Off Day Eats
Life’s not fair. Not every girl can marry a rich and handsome French champagne maker, not every cow can be a Wagyu, not every melon can be a perfectly ripe chanterais, and not every day can be Friday, Saturday, or even Thursday (the new Friday). Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays have their advantages though–since many restaurants are closed on some combination of these days to “relax,” “spend time with family,” or “go fishing,” their open and toiling brethren have compensated by offering alluring deals and specials like the ones listed below. One man’s day off is another man’s treasure. Or, rather, another man’s all-night happy hour.
Sunday
Bridgeport Alehouse
All day Sunday, you can kick back at Bridgeport Alehouse with $2.75 Imperial pints and food specials–including a $3 Alehouse salad with hazelnuts and a walnut cider vinaigrette, $4 mac ‘n cheese with smoked cheddar and Kettle chip crumbs, $6.50 burgers and pulled pork sandwiches, and $8 pizzas baked on housemade Blue Heron ale dough.
Clyde Common
Sunday nights used to be 100% melancholy, but then I found out that all bottles of sparkling wine are half off all night long at Clyde Common, and now Sunday nights are positively effervescent.
- Location: 1014 SW Stark St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.228.3333
- Hours: Sun 5-11pm
El Gaucho
On Sunday even a low baller can be a high roller at this lux downtown steakhouses’s all night happy hour. $14 steak frites, $2.50 oyster shooters, and $6 ginger cosmos, are just a few of the deals to be had in the swanky lounge and the cigar lounge.
Gracie’s
You might want to sit down before you read this, but Gracie’s restaurant inside the glammy downtown Hotel DeLuxe has Bottomless Mimosas during Sunday brunch. Yes, bottomless. As in, they keep on coming, forever and ever, or until you are asked to leave because you’re complimenting the server on his beautiful third and fourth eyes.
- Location: 729 SW 15th Ave. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.222.2171
- Hours: Mon-Fri 6:30am-2pm, 5-10pm, Sat-Sun 8am-2pm, 5-10pm
McMenamin’s Back Stage Bar
Sundays and Tuesdays are Free Pool Days at McMenamin’s seven-story tall Back Stage Bar, a dark and secrety be-muraled speakeasy hidden behind the Bagdad Theater screen. You’ll have to spring for $6 worth of grub and beer to get your complimentary 8-ball–which means an obligatory pint of Terminator Stout and a cheeseburger will put you in free pool heaven.
Portland City Grill
So it’s Sunday and your lazy heinie has slept through church, brunch, and that yard work date with your grandmother, but you still have a chance to do something worthwhile today–Portland City Grill’s iconic happy hour-with-a-view begins at 4pm and goes until close, with $2-$6 food specials and free panoramic views.
- Location: 111 SW 5th Ave, 30th floor, Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.450.0030
- Hours: Sun 4-11pm
- Fare: Complimentary panoramic views of Portland from 30 stories up (sort of compensates for no drink specials), food specials $2-$6
Sapphire Hotel
SE Hawthorne’s sexy Sapphire Hotel’s Sunday brunch is all the hotter for having $10 bottomless mimosas to go with your Meyer Lemon crepes, Mediterranean Benedict and Sweet Potato and Yam Strata.
Tin Shed
Sit out on the Tin Shed’s beautiful garden patio and enjoy happy hour from 3 pm until close–$3 well cocktails, drafts & wine; $5 specialty cocktail; $3-$6 food specials.
Monday
Academy Theater
On Monday night, you can see two consecutive movies at the Academy Theater for a mere $6. That means more moola for Flying Pie Pizza, Nathan’s hot dogs, organic chocolate, ice cream, microbrews and of course, popcorn and Sour Patch kids.
- Location: 7818 SE Stark St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.252.0500
- Hours: Vary, see website for showtimes
Country Cat’s Burger ‘n a Beer
Sometimes there’s nothing you need more on a Monday evening than a big juicy burger and a pint. So head to Country Cat Dinnerhouse for their weekly Monday Night Special–their signature burger and a pint of draft beer for $12. And if you’re in “the Industry,” take advantage of Country Cat’s Service Industry Night special–buy one entree, get the second one half off.
- Location: 7937 SE Stark St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.408.1414
- Hours: 5-9pm
Living Room Theater
Every show in this plush, relaxing downtown luxury theater is $5 all day long on Mondays and Tuesdays, and all night too. Combine this with happy hour food and drink specials (order before the show and enjoy seat service) from 4-6 pm and you’ve got the makings of a beautiful friendship.
Mississippi Pizza
Every Monday night, Mississippi Pizza holds an adult spelling bee, starting at 7pm. Get there at 6:30pm for sign ups. Get there even earlier to enjoy happy hour specials from 3pm-5:30pm–$1.75 Cheese, Pepperoni, & Vegan pizza by the slice, $12 microbrew pitcher, $6 PBR pitcher, $.50 off bere. I mean, beer.
Thatch
Most normal people think Mondays are pretty much the pits and would be far better spent at a Hawaiian beach bar or on a Polynesian veranda than at engaged in boring everyday normal life. Enter Mai Tai Mondays at Thatch Tiki Bar–all night $5 rum Mai Tais to go with your Pu-Pus and your Polynesian fantasies.
- Location: 2733 NE Broadway St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.281.8454
- Hours: Mon 4-11pm
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Tuesday
Academy Theater
Two for Tuesdays special–buy one movie ticket get one free, leaving you more money for Flying Pie pizza, ice cream, and microbrews.
- Location: 7818 SE Stark St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.252.0500
- Hours: 3:30pm - 11:00pm
Concordia Ale House
From noon to midnight on Two Dollar Tuesdays, Concordia Ale House gives you a chance to sample, sip and slam a selection of 22 bottled beers for only two dollars–the list spans everything from Sessions to Dead Guy Ale to Kilt Lifter. For those who spurn the bottle, two draft beers are on special for $3.25, and the happy hour menu is offered from 3-6pm and again from 9pm to close.
- Location: 3276 NE Killingsworth St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.287.3929
- Hours: 12pm-midnight
Country Cat
It’s only Tuesday and you’re already dragging Thursday-style on your way home from work. You need a friendly face, some comfort food, and a stiff drink, but your S.O. left you because you work and drink too much, and your cooking skills are something out of a Carls Jr. commercial. Country Cat has your back with their Tuesday night “Weeknight Special,” the PB&J–a hearty Pork Sandwich, BBQ Baked Beans, & a jigger of Jack Daniels, all for only $10. Sit at the bar, maybe you’ll meet a new someone special to eat your weeknight special with you.
- Location: 7937 SE Stark St., Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.408.1414
- Hours: 5pm-close
La Calaca Comelona
SE Belmont’s morbidly festive Mexican favorite La Calaca Comelona extends their delicioso happy hour menu all night on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in both the bar and restaurant. Cocktail specials are $4-$5.50 and well drinks are $3.50, get 50 cents off draft beers, and fill up on appetizers like taquitos, grilled red potatoes with garlic & lime, mini quesadillas, spinach tortillas, croquettes, guacamole salad for $2-$6.50–precios baratos!
- Location: 2304 SE Belmont St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.239.9675
- Hours: 5:30pm-close (between 9-11pm)
Living Room Theater
Every show in this plush, relaxing downtown luxury theater is $5 all day long on Mondays and Tuesdays, and all night too. Combine this with happy hour food and drink specials (order before the show and enjoy seat service) from 4-6 pm and you’ve got the makings of a beautiful friendship.
McMenamin’s Back Stage Bar
Sundays and Tuesdays are Free Pool Days at McMenamin’s seven-story tall Back Stage Bar, a dark and secrety be-muraled speakeasy hidden behind the Bagdad Theater screen. You’ll have to spring for $6 worth of grub and beer to get your complimentary 8-ball–which means an obligatory pint of Terminator Stout and a cheeseburger will put you in free pool heaven.
Podnah’s Pit BBQ
On Tuesdays, you can eat ribs all day long for only $1.75 each, or order an entire rack for $20. Since you’ll need something to wash all those ribs down with, all four domestic draft beers are $1 off.
- Location: 1469 NE Prescott St. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.281.3700
- Hours: Tue 11am-9pm
Three Doors Down
It’s happy hour all night long on Tuesday at this popular Hawthorne cafe, with meal-worthy cheap eats like $4 Bibb Lettuce salads with chives and smoked bacon and $8 bowls of tortiglione with vodka sauce and spicy sausage, and $5 cocktails and wine specials.
Trebol
On Taco Tuesday nights at North Portland Mexican restaurant Trebol, $10 will get you two tasty tacos, a shot of 100% Luna Azul tequila, and a tall boy of PBR to chase it.
- Location: 4835 N Albina Ave. Portland Map it!
- Phone Number: 503.517.9347
- Hours: 5-10pm
