Bar of the Gods (BOG)
4801 SE Hawthorne Blvd.Portland, OR 97215
503/ 232.2037
Located in: Southeast Portland
BarFly's Review of Bar of the Gods (BOG)
(aka The BOG) Darker than Plato's cave, but only in terms of lighting. BOG is a friendly, lighthearted bar, populated by a mostly younger crowd of amicable mortals. Groups will find plenty of booths, and solo acts will find good conversation at the bar. Like a good joke? Kip's your man, and your bartender. Patio out back is climate controlled for year round seating. Always an interesting selection of esoteric malted beverages and an extensive number of wines by the glass or bottle. Free pool till 9pm daily. Full menu served till 1:30am, bar menu thereafter. $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily. Sundays: One of the best places to catch the Simpsons. Happy hour prices, too. Mondays: S.I.N. specials starting at $1 for industry types, 9pm-12am. Thursdays: Special guest djs.
Happy Hours
- Monday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Tuesday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Wednesday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Thursday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Friday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Saturday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
- Sunday - $1 PBR, $2 micros $2.50 well 5-8 daily
I keed, i keed. I truly love dig this place. It's still too smoky, and the 20-something, self-absorbed hipsters can be either a laugh a minute or reason to shake your head in dismay. But the drinky-poos are strong, the staff is stellar (Kip, Cal and Jordan in particular....perhaps the "gods" in bar of the gods?) It's a nice, eclectic crowd, in a modern dive atmosphere. The more nerdy folks or those over 30 are more friendly....the kidlets can go to hell as far i'm concerned.
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I don't live in Portland anymore, but when i visit, the bog is my home away from home. It's dark and loud like a strip club, without all those annoying breasts and vaginas.
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Hey gang - after various stints around town, i'm super stoked to be workin at the bog - the place is a totally pro operation with a rad staff and a crowd that isn't young and stupid - the management refuses to sell the coors light or red bull drinks that joeys from vancouver might want which helps keep the weekend douche tsunami downtown where it belongs - i'm glad to be back in the triangle - stalk me!
www.myspace.com/barofthegods
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I've been pretty regular at this place for years. The current bartenders are really good and super friendly. I don't get the hipster bar references.. nobody at the bog seems to think they are too cool for school. As a girl this is one of the few places i can go by myself and not be hassled by a string of creepy drunks hitting on me. Usually i just smoke like a fiend and space out on the cool movies they show.
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Sorry you lost your favorite bartender bogfly - try to get over it. The place is still cool and laid back... even with all the so called "Sickly's" gang members who happen to find there way to the BOG - even in the dark. Grow up Bogdog err.. Bogfly.
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I've always loved the BOG, but ever since Justin left to go to Genie's, the service has been slipping. Justin set a high mark- one of the best bartenders around- and BOG has a few good ones (go Kip!), but it's become a bit of a crap shoot. Plus, seems like more and more people who have gotten disgusted with Sickly's are wandering down here. Poison in the well.
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I love my fish and i love my painty paint . Some people just paint for there fish and place it behind there tank ! Ha i say no way get the paint the brush some paper coat you fish with my expert help and let the fish express them selves as only a fish can . I charge by the hour and also have a wide range of contacts in the fish painting market if you would ever consider sells the master pieces your fish can produce . All organic paints acid free paper and canvas. breathing eqipment supllied . Call poapy
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bog is pretty rad, except for a couple bad-seed disgruntled bartenders and bouncers who can ruin a perfectly good drinky smoke-filled time. and don't count on getting the food you ordered, you've got a 50-50 chance if it's busy, although it'll probably still show up on your tab.
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This is the best place to take your bosses wife.. hubba hubba... Pinball seems in top notch shape and the pool table is smooth. Pretty fun spot to trade in your old friends for new ones..
oh yeah food is good..
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THis is my favorite bar in portland. It's perfect for people who like dives but not real dives. Go there, bring a friend, talk trash and live in portland pretentia. It's fantastic :)
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Dark, nearly impossible to spot, reeks of cigs, full of drunks and miscreants, beer specials, and oh yes, an absolutely filthy bathroom. This is my kinda bar!!! You can sit down at the bar and get absolutely wrecked and no one seems to mind. If you're looking for a sterile, boring, whatever's cool that week playing on the juke, then avoid this place. If you want a bar the way a bar is supposed to be BOG is the spot. Catch me hanging out on the end of the bar slurping down beers and chain smoking.
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Man if I could only be 22 with an untucked stripped western style used shirt and 70's sunglasses and drink PBR because it is hip and alternative to conform to what the other hip and alternative people drink... This place bites. Barkeeps pour a good beer, and a terrible mixed drink. Worst margarita in town. Crowd is so cheesy they can hardly stand themselves, and best part is no one is pretyt here and is stinks like smoke and BO. I do not like this place, but may be it is just me being a sensitive artist that no one understands...wait that's the jackasses that go to BOG!
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Well, I've about summed it up already. The PBR is sooo cheap. Good selection of other beers. The food is really good. I had a great time watching the 2004 presidential debates here. The crowd was fun. The TVs are conveniently, but not intrusively, located.
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to whom ever wrote the above reviews......um, you're fucking worthless dingy poets who should spare themselves from the rejection you might get later on down the road. The BOG is rad. Good BT's good pool, but bad bad poets. Go die already, and spare me the wait for the pool table.
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once a week a few deep crated djs rock the b.o.g. with drinkin' tunes. cheap brew no cover, and eclectic records makes for good times to me. thurs. nites at the B.O.G. hosted by deejays atom13, seoul bro.#1 and homonym. check it out. bring your pinball skills, dominoes and dice not to mention your thirst, kip, justin and heidi will serve you!
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i haven't been here for quite some time and decided to venture there for food last night. $2 red hooks everyday all day (although i hear it's like eating straight butter)and the food was so fuckin good. i was there in the earlier hrs. of the night and it wasn't as bad as i remember it...nothing exciting happened, but i will go again.
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Bunch of ass clown cowboy wanna be's. Walk in and smell the arrogance. The combo plate is pretty good though.
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i like the green felt of the pool table. the lonely eyes of the bartender. the dreamy gaze of the barback. i like the white hue of the cue ball lit by the 60 watt halogene. i play there wednesday nights. i'm snake and i have my own stick. come hither and challenge the slithah.
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They serve drinks too dude. I like the darkness of it. It makes me feel like I'm guilty of night pleasures.
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When was the last time Andy was here? They serve anything that your little heart desires plus a plethora of 2nd hand smoke. YUM!
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I think so. But I like this place anyway... it is small dingy... a good place to take a date if you don't want your girlfriend to catch you.
-ald
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