New Copper Penny
5932 SE 92nd Ave.Portland, OR 97266
503/ 777.1415
Located in: Southeast Portland - Visit Website
BarFly's Review of New Copper Penny
For newcomers, imagine a gigantic nightclub below a shining neon circle illuminating an Abraham Lincoln portrait sinister and almost certainly thinking 'bout ass, but everyone else has at least passed by the Copper Penny one time or another and, perhaps, shivered slightly at the parking lot teeming with gun-rack-laden F-250s and hormonal imperatives - it's seemingly always been there and shall remain long after Tigard's underwater and we need explain copper pennies to the children. Several bars within serve relatively inexpensive drinks with stiffness rather dependent upon the patron's appearance, an extensive menu has possibly never been sampled, theme nights switch between country and Reggaeton and Top 40 ass shakers, but folks (surprisingly attractive and including a dressed-down selection of the frat-friendlier indie kids) pack the Penny to meet like-minded strangers and create another generation of clientele.
Reader Reviews of New Copper Penny
fun
I love the copper penny!!!!!!! and I have been trying to post that I love dancing there the staff is nice and the best bar for dancing!! Why won't you post possitive things?? I will keep trying attempt # 8
I love the copper penny!!!!!!! and I have been trying to post that I love dancing there the staff is nice and the best bar for dancing!! Why won't you post possitive things?? I will keep trying attempt # 8
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by nikki on August 28, 2007, 1:14 am
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Yuk
Do yourself a favor and don't go here - unless you want to be fondled by some sleazy person so desperate to get laid you can almost see the chlamydia jump up from his genitals. I was in shock by what the people were wearing - waitresses included. She stared me down as I was signing my receipt. Ugh! Just thinking about the place gives me the heeby jeebeies. Now that I think about it I'm surprised I didn't come down with a disease the next day.
Do yourself a favor and don't go here - unless you want to be fondled by some sleazy person so desperate to get laid you can almost see the chlamydia jump up from his genitals. I was in shock by what the people were wearing - waitresses included. She stared me down as I was signing my receipt. Ugh! Just thinking about the place gives me the heeby jeebeies. Now that I think about it I'm surprised I didn't come down with a disease the next day.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by loveme on May 18, 2007, 7:36 pm
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EW.
The New Copper Penny is sick. I felt disgusting the whole time I was there, I had a weird, bad drink and witnessed a lot of things I wish I hadn't. Without trying to offend anyone, on a Friday night the place consists of white trash and black people, mostly trying to just git wit each other. As a Southeast PDX native it was almost mandatory that I check out the place I had been curious about since I was a kid, but now I know not to go back--unless it's for a very short period of time. Nice bartenders though, I don't clown the service--just the atmosphere.
The New Copper Penny is sick. I felt disgusting the whole time I was there, I had a weird, bad drink and witnessed a lot of things I wish I hadn't. Without trying to offend anyone, on a Friday night the place consists of white trash and black people, mostly trying to just git wit each other. As a Southeast PDX native it was almost mandatory that I check out the place I had been curious about since I was a kid, but now I know not to go back--unless it's for a very short period of time. Nice bartenders though, I don't clown the service--just the atmosphere.
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Had fun! I am going again tonight! It is a laid back time and a great sound system and huge open dance floor. Weak drinks, I should say not! I had a great drink and it was not too weak or too strong just right for my taste. Love the Dj's openness to taking requests and we had to start the dancing, but once we got up the floor became packed very fast. Cool servers too. There is an older lady there that took care of us and she was ever so fast and wonderful!
Had fun! I am going again tonight! It is a laid back time and a great sound system and huge open dance floor. Weak drinks, I should say not! I had a great drink and it was not too weak or too strong just right for my taste. Love the Dj's openness to taking requests and we had to start the dancing, but once we got up the floor became packed very fast. Cool servers too. There is an older lady there that took care of us and she was ever so fast and wonderful!
Kip is dumb
Hey Kip Worthington! I'm surprised you were able to muster the strength to type those thoughtful prose, given where all the blood from your head and hands seems to be rushing off to. Oh, and using a Porsche to get laid is less like clever, and more like rape. I look forward to seeing your face on the Oregon sex offender website they just released. Cheers!
Hey Kip Worthington! I'm surprised you were able to muster the strength to type those thoughtful prose, given where all the blood from your head and hands seems to be rushing off to. Oh, and using a Porsche to get laid is less like clever, and more like rape. I look forward to seeing your face on the Oregon sex offender website they just released. Cheers!
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Hipster Kid on June 30, 2006, 6:34 pm
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Whatever "Kip"
This place is so ghetto but not fabulous. All you see are skinny tweaked out sluts in $20 dresses and gross fraternity guys like "Kip" who are there "slummin" it. If you go there, I hope you know how to speak either Chinese, Spanish or Loser.
This place is so ghetto but not fabulous. All you see are skinny tweaked out sluts in $20 dresses and gross fraternity guys like "Kip" who are there "slummin" it. If you go there, I hope you know how to speak either Chinese, Spanish or Loser.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by mackie on May 1, 2006, 8:14 pm
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Longevity
Sometimes you want to go to a trailer dive, period. This is it. A mainstay that will never go away. I used to think that the two bars that would be around forever in Portland were the Lotus downtown and the Copper Penny 92nd. The Lotus blew it by trying to get more commercial and expand locations, which PO'd the kiddies.
Long after the bars that tried to market themselves into success and failed, this place will never die. It has a formula that works. People have been shot and killed in the vicinity of this place, more than one, only to see it reopen the next day without even taking notice.
The bouncers at the Copper Penny used to be legendary brutal apes, but they have mellowed a bit. If you are brown-skinned, the owner may come around to remind you of a two-drink minimum (happened twice to a black friend of mine although we were both drinking the exact amount of 5 beers over a two hour period there). Apparently, all the black lighting in there was put in for a reason, or so I've heard (reader, figure that out).
Go late, after 11, earlier and it is a ghost town. Open til 4 on Fri/Sat.
Sometimes you want to go to a trailer dive, period. This is it. A mainstay that will never go away. I used to think that the two bars that would be around forever in Portland were the Lotus downtown and the Copper Penny 92nd. The Lotus blew it by trying to get more commercial and expand locations, which PO'd the kiddies.
Long after the bars that tried to market themselves into success and failed, this place will never die. It has a formula that works. People have been shot and killed in the vicinity of this place, more than one, only to see it reopen the next day without even taking notice.
The bouncers at the Copper Penny used to be legendary brutal apes, but they have mellowed a bit. If you are brown-skinned, the owner may come around to remind you of a two-drink minimum (happened twice to a black friend of mine although we were both drinking the exact amount of 5 beers over a two hour period there). Apparently, all the black lighting in there was put in for a reason, or so I've heard (reader, figure that out).
Go late, after 11, earlier and it is a ghost town. Open til 4 on Fri/Sat.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Noisycow on March 2, 2006, 7:02 pm
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Panty Raid!
Number #1 all the way. i love going to this bar. All the girls there are sluts and are hot! All you have to do is buy them drinks, pretend like you care about what ever junk theyre wasted asses are talking about, and got dance to some really stupid music (it helps that I have a brand new Porshe waiting outside). Im so glad all those hipster kids havent started ruining that bar like they have eveywhere else in portland. Shout out to my brotheres at PKE!
Number #1 all the way. i love going to this bar. All the girls there are sluts and are hot! All you have to do is buy them drinks, pretend like you care about what ever junk theyre wasted asses are talking about, and got dance to some really stupid music (it helps that I have a brand new Porshe waiting outside). Im so glad all those hipster kids havent started ruining that bar like they have eveywhere else in portland. Shout out to my brotheres at PKE!
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Kip Worthington on January 21, 2006, 5:02 pm
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Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Mark on January 9, 2006, 9:12 pm
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great time
The best spot for a girls night out. d j spins fun music and a large dance floor to let loose.
The best spot for a girls night out. d j spins fun music and a large dance floor to let loose.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by lisa on November 10, 2005, 4:57 am
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