It’s definitely outside drinking season in Portland and our friends at BarFly have their fifth annual bus tour next weekend of great PDX patios. We are giving away a pair of tickets to it as well. To Win: Comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn Friday (July 30) at noon.
Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every month to our Portland Facebook Group for many of the top events & venues in PDX. Join it if you like free stuff. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.
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- Best Bar (Outdoor) Patios in Portland | Many Suggestions
From our friends at BarFly:

THE GREAT OUTDOOR BARFLY BUS TOUR!
Saturday, August 7th, 2010 | 7pm-1am
$20 apiece or $175 for a group of ten
Pay no covers, get special drink deals, and hors d’oeuvres, too!
It’s a party on the patio all night long on Saturday, August 7th! Join BarFly for a Bus on the wild side, as we explore Portland’s great outdoor bar scene. Dance and drink under the stars at the coolest courtyards, lushest lanais, and most decadent decks in town! Pith helmets and hip boots, optional.
On your own or with friends, you’ll have a blast on the BarFly Bus! Perfect for bachelor/-ette parties, birthdays, and groups, too – special discounts for parties of ten or more.
By the way, in case you’re keeping score at home, this is our FIFTH ANNUAL Great Outdoor BarFly Bus Tour! Scroll down to the ticket links below.
Buy tickets here for the Great Outdoor BarFly Bus Tour, Saturday, August 7th! Please select your tickets using the buttons, below.
Are you popular? Buy a discount 10-pack of tickets, and save $25 bucks! Click here to purchase a Great Outdoor BarFly Bus Tour ten-pack for $175.
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July 28, 2010 at 3:47 pm
My favorite outdoor activity is drinking! I’ve been trying to start a trend of replacing the word patio with lanai. It’s just a little more golden girls…
July 28, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Seriously, I need to get out of the hooouuussseeeeee ….. and take the Bar-Fly Bus !!!
July 28, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I’ve been stuck in a metal tube (airplane) most of the summer. I need some good drinkin’ time outside!
July 28, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Oh, I’ve been all work and no play this summer – this would be a great way to fix that! Would love these tickets!
July 28, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Hook me up please!
July 28, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I’ve always wanted to take one of these tours and never have the cash …
The only thing that makes me happy is sitting on a beautiful patio and drinking.. that’s why I love PDX
July 28, 2010 at 5:09 pm
….because everyone knows you get drunk faster when drinking outdoors….
July 28, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Need an excuse to hit PDX from Corvallis.
July 28, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I loooove patios and drinking in the sunshine!
July 28, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I’ve always meant to try one of the Barfly bus tours. Help a procrastinator out!
July 28, 2010 at 7:19 pm
i like booze. i like patios. pick me!
July 28, 2010 at 8:55 pm
So, I’m trying to decide where in town to move. A bar tour would really help me narrow down what neighborhood is right for me!
July 28, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Haven’t done barfly bus before.this would be a great opportunity for me to experience some of the different bars around portland since I am such as lame as ss and never get a chance to go out. Love the idea of the patio.
July 29, 2010 at 12:06 am
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July 29, 2010 at 12:53 am
Ohhhh summer how I love you now that you are here. The only thing that could make you better would be a day of drinking and sitting in the sun on lovely patios!
July 29, 2010 at 12:56 am
Wait, wait, I have a vision a vision of someone .. someone whos name starts with a “C” … yes Car… Carl and .. lets see hes rocking back and forth.. driving somewhere.. no . riding somewhere.. and something else .. its in a glass… yellow I see yellow … like liquid .. beer yes its beer.. and a flat surface.. very flat .. like rock but not .. con.. yes concrete…
July 29, 2010 at 8:11 am
Yes please!! I spent all my fun $ this month on tix for rockfest14 for my hubby’s b-day and now he has to work that day!!!! This would definitely help make up for that.
July 29, 2010 at 8:55 am
New to Portland, would love this chance to check out a bunch of patio bars in one shot!
July 29, 2010 at 9:06 am
My husband and I did a new year’s eve bar fly tour when we first started dating, 8 years ago. We agreed we would have a drink at one place, then water at the next. That plan quickly dissipated and we get pretty sloshed. I think I’m finally ready to get on the bus again!
July 29, 2010 at 10:15 am
ALl I want to do is drink on a patio but no one ever wants to do it with me, or has to cut it short, or, or or….. I think I would love this very much.
July 29, 2010 at 10:20 am
I have no patio or balcony or porch. just 4 walls and a window
July 29, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Please!
July 29, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I wanna pass out on a patio!
July 29, 2010 at 1:32 pm
On top of there being few thing I love more than good beer, sun, company and a new experience I promise to not throw up in the bus.
July 29, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Last year the bus almost ran me over. The driver must have been drunk or new to driving buses. I should be on it this year because I am the world’s best drunk bus driver and, if the driver passes out or jumps out, I will take over and only try to hit those lame ‘bridge and tunnel’ guys.
July 29, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Booze & Buses go together like Beyonce & Bolly-hair weaves.
If I don’t win, I’m probably buying tickets anyway.
hook.it.up!
July 29, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Drinking on patios counts as being outdoorsy. I am outdoorsy. I will bring a carabiner just in case there is some sort of patio emergency in which a carabiner is needed. Out. Doorsy.
July 29, 2010 at 3:40 pm
because I haven’t had a drink in a month and I’m allowed to drink starting that day!
July 29, 2010 at 3:40 pm
I will wear a man thong on the bus..let’d do this.
July 29, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Finals in graduate school + looking for a paid internship = desire to get tossed while enjoying this damn good weather we’ve got going on!
July 29, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I feel like an old lady lately. I need to shake things up!
July 29, 2010 at 3:51 pm
What a great way to get to know local businesses to be on the road – literally – to support them in the future! It would be a dream come true!
July 29, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I hope they let me drive the bus …
July 29, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I love the 3 B’s! Buses, bars, and booze…hit me up!!!
July 29, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Yeah! Would love to try the Barfly Bus! I hear it rocks. And a patio tour – what could be better? Holla back at me!
July 29, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I’m new to Portland I want to do something fun and drinking with friends in the summertime sounds like a great time!
July 29, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I’m always looking for patios, asking people where new ones are (and people come to me for places, too). I will not be a certified Portland patio expert, PhD, until I go on this tour. Please give me tickets for the greater good of all drinkers I know.
July 29, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Missed something like this during SXSW! BarBus sounds way nice. Down!
July 29, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Two free tickets to barbus! down!
July 30, 2010 at 6:40 am
4 kids, 4 exes, life is rough…….We NEED this!!!!!!
July 30, 2010 at 7:18 am
Do you KNOW how tough it was on us drunks this spring? rain rain rain and more rain… please let us booze it up with comfort and comeraderie! we promise we wont get smasked, wait we take it back, no wait, we want the tickets, we promise
July 30, 2010 at 1:04 pm
two tickets? here please!
August 2, 2010 at 8:41 am
Never been on the barfly bus. Sounds like a blast!
August 4, 2010 at 11:17 am
Not only have I never been on the barfly bus, but I haven’t been in Portland too long and need to get out and explore the city. Plus my favorite way to relax and have a few drinks is outside on a nice patio where I can enjoy this nice weather as well.