Buffalo Gap Saloon & Eatery

Katie Breeden
By WW Contributor

6835 SW Macadam Ave., 503-244-7111, thebuffalogap.com.

If you've been to John's Landing and haven't stopped at Buffalo Gap, have you even been to John's Landing? This dimly lit maze of a bar, which opened in 1973, was one of Portland's first beer gardens. Local bands play upstairs in the Attic, and there's a game room as well as killer happy-hour deals. The soups and salads are surprisingly good.

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