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Two Portland bars, the Rum Club (pictured) and Raven & Rose, were named to Esquire's 2014 list of the Best Bars in America.

(Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)

Esquire Magazine's 2014 list of the Best Bars in America includes two Portland cocktail bars.

The list, curated by noted cocktail historian David Wondrich, includes both Southeast Portland's Rum Club (720 S.E. Sandy Blvd.) and downtown Portland's Raven & Rose (1331 S.W. Broadway).

Esquire highlights the Rum Club's "precision rum drinks in a friendly, out-of-the-way corner of PDX," suggesting the Old Quartermaster cocktail.

At Raven & Rose, Wondrich notes the historic locale -- "literally: it's on the National Register of Historic Places -- Victorian carriage house (the robber-baron kind) with cocktails to match," while recommending the Colburn Barrell's Maple Leaf.

>-- Michael Russell