Shanghai Tunnel

Shanghai Tunnel can be found at Sw Ankeny St 211. The following is offered: Bars & Pubs. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Portland there are 243 other Bars & Pubs. An overview can be found here.

Warmer months mean a large, outdoor seating area, great for late-night people watching or meeting others.

Quiz the staff and you'll hear some good stories.

In Short
Patrons wander underground into a dark, slightly spooky cavern, or they can stay upstairs and converse with friends on red vinyl couches. Legend has it this place was a tunnel...

Welcome to The Shanghai Tunnel.

Located in part of the infamous shanghai tunnels, you can be assured that your experience here will be unparalleled with any other bar in the city. Our main bar is found down below the city streets in the building's basement

If being underground creeps you out, we have recently added a smaller bar to the street level area of our bar, right near the entrance.
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Mild-mannered Portland was once one of the toughest ports of the Pacific. In the 1890s, it was the shanghaiing - kidnapping a man and selling him into bondage - capital of the world. After passing out at one of the many taverns lining Portland's waterfront, prisoners were held in a series of underground tunnels. The tunnels are open for tours every week, so be sure to get the right date and...