In The Press
PORTLAND MONTHLY - THE BEST BARS IN PORTLAND
Alex Frane & Staff - Nov 18, 2025
”Scotch Lodge produces some of the most extraordinary drinks in Portland, and does so without a jigger of pretension…”
EATER - BEST RESTAURANTS AROUND THE BUCKMAN NEIGHBORHOOD
Katrina Yentch - Mar 31, 2025
”…beyond its vast collection of grain spirits and impeccably executed beverages…”
EATER PDX - ANNOUNCEMENT
Alex Frane - Nov 29, 2018
”A Portland Whiskey Maven Is Opening a Cocktail Bar in SE...”
EATER PDX - HOTTEST BARS
Alex Frane - Oct 11, 2019
”The hotly anticipated Scotch Lodge has lived up to the hype in its short time open...”
CHOWHOUND - THE HANDS DOWN BEST COCKTAIL BAR IN EVERY US STATE
Devin Parr - Nov 11, 2025
”…opened in 2019, stocking a staggering number of whiskies available in half-pours to encourage sampling.”
PORTLAND MONTHLY - THE 50 BEST RESTAURANTS IN PDX RIGHT NOW
Karen Brooks, et al - June 3, 2024
”The best thing about this dark, sexy food and…”
PORTLAND MONTHLY - REVIEW
Karen Brooks - July 24, 2019
”Scotch Lodge, for all its scholarly curations, has not an ounce of pretension...”
OREGONIAN - ANNOUNCEMENT
Michael Russell - Nov 28, 2018
”Scotch Lodge brings rare Scotch, modern French to Southeast Portland...”
EATER - THE BEST PORTLAND, OREGON COCKTAIL BARS
Rebecca Roland - Mar 14, 2025
”This subterranean cocktail bar is home to an A-Team of bartenders…”
PORTLAND MONTHLY - BEST BAR 2019
Ramona DeNies - Oct 18, 2019
”… a daring menu lives up to the booze...”
PORTLAND MERCURY - BAR PROFILE
Thomas Ross - May 23, 2019
”Just a few weeks in, people are already flocking to Scotch Lodge...”
ESQUIRE - THE BEST BARS IN AMERICA, 2021
Rebecca Roland - May 25, 2021
”It’s simple: If you’re looking to have your mind expanded through whiskey, come here…”
OREGONIAN - BEST RESTAURANTS 2019
Michael Russell - Sep , 2019
”One of Portland's most accomplished bar menus...”
PORTLAND MONTHLY - FIRST LOOK
Ramona DeNies - April 8, 2019
”The bar “with a scotch problem” will debut with an all-star cast...”