The Liquor Store

(Jason DeSomer)

3341 SE Belmont St., 503-754-7782, theliquorstorepdx.com.

Most nights feature a DJ on the main level, where craft cocktails and shelves of pulp fiction books and vinyl set a comfortably cool vibe. To bust a move, head downstairs during a live show for an intimate, sweaty basement party every time the hip-hop, indie-rock or dance act takes the stage.

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