars are doing for the BCS:Bossanova -  One of the few times you will not

  I like going to the Dolphin 2. Why? You might ask. Mainly it is because of Natalia. Natalia is that special talent a real professional, at her job, but with the a charm to make you feel like you have known her your whole li

Lacking anything remotely interesting to say, I’ll resort to two old standbys: sports and the weather. And because I know that City Sports Team played their sport so terrible this season, I’ll skip the sports and talk about the weath

Email of the week from a friend I don't know named "Bro", who has this idea that topless darlings with unnatural hair color are going to follow him to the tranquil, unspoiled beaches of the lower Sandy River for some sexing up on a mass

Sweeping dust off the moldy oldies updating others with long over due info, BarFly's thankless word slaves have given us the following:Whiskey Bar & Lounge Valentine's Top of the Hill Tavern Tanuki Sweet Masterpiece Station 66 Slapp

Portland’s bipolar spring weather did its best to ruin Sunday Softball’s fun this week. All but four games were rained out, and the games that happened had to be played in muddy conditions. The Know and Vern tried their best but only

 Sunday, May 23, 2010 (Week 3) Portland Sunday Softball Game Schedule:Doug Fir (0-2) @ Powell's (1-1) 11am University ParkSlingshot (1-1) @ Tiga (2-0) 1pm University  ParkBasement (0-2) @ Willy Week (2-0) 11am Farragut  ParkThe V

The Matador Goddamn Bobcats finally managed to beat Team Mercury! Since the leagues conception, these two teams have had a somewhat turbulent relationship (see The Mercury’s column from 2006.). While some disagreements have happened in the p

Like every other dork, I love Lost and I'm looking to get my drink on with other Losties for the season finale, if for no other reason than to take a shot of whiskey and cuss at you for spewing inane theories. I'm sure other people are as wel

 Slabtown (1-0) @ Willy Week (1-0), 11am, University ParkTube (0-1) @ Mississippi Records (1-0), 1pm, University ParkBasement (0-1) @ Tiga (1-0), 11am, Farragut ParkDisjecta (0-1) @ The Know (0-1), 1pm, Farragut ParkMeridian (0-1) @ Yamhill Pub

We thought we'd start a blog just for the fallen brave men and women of the Sunday Softball League. Congratulations to Chris from The Vern (smushed ear), and Grover of Powell's (dislocated shoulder), for being the first two casualties of the

 It was an amazing start to the 2010 Portland Sunday Softball League season! There were many close games last Sunday (5/9/10), including the epic rematch of last year’s championship game, Slammer vs Disjecta. Once again the Slammer prevail

Portland Sunday Softball League is back for its fifth official season, as of this Sunday, May 9th, 2010. Catch your favorite bartenders, cooks, waiters, and regulars, live, in person, sweaty and a little drunk, on diamonds all over town. Miss a game

I could fill up our server's disk space with rants about OLCC's contradictive existence and mind-numblingly retarded rationale behind, well, everything they do. The OLCC's new happy hour rules basically state "You can advertise price

April 17th 6pm @ East BurnOld friends of mine are releasing their family beer for public consumption. I've heard it is good stuff, so come and drink with me.

FYI - even if you didn't get a confirmation message in reply to your vote last night, your vote was still received and counted. The service was just overwhelmed for a while, on the outgoing end.Congrats to all our nominees and winners, and thanks

This year, the BarFly Awards are getting our text on, and going tree-free! All voting will be conducted via text message, between 8pm and 10pm, on Sunday, April 11th, during the BarFly Awards Gala. Even if you're among the hoi polloi who were not

This just in from the folks at East Burn:~April Fool's Brewers for Boobs! This Thursday, April 1st 7:00pm-10pm EastBurn Annex  It's a Brew-off with Laurelwood, Lompoc, Hopworks, Full Sail, and Everybody's Brewing.Join us for a tastin

Julian at PdxPipeline just launched a site that documents all the wonderful Portland tattoos. It is quite addictive, even just looking at the photos. http://tattoosofportland.com/

Man, ya know how sometimes you get laid off from your lame-ass job last summer and at the time that it happens, it seems like the greatest thing in the world? Like maybe it's gonna be a fantastic turn of events that allows you to

Nominees are listed alphabetically, by first name. Final voting will be conducted live at the 2010 BarFly Awards, at the Mount Tabor,  on Sunday, April 11, 2010, 8pm-12am. Please note, awards may not be given in this order at the event. Award pr

This is bugbite and i'm looking forward to becoming part of the team that always wins. Thanx cousin for giving me an oppertunity to go back to work, my famiely and i thank you for the extra income   :)  :)

I'll preface by saying this: I'm not against Yelp. It is a wonderful concept, similar to what helped build BarFly. It is far too bad that it has got to the point where I end up stereotyping all Yelpers as self-entitled glory whores. You might

Welcome to the poverty-row reboot of There Will Be Blood, wherein we will be reviewing the Marys of one establishment at a time, as opposed to several.  "Excess in moderation" is a fine consolation; we all do what we have to in these c

Keep checking back here for the all your Portland NYE poop. Is your bar hosting a New Year's Eve party? Drop us a line at info@barflypdx.com and we'll be sure to include you, too! Please include any and all pertinent info, including drink spe

Keep checking back here for bars offering Christmas cheer! Do you work and/or live at a bar that's open on Christmas? Drop us a line at info@barflypdx.com and we'll be sure to include your info, too. Be sure to include any and all pertinent i

I'm not a football fan myself, but the University of Oregon/Oregon State civil war game is always a big deal, particularly when the outcome determines which team goes to the Rose Bowl. So, for our football watching friends, here is a list of plac