Matt Love's guide to North & Central Coast Bars "Let It Pour" is a good start...
Let's hear about some recommendations or reasons why not...
But here's a list of Oregon Coast & Valley bars I have drunk in in the past couple month's...
The Standard [ne pdx]...Hamm's Bear statue
North [se pdx]...$3 Ninkasi happy hour pints
East Burn [e pdx]...$2 Tuesdays on all pints, bam, good rotating selection
Fort George [astoria]...disinterested bored waitress
Bridge Tender [seaside]...do not make eye contact with any regular unless you are looking for a fight or a friend for life
The Lutz...[se pdx...I don't remember much
Tavern & Pool...[nw pdx]...I have friend's that work there
Sportsman's...[pc]...sooloo, nuff said
Bistro...[pc]...sooloo again
Boons Treasury...[salem]...did you know Salem has the most bar fights per capita in Oregon? Sweet!
Matador...[w burnside]...full of sorrow
Renners...[multnomah]...sorrow on a more intimate scale
Commodore...[off w burnside]...Barfly was filmed here, sorrow
Beaulahland...[ne 28th pdx]...hipster blase
Green Dragon [se pdx]...sooloo again
Hillsdale Public House...[sw pdx]...by my house