Top 5 “Even if it’s jazz or the quiet storm/ I hook a beat up, convert it into hip-hop form.” —“I Ain’t No Joke” (Paid in Full, 1987) “Thinkin’ of a master plan/ ’Cause ain’t nothin�   More

Food Reviews & Stories Like a Los Angeles bar pulled up by its short hairs and plopped down on Burnside: rockers, groupies, busty burlesque-lovers, AM radio jockeys and doughnut shop owners reveling in its strip-clubthat’s-not-really-a-strip-club vibe. HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE (live), LIVEMUSIC, DJs, FIREPLACE/PIT, COMED   More

Food Reviews & Stories This is what a Los Angeles bar would look like if it were pulled up by its short hairs and plopped down on Burnside. Think rockers, groupies and busty burlesque-lovers sidling up to clowns (real clowns), AM radio jockeys and doughnut-shop owners. For years now, an alt-friendly crowd has been coming    More

Food Reviews & Stories Bartender’s choice: Jack Daniels and PBR (“Keep it country, man!”); Sinferno Cabaret/Sex Industry Night (“Best thing going on Sundays in Portland.”)The much beloved Dante’s has picked up where the old Satyricon (not to be confused with the new one) left off, and w   More

Food Reviews & Stories Take pretty much everything you’d expect from a Portland bar. Bands both obscure and national. Tatted punkers intermingling with old codgers. Stiff drinks. And, on special nights, fire, chains, whips and nudity. Dante’s is among the most stereotypically Portlandian of the city’s ba   More