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Recommendations
PEARL SPECIALTY MARKET
Pearl District
Liquor Store
Chicago, IL
Find | Wine / Beer / Liquor Stores - Portland, OR
It's the only liquor store in the state that also carries beer and wine. They have a really broad selection. They have all sorts of vermouth and bitters and things that other stores don't get.
NOSTRANA
Southeast Portland
Italian
Amazing restaurant. The bar program is really good and the food is unparalleled. It's Italian food that's just spectacular.
Who
Bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler is the bar manager at Clyde Common in Portland, OR and also writes about mixology and bartending.
Why
He has created one of the most popular bar programs in the country. He is also currently working with barrel-aged and carbonated bottled cocktails.
Bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler | Recommendations
August 9, 2012
Clyde Common - Portland, OR
Photographs courtesy of Clyde Common & Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Eat | Restaurants - Portland, OR
Clinton / Southeast Portland / Vietnamese /
Thai
For everything. I like the wings. I like the beer and whiskey selection.
DRIFTWOOD ROOM
www.hoteldeluxeportland.com/portland-restaurant-lounge
729 SW 15th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
T: 503.219.2094
Southwest Portland
Cocktail Bar
It's not the most cutting edge cocktail program in the world, but it's like classic and just a cool bar.
Pearl District
Cocktail Bar
It’s where I go to get schooled. My drinks are very sort of normal, just good old plain drinks and they get really crazy. They break the mold. I try to make our drinks fit into the mold and all they do is just break the mold over and over and over again.
Drink | Cocktails - Portland, OR
THE CLINTON STREET PUB
2516 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR 97202
T: 503.236.7137
Southeast Portland
Bar
I will say that this is one of my favorite bars and also one of Murray Stenson's favorite bars. It's a great dive. They’ve got a great bartender named Phil Rutherford.
WOODSMAN TAVERN
4537 SE Division Street, Portland, OR 97206
T: 971.373.8264 (make a reservation)
Southeast Portland
American
Evan Zimmerman is almost avant garde with his exploration of flavor. He is so cutting edge.
COAVA
Buckman
Coffee Bar
Really beautiful rich, deep, dark coffee.
SPELLA CAFFE
Southwest Portland
Coffee
They’re a small roaster here in Portland worth checking out.
Drink | Coffee - Portland, OR
STUMPTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS
Division
4525 SE Division Street, Portland, OR 97206
T: 503.230.7702
Belmont
3356 SE Belmont Street, Portland, OR 97214
T: 503.232.8889
Downtown
128 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
T: 503.295.6144
Annex
3352 SE Belmont Street, Portland, OR 97214
T: 503.467.4123
Stark
1026 SW Stark, Portland, OR 97205
T: 503.224.9060
Multiple Locations
Coffee
It's just consistently one of the best coffees in Portland.
HEAVEN’S DOG
SOMA
Chinese
THE PRIZEFIGHTER / BARTENDER JON SANTER
6702 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608
Emeryville
Bar
Jon Santer used to be the brand ambassador for Hendrick's Gin. He opened Bourbon and Branch back in the day. And he recently opened a bar called The Prizefighter. He is one of the saints in this business, his drinks are flawless and he's just a great host.
Eat & Drink | Cocktails & Restaurants - San Francisco, CA
THE SLANTED DOOR / BARTENDER ERIK ADKINS
1 Ferry Building #3, San Francisco, CA 94111
T: 415.861.8032 (make a reservation)
Financial District / Embarcadero
Asian Fusion / Modern Vietnamese
Erik [Adkins] is one of my favorites. He makes pretty much the best drinks I've ever had.
THE TASTING KITCHEN / BARTENDER JUSTIN PIKE
1633 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291
T: 310.392.6644 (make a reservation)
Venice
American
Justin used to work for me. I've watched him grow from a guy who was a good bartender and didn't really seem to care all that much about it, to somebody who is running one of the more innovative cocktail programs in the country. It's been a joy to watch.
Eat & Drink | Cocktails & Restaurants - Los Angeles, CA
THE VARNISH /
www.213nightlife.com/thevarnish
118 East 6th Street / Behind Cole’s, Los Angeles, CA 90014
T: 213.622.9999
Downtown
Cocktails
My favorite quote on ice comes from Eric Alpern. He said ‘ice is the bartender's fire, that we use ice in the same way that a chef, a cook, would use heat.’ Brilliant! When I heard him say that I thought, of course, genius!
THE AVIARY
Fulton Market
Cocktail Lounge
Their stuff wis really, really cool. I think it's one of the best bars in the world right now.
Drink | Cocktails - Chicago, IL
BECHEROVKA
Czechoslovakia / Carlsbad
Liqueur / Herbal
I like it's touch of a healthy dose of sweetness with a lot of spice. We use it in a drink called Kavalier and Clay, just like the book by Michael Chabon. It's tequila, Becherovka, lemon and pineapple gum syrup.
Find | Liquors / Spirits
BRITA
Water Filter
Filter water for ice cubes using a Brita.
Find | Bartender’s Products & Tools
SMALL HAND FOODS
United States / California
Gum Syrup
Small Hand Foods’ raspberry gum syrup is incredible. We use it for really traditional Clover Clubs.
TOVOLO PERFECT CUBE TRAY
Buy on Amazon.com
Water Filter
For ice at home use Tovolo Perfect Cube Trays -- they're great.
