[HDHH] Portland Hump Day Happy Hour

Happy Hour 468: Wednesday, 5/24

SoLo
1300 NW Lovejoy (South of Lovejoy as the name implies)
503-220-0080
www.solobar.net

New spot in the Pearl with an awesome (heated) patio space.  Really friendly staff ready to serve. This one is a don't miss spot, and they know we are coming (reserved under HDHH if you get their early).

Happy hour until 7:00 includes ½ off small plates, $1 off beers, $2 off "infusions" and $3-3.75 wells.

Happy Hour 467: Wednesday, 5/17

Madison's
1109 SE Madison St
503-230-2471

A perennial favorite of our krewe, with an excellent patio. Conveniently located near Green Star Laboratories; I am going to rally your help post happy hour for last minute décor and set up at the lab.

Happy Hour 466: Wednesday, 5/10

Pour Wine Bar & Bistro
2755 NE Broadway
503-288-7687

Awesome food, extensive wine selection, knowledgeable and friendly staff, uber cool retro mod space.  Happy hour food specials til 6.

Happy Hour 465: Wednesday, 5/3

Marinepolis Sushi Land
135 NW 10th St.
(503) 546-9933

The swankiest of this chain of sushi restaurants also has a full bar and upstairs lounge area!  It still has the conveyor sushi and the very reasonable prices of their other restaurants.  Hooray for them!

They do have a happy hour although the details are sketchy.  If you like fish you cant beat their freshness or prices even without happy hour specials.

Happy Hour 464: Wednesday, 4/26

Dublin Pub
6821 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy
503-297-2889
www.dublinpubpdx.com

Great happy hour until 7PM: $4 menu, domestics $2.25, micros $3.25, wells $2.75 andcalls are $1 off. 

Happy Hour 463: Wednesday, 4/19

Sellwood Public House
8132 SE 13th Ave
503-736-0182
http://www.sellwoodpublichouse.com/

Quirky, cool joint upstairs that plays hipster music with nightly blues.  NY style, brick oven pizza and BBQ are their mainstays and I've been told are fabulous.

HH runs 4-6pm, AND Wednesdays are also pint night from 5:30pm-9pm. They have liquor and 12 micros on tap!

Happy Hour 462: Wednesday, 4/12

THUNDER RANCH
13456 SE McLoughlin [Google Map]
Milwaukie, across from the Bomber
503-653-ROCK
http://www.thunderranchsaloon.com/

This is a fairly ambitious happy hour, being 3 miles due South of Sellwood on McLoughlin.  If you can make it I encourage you to giddyup and check out something completely different!

As far as cowboy bars go, this one reigns supreme in these parts.  A giant, glitzy space complete with mechanical bull, “Jack Daniels shot chair,” large dance floor and yes, even real thunder (as real as it gets inside a bar anyway).  It’s rumored they spent over a million to renovate this old Red Lobster, and it shows.  Excellent bar food I am told, with veg options limited to salads, fried and one salmon dish.

Happy hour until 6PM, Karaoke at 9.  I get the strange feeling singing Creep, or anything Radiohead would be inappropriate.

Happy Hour 461: Wednesday, 4/5

Fenouil  "Fen-e-lee"
900 NW 11th Ave [Google Map]
503-525-2225

Still basking in the afterglow of an awesome anniversary happy hour, we will be continuing the magic at this gorgeous French brasserie in the Pearl.  The impressive two story dining area looks out on Jameson Square and the city.

Happy hour until 6PM includes food and drink specials but I couldn't tell you what they are...Instead of answering the phones they are probably out protesting something or other like good French folk are known to do.

9th Anniversary at Bettie Fords

BETTIE FORD LOUNGE
SW 12th & Washington
503-445-8331

The HDHH 9th Anniversary at Bettie Ford Lounge was a wicked success!!! Thank you Kate for organizing and making all the arrangements for the happy hour specials with Bettie Ford Lounge. They had $3 well drinks, $2 beer and 1/2 off food specials from 5-9pm. I didn't find the Mango drink special they made for us exciting. It tasted like cough syrup. Did anyone actually like it? What was in that drink anyway? I somehow managed to make it out of there spending only $15.50 on more than a handful of GnTs, Gin & Ginger Ales, Bloody Marys, and not to mention the yummy Club Sandwich I scarfed down earlier at the start of the evening. But I must thank Jon for buying me a couple of those Bloody Marys...they were delicious! I promise to buy you a drink next time.

By 7pm the main lounge was packed with familiar faces as well as new ones. The HDHH kewl cats from various social clusters in Portland banded together for an evening of debauchery with booze, food, beautiful people and dancing to thumping beats by our very own DJs Josh, Brian, Henry, Dawn and Dave. Jeff also gave away door prizes to every lush that walked in. Everyone there was a rock star! It was quite amusing to be served by a bartender who looked like Slash and the Bettie Ford baby t-shirts on the female staff were um..shall I say tight. Oh the good times! Have you checked into rehab yet? Was anyone else hurting Thursday morning? What a great night!!!

Welcome Happy Hour Addicts!

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