Paydirt
NA Program Strength is an editorial assessment based on publicly available menu data. See methodology.
2724 NE Pacific St, Portland, OR 97232
Paydirt is a craft cocktail bar tucked inside the Zipper, Kevin Cavenaugh's micro-restaurant development on NE Sandy Boulevard in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The bar leans into a warm, vaguely Western-saloon aesthetic and is known for a serious cocktail program — and an equally deliberate non-alcoholic one. Paydirt keeps a standing menu of five named zero-proof cocktails built on Ritual and Pathfinder non-alcoholic spirits, including Fool's Gold (Ritual NA whiskey, lime, guava, toasted almond bitters), Lone Buck (Ritual NA whiskey, pandan, lime, ginger beer), Moondance (Ritual NA tequila, honeydew, lemon, orange bitters, Tajín, soda), and Comeback Kid (Pathfinder NA spirit, lime, passionfruit, agave, orange bitters, soda). The NA menu rotates seasonally and is priced $12–$14, on par with the bar's full-proof list.
What to order
- Fool's Gold
- Lone Buck
- Moondance
- Comeback Kid