You can order food from the neighboring dive restaurant the Roxy and bring it over. Scandals features pool tables, a sidewalk patio, trivia, viewing parties, karaoke, and monthly live jazz. Scandals At 40 years young, Scandals is among Portland’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vestige of downtown’s long-gone Vaseline Alley gay district. It’s technically in the Pearl District but is an easy walk from the Old Town gay bars. Santé Bar A piano bar offering cocktails, live jazz, TV musical viewing parties, and open mics with everything from storytelling and poetry to live music. Status: Open for takeout, delivery, and dine-in While it shows LGBTQ+ artwork and serves brunch and tasting parties for restaurant pop-ups, Local Lounge has an unpretentious atmosphere with $1 tacos. Local Lounge This is a neighborhood bar with a calendar full of drag revues, variety shows, karaoke nights, and dance parties. Escape is probably the closest thing Portland has to a full-time lesbian bar, though it welcomes anyone who wants to have a good time. Status: Open for dine-inĮscape Bar & Grill Escape Bar & Grill serves the LGBTQ+ community and friends closest to I-205 with pool, karaoke, games, and a full menu. Eagle This North Portland gay bar has pool, a covered smoking patio, and no-frills drinks, and primarily appeals to gay men who like Tom of Finland and Robert Mapplethorpe, if you know what I mean.