Northeast (NE)

Closing out the Portland Book Festival with a special edition Soju Party, celebrating Korean food, drinking culture, and Irene Yoo’s James Beard Award-winning cookbook, Soju Party: How to Drink (and Eat!) Like a Korean, as part of Portland Book Festival’s “living cookbook” weekend.

Expect Han Oak favorites and anju-inspired bites with specialty soju + wine cocktails with CHO Wines, and plenty of reasons to raise a glass. Irene will be there celebrating the book, with copies available for purchase throughout the evening. Come eat, drink, and learn to party like a Korean. Everyone’s invited.

About the author:

Irene Yoo is a Korean American food writer, recipe developer, chef and co-owner of Brooklyn’s Orion Bar, whose work explores Korean food, drinking traditions, and the culture of gathering around the table.

Sixteen of pop culture's most-discussed vampires, each paired with its own wine, at the Portland wine bar that turns fandom into a tasting menu. From Bela Lugosi–era classics to Buffy's Spike to Baldur's Gate's Astarion, the lineup spans a century of vampire media in one seven-day flight. One of Pairings, Portland's most popular past flights, is returning for a limited run. Casual, no wine snobbery required — just characters worth arguing about over a glass.

Join Portland Parks Golf for a festive Shop and Sip Makers Market celebrating local art, handmade goods, and the flavors of the season. Get a head start on holiday shopping while discovering unique, locally made treasures from talented artists and makers. Enjoy a complimentary winetasting and house-made small plates as you browse, connect with local creators, and soak up the holiday spirit. It’s a wonderful way to support small businesses, find thoughtful gifts, and gather with the community for a little seasonal cheer.

ALL moms are welcome to this lil happy hour: divorced moms, single moms, partnered moms, mom-types — come hang. AKA COOL MOMS. One glass of wine or N/A cocktail is included in the ticket price. As is a delicious spread of food catered by our lovely friends at Guilder.

A fisherwoman in a small seaside village gets so tired of her neighbors' teasing that she commissions a husband woven from wicker, and the village is thrown into an uproar. For one week, Pairings Portland is pairing a wine flight to Wicker, the Sundance favorite starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki. Each wine is matched to a piece of the story: the fisherwoman, her handmade husband and the scandalized neighbors. Pairings is a neighborhood wine shop and bar in Northeast Portland that builds a new themed flight every week. You can taste as few as five wines or as many as the lineup holds, and nine or more gets you 10% off bottles.

A small selection of non-alcoholic wines and sodas is also available. All are welcome, and fun will be had.

Low Key Mondays at Tomorrow’s Verse.

No trivia. No bands. No schedule to keep up with. Just a laid back neighborhood hang with good people, board games, cards, easy conversation, and $6 pints from 3PM–8PM.

Come decompress, meet some neighbors, bring a friend, or claim a cozy corner and stay awhile

Pairings Portland pours a weeklong wine flight inspired by Wildwood, Laika's new stop-motion film based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis's books. The film is set in the woods just outside Portland. Taste up to nine wines, each paired to a character. Reservations recommended; walk-ins welcome.

Celebrate the release of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping with a themed wine flight at Pairings Portland Wine Shop and Bar in Northeast Portland. Pairing nine wines with favorite characters from Suzanne Collins’ prequel, the story of young Haymitch Abernathy and the 50th Hunger Games. It runs Thanksgiving week; nine pairings for $45. Reservations are recommended, and walk-ins are welcome.

Gilmore Girls Through the Seasons at Pairings Portland. Nine wines paired to nine of the coziest episodes from across the show's run, from first snowfalls to small-town festivals. Flights are $30–$65, or $45 for all nine. Reservations recommended; walk-ins welcome.

A one-week Friendsgiving wine flight paired to the Peanuts gang: the well-meaning host, the friend who invites everyone, the loyal sidekick, the blanket philosopher and one very ambitious beagle. It’s cozy, low-stakes and welcoming to everyone, whether you live here or you’re in town for the holiday.