A Brief Guide To Portland's Cocktail Scene

Text and photo by Emily McIntyre, Paste Magazine

For a conclusive sample of the cool, creative, and sometimes confusing Portland food & beverage culture in one glass, stop in at Expatriate, a bar built around the personality of Kyle Linden Webster and his James Beard-nominated wife and nearby Beast owner, Naomi Pomeroy. Anything you drink here will be balanced, boozy, and damned cool, but try the Precariat and see if it reminds you of the crisp mountain air Webster had in mind when he created it.