2026 Highball Week: Get Specialty Cocktails for $10

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Discover new bars and find your new favorite craft cocktail during Portland Mercury’s Highball Week.

A highball is traditionally a mixed drink with a whiskey, bourbon or scotch base topped off with ginger beer or soda water and served over ice in a highball glass. During Highball Week, some of Portland’s best bartenders are mixing up the classic with a variety of hard liquors, sodas, juices, syrups and bitters.

Highball Week is taking place May 25-31, 2026. At each participating location, you’ll find $10 craft cocktails available all day.

More than 25 bars and restaurants are participating in this year’s event. 

Here are Portland Mercury’s Highball Week bars along with descriptions of the cocktails available at a discount for one week only.

2026 Highball Week

Here are the restaurants and bars participating in Highball Week. 

5 & Dime

6535 SE Foster Rd

Cool Intentions: Jim Beam, cucumber, mint, jalapeño, lime and ginger.

Bandit Bar

2608 NW Vaughn St.

High Noon Shuffle: Silver tequila, passionfruit liqueur, Sirop Aperitiv, grapefruit, mint and soda water.

Bar Loon

3326 SE Belmont St.

Under the Summer Spell: Haku Vodka, strawberry-lemongrass lemonade, tiki bitters, mint and orange blossom soda.

Clarklewis 

1001 SE Water Ave.

Kentucky Sun Spritz: Basil Hayden bourbon, pineapple, lemon, grenadine and prosecco.

Double Barrel Tavern

2002 SE Division St.

Rhubarb Ruse: Roku gin, rhubarb syrup, lemon, black pepper, tonic and mint.

Fire on the Mountain

3443 NE 57th Ave.

Midnight on the Mountain: Jim Beam Bourbon, house-made Electric Mud Stout reduction, lemon, lime and cherry.

Gift Public House

1935 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Effervescent Flamingo: Cruzan light rum, gin, midori, coconut, lemon and soda.

Gold Dust Meridian

3267 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Umi Wakaba: Haku Vodka, Coco Rico and fresh guava slice.

High Horse at The Bidwell

520 SW Broadway St.

Rye Cadillac Highball: Old Overholt rye, Grand Marnier, acid-adjusted orange juice, agave, Saratoga sparkling water, orange bitters and saline solution.

Holman’s

15 SE 28th Ave.

Spring Smash: Roku Gin, house-made strawberry rhubarb syrup, lemon juice, fresh basil and soda water.

Horse Brass Pub

4534 SE Belmont St.

Pony Room Julep: Jim Beam, strawberry liquor, basil Infused simple syrup, dried strawberry, basil and lime.

King Tide Fish & Shell

1510 S Harbor Way

Wake Up Call: Roku Gin, yuzu, bergamot tea, egg white, cream and soda.

Lucky Horseshoe Lounge

2524 SE Clinton St. 

Red-Eye: Jim Beam Bourbon, Aperol, Cynar, lime and New Deal coffee liqueur.

Moonshot Tavern

2725 SE Ankeny St.

The Ghost of James Jones: Roasted poblano infused Ilegal mezcal, Hornitos plata, Aperol, watermelon & mint shrub, lime, Peychaud’s bitters and soda water.

Moreland Ale House

7995 SE Mikwaukie Ave.

Effin Cucumber Lemonade: Effin cucumber Vodka, fresh lemon juice, sugar and sparkling water.

Nicholas Restaurant

1109 SE Madison St.

Sumac Sour: Jim Beam shaken with fresh lemon and house-made sumac syrup served up with a sumac rim. 

Pacific Standard

100 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Joint Statement: Suntory Toki, grapefruit cordial, celery bitters and sparkling water finished with a fresh slice of grapefruit.

Pizza Thief

1126 SE Division St Unit 200

High Noon Shuffle: Silver tequila, passionfruit liqueur, Sirop Aperitiv, grapefruit, mint and soda water.

Rhinestone

2100 SE Clinton St.

Roku Rickey: Roku, lime leaf, Thai chili, salted lime cordial and soda.

Rukdiew Cafe

2534 SE Belmont St.

Mango Mojitos: Cruzan mango rum, lime juice, mint , palm sugar, soda water and mango puree.

Speakeasy Saloon

2135 N Willis Blvd.

The Italo Disco: Jim Beam 90 proof Rye, Cynar, lemon and raspberry.

Sticky Wicket

8401 N Ivanhoe St.

Pandan Pop: Toki Suntory whisky, lime juice, pandan syrup and soda water.

The Rambler

4205 N Mississippi Ave.

Honey, I Do: Melon-infused Cruzan Light Rum, Midori, Jasmine syrup, lime and soda.

The Vern

2622 SE Belmont St.

Lychee Love Potion: Roku Japanese gin, Dolin dry, lychee, lemon and club soda.

Toya Ramen & Bar

803 SE Stark St.

Sudachi Chu-Hai: Hornitos Plata tequila, Awa no Kaori Sudachi-chu, lemon cordial, yuzu juice and soda water.

Verde Cocina

6446 SW Capitol Hwy.

Rosado Highball: Maker’s Mark bourbon, strawberry, lime, sparkling and basil garnish.

Your Inn Tavern

7004 N Catlin Ave.

The 1923 Corner Highball: ​Maker’s Mark bourbon, house-made green tea  and ginger reduction, wildflower honey and cane sugar and fresh-squeezed lemon ​sparkling soda water.

For more information, visit the Highball Week web page. 

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