Teardrop Lounge. | Dina Avila Where to find Portland’s classic cocktails When you think about it, Portland really is a beverage city. It's known for exacting coffee roasters and award-winning breweries, and its major role in the craft movements of both. The city itself is positioned between two world-class wine regions, and several distilleries pull water from the Bull Run Watershed to create gins, whiskies, and even aquavit. So of course, Portland’s cocktail scene is no exception: The city’s bars often balance the approachable with the inventive — incorporating house syrups, shrubs, and bitters; barrel-aging and fat-washing; infusing and clarifying drinks that can be simple and austere or fun and elaborate. Find our guide to the city’s cocktail bars below; for more recent additions to the city’s scene, this map may help.