More than 40 Portland bars and restaurants are throwing a citywide party starting Sunday, Oct. 4, after the annual Portland Cocktail Week sat this year out.

The four-day festival, called Barmageddon, runs through Wednesday, Oct. 7, with happy hour deals, food specials, bike rides and pop-ups featuring guest bartenders from Mexico City and New York. The event is free. Anyone 21 and older can attend.

Portland Cocktail Week, which had run for 15 years, announced it could not deliver "the experience our community deserves" in 2026. Organizers said a 2027 return is already in the works.

Barmageddon grew out of the newly formed PDX Bar Coalition. Organizer Jamey "Big Tex" Todd, a veteran of the competitive bartending scene, and Nate "Theo" Theobald of eastside cocktail spots Eldorado and Panther Club helped pull the coalition together after the Cocktail Week hiatus left a gap, Willamette Week reported.

"Our mission is to feed Portland bars," Todd told Willamette Week. "Very anti-establishment, very DIY, very grassroots."

Daytime events include harm-reduction training and a Chartreuse history session. Evening highlights include a Malört-off at Dirty Pretty and a denim-themed closing party at Sandy Hut.

OK Omens closes Oct. 17

The celebration arrives as Portland absorbs a string of permanent closures. OK Omens, the wine-focused bistro at 1758 SE Hawthorne Blvd., will serve its last meal Saturday, Oct. 17. Owner Monique Siu, 74, is retiring after a 35-year hospitality career that began when she opened Zefiro in 1990.

Siu opened Castagna on the same Hawthorne corner in 1999. The Oregonian named it Restaurant of the Year in 2000 and 2010. In 2018, Siu and partners restructured the space as OK Omens, which earned James Beard Award semifinalist nods for its wine program in 2023 and 2024.

Siu told The Oregonian that rising costs of food, labor and operations factored into her decision, though she said retirement was the primary reason. Chef Joseph Papas, who refocused the menu on seasonal vegetables and Pacific Northwest seafood, plans to move to Tillamook as chef at Bayocean Oyster House.

Bistecca, Function Brewing also closing

Bistecca, the woodfire steakhouse at 2145 NW Raleigh St., will close the same day. Owner Gabriel Pascuzzi, a Portland native and former Top Chef contestant, cited tariffs and rising gas prices, KOIN reported. The restaurant relies on imported Italian wine, parmesan and prosciutto, and a 15% tariff on European Union agricultural imports took effect in August 2025, according to Hoodline. Pascuzzi said negotiations to sell the business fell through. His companion restaurant Hey Luigi, next door at 2175 NW Raleigh St., will remain open.

Function Brewing's two Portland taprooms, on NE Alberta Street and NW 23rd Avenue, will close Nov. 16 after nine years in the city, according to Bridgetown Bites. The brewery plans to keep two Idaho locations.

Oakshire Brewing also closed its Portland Beer Hall on NE 42nd Avenue around Sept. 30 after 20 years in the craft beer industry. Shorebird Bakery, which operates inside the same building, said its lease is not affected.

New spots opening

Not all the news is closures. Sip & Forage, a food cart pod with an Airstream cocktail bar at 1900 SW 5th Ave., held its grand opening Saturday, Oct. 3. Sunset Food Park, a three-cart pod at 645 NE Halsey St. in the Lloyd District, has also opened, with Tombing Sushi as its first vendor.

Patufet, a Barcelona-inspired vermouth and wine bar, opens Sunday, Oct. 4, in the former Foreland Beer space at 2511 SE Belmont St.