Styxx

Think your parent's basement rec room: TV, pool table, and faint odor of mildew Portland's only real gay dance club, STYXX does a good job at mixing things up with everything from strippers to drag to karaoke to high energy dance. The two room club is busiest on weekends, especially on Fridays when the back room becomes "The Hidden Door" -- though don't expect anything extra besides a cover charge. Every small city with grit has one of these: a gay club where the young guys come to drink and dance, and the dowager queens melt into their bar stools while ogling the upstarts. Not to be missed.