Dots Cafe
Bar · Hosford-Abernathy ·
Velvet art, slushies, vegan & meaty chili, late nights
Velvet art, slushies, vegan & meaty chili, late nights
"Something between a dive bar and an old-school diner with vinyl booths and velvet art pieces, Dots Cafe stays open until 2 a.m. each day. It does so with an extensive bar menu that offers options for all sorts of diners, including vegan BBQ sandwiches, burgers slathered with tomato jam, and cheese-and-bacon-loaded fries." - Thom Hilton
"An early pioneer of the slushie cocktail, the dark, velvet-walled diner and bar Dots Cafe has had a rotating daily special for years now. The bar usually stocks fun, seasonal variations like a blended Hemingway margaritas, summery watermelon drinks, and a hibiscus hurricane made with rum, passionfruit, hibiscus, and citrus. The prices for slushies typically stay in the single-digits, which is becoming a rarer sight in Portland." - Rebecca Roland
"Dot’s Cafe still feels like ’90s Portland in the best way. Somewhere between a diner and a dive bar, this lounge-y, old school Portland bar specializes in cheap drinks and no-frills bar food, executed well. Dot’s is an appropriate place to go get some beers and a plate of loaded fries after a night at Clinton Street Theater, especially after a late showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show." - Eater Staff
"Something between a dive bar and an old-school diner with vinyl booths and velvet art pieces, Dots Cafe stays open until 2 a.m. each day. It does so with an extensive bar menu that offers options for all sorts of diners, including vegan BBQ sandwiches, burgers slathered with tomato jam, and cheese-and-bacon-loaded french fries." - Thom Hilton
"I visited this dive-bar-diner (one of the few places in Portland open past midnight) for its month-long series of cocktails themed to horror films playing at the Clinton Street Theater across the street, including “The Beast” for Mandy on Oct 22, “The Lady in the Radiator” for Eraserhead on Oct 27, and “Silver Bullet and Fire” for The Howling on Oct 28." - Alex Frane