Place reeks of having too much money, a desire to keep opening bars, and no personality. The bartenders call everyone "Sir," which might be ok if I was lounging at the Benson, but this is a sports bar. And in my ten plus years of hanging out in bars I had NEVER seen a bar that stacks all the credit cards together, in absolutely NO ORDER whatsoever. When a person asks for their tab, a bartender asks what color the card is as they flip through 40 or 50 cards, making it obvious that they've never thought of a rolodex or any other system based on an alphabetical order. Quite strange and amateurish. I'd also echo the comment below that they seem to be incredibly understaffed. Wasn't worth my time.

Good:

This place has nice walls and a very spacious surrounding... if you are there for sports there are a great number of TVs spread out fairly well strategically for viewing (will get to this a bit more on the ugly)...they have 2 nice and free (the long/real ones) shuffleboard tables as well as ping pong... there is a very nice selection of booze and a great number of taps...the servers are pretty courteous...

The Ugly:

This place cannot handle a crowd at all... the kitchen is waaaayyy too small to accommodate a packed crowd... This resulted in the breakfast food being horrible and mistakes were made on orders... when they were sent back they came back stone cold...

The Advice:

You guys advertise yourself as having the Sunday Ticket. However upon arrival patrons quickly learn that you are a Cleveland Browns bar. Nothing wrong with sports bars being dedicated to a team; but this does not mean that you should have well over 50% of your TVs dedicated to one team. Particularly when said team is horrible and not even close to being local.

We were there with a large group last Sunday and we saw people walking in and walking out one after another when their team was not on TV. You have a large room with a huge projection TV. This room is where you should house the "Dawg Pound" (apologies to the hipster quotient that do not grok this reference) and you should allow the rest of your remaining patrons enjoy their teams in the rest of the bar (with perhaps one or two TVs interspersed through the bar showing CLE losing).

Also the rush that you experienced in the morning and then the tremendous easing and exodus you experienced after 1:00 will continue all year. Because the great majority of the games are on in the AM. You should increase your bar and wait staff greatly during that time.

I won't bring up the fact that you do not serve lunch until 1:00 because given the fact that your kitchen is so tiny it may just be physically impossible. However in the long run this is going to hurt your business too.

Anyway we will be back in on a Sunday morning in October to see how things are going.

Best,

beav

PS: I went in once on a weeknight once and the place was fine.

I've been to Blitz a few times now since the last time I posted a review here ("Great things come to those who wait" on Aug 17), and I'm amazed at how different my experiences have been. Service has been superbly spot-on!

I'm guessing that my Aug 17th server was either having a bad day or was just simply terrible at waiting tables. Throughout my visits to Blitz since that August evening, I've had great service. Servers are attentive, good humored, and offer tasty seasonal beer recommendations.

And, as always, the food is terrific. My personal favorite: Blitz Club. A combo of chicken, bacon, tomato, arugula & swiss. Mmmm.

The Blitz is fast becomming THE best ping pong hang out in Portland..! John, the guy in charge, efficiently responded to customer requests for better lighting and nets and this place is rockin'.. Great music keeps the energy up.. Kitchen aromas and cute friendly waitresses inspire aesthetic appreciation.. The drinks are a little spendy.. Some kind of updated message board for drink specials would be nice and save the endless questions to the busy wait staff.. One of the cleanest bars around also.. All in all a very pleasant, open and comfortable place to visit.. And come on down for the ongoing Thursday ping pong tournaments..!ing affirm

Vast Aire is the name of an MC out of NYC, but those two words can be applied to this place as well, only negatively.

With high ceilings, wide walls, a useless tier, entirely too many televisions, and a 13 minute wait on an early Tuesday night (there wasn't even a game on!) for a white russian combined, equal a pretty big zero.

As a side note (totally subjective): Blitz seems totally out of place in this neighborhood. The one downtown makes more sense, but they water down their drinks, so in truth, the whole franchise gets a large boot to its grill.

...and by wait, I mean wait a Very long time. Admittedly, the food was absolutely amazing. But the server left my husband and I salivating in our booth without A menu -- and without so much as a nod of recognition -- for far too long. (Oh yes, and only one menu was brought to the table because additional menus were nowhere to be found within the sparsely populated restaurant.)

After completing a scrumptious meal, both of us sat in the booth unattended (and thirsty) with empty water glasses. It took about 20 minutes before we were able to get her attention. She eventually came over to us, delivered our check, and FINALLY refilled our glasses.

The kitchen staff, on the other hand, pushed out top-notch food without delay. The Black-and-Blue Turkey Burger was incredibly flavorful, delectably juicy, and perfectly cooked... albeit a little too salty.

The terrific food and great atmosphere will definitely lure us back here again! We'll just have to hope for an improvement in service.

Great potential, but if you want more ping pong customers you need better lighting..

This is a must try bar for the East side. It's huge with pool tables and table shuffle boards. The food is awesome with an amazing selection of pizza, gourmet burgers and sandwiches. Of a nice variety of salads. I attended their opening night and was able to sample a lot of their food. It was all fabulous and the wait staff very friendly and provided quick service. I tried a couple cocktails and they don't skimp on the alcohol either. Enjoy!