09/12/08

Great camaraderie

by GrubDango

I didn't know that there was such a large contingency of Big Ten and especially Fighting Illini in Portland. The City is the best supporter of college alumni. The first time I came in and told them I was from Illinois, they said Illinois is one of our biggest alumni clubs among dozens of others, and they said to bring in a banner and they'd hang it up. I brought one in the next day and they hung it up. Nice.

• Pros: Atmosphere, fun, and lots of fun. Plays our fight song.

10/14/07

ABUSIVE THUGS

by mdkemmis

I have never seen a place as unprofessional in my entire life. I was in there on a Saturday evening watching a baseball game, I got up to go smoke outside and when I came back in a bouncer was removing my chair. My girlfriend and I asked for our chairs back and the bartender said she would get them back. When the bouncer returned he said "If you two M*****F****** don't like it then you can get the F*** out" I was in shock, I told him not to speak like that to my girlfriend and the next thing I knew the wanna be tough guy had his hands on my head and was shoving me out the door. Then all his other thug bouncer friends join in. We called a cab to get out of there and were waiting for it when yet another overweight bouncer in need of affirmation for his tough guy status starts pushing me again and threatens to handcuff me. By this point I had enough and started telling the guy and his bouncer buddies that they had no right to cuff me, I was waiting on a public sidewalk for a cab. These people were very obviously high on their own power (yeah I guess being a bouncer makes you tough??) I have never been treated so poorly in my life and those guys need to lose their jobs before there is a law suit brought against them. No wonder there is so many fights and guns being pulled there, it is the bouncers who are the problem. This place is run by intimidation of the customers by a group of police school flunkies who get a rush out of being a bullies. I will never go there again and I recommend you don't either.

• Pros: none
• Cons: the staff

02/21/07

Slow Service

by 2sporty

Quite overpriced and slow service...even with less than half the tables occupied. Disappointing. TV's were great but if you can't get a beer, what's the point?