Greg's Backyard Sports Bar
11307 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, OR 97220Phone: (254) 223.5
Located in: Northeast Portland
BarFly's Review of Greg's Backyard Sports Bar
Former "Circus Room" unfortunately stripped of its mint '60s interior. Replaced with lots of polished wood, Bud/Coors light promotions, and a rather odd diorama of life-size Elvis and Blues Bros. figures in the lobby.
Live music everynight, no cover. Pool x2, darts x1, pinball, etc.
Crazed drunk guy came outside to the smoking area & swung a baseball bat at a random girl & hit her hard in the back. Fight broke out. Drunk guy started up with another lady in the parking lot, physically assaulting her. He got in a car with a group of people & they drove off. Got plate numbers & called police, but they really didn't do anything but take statements. Soon after some of the same people came back to the bar. No one kicked them out. Then more people from the group came back & broke out windshields of cars in the parking lot. Cops came again. Still the police seemed to do nothing. Crazy psychotic assholes clientele. No muscle for a bar right in the middle of obviously a bad part of town. Too dangerous for me, I'll stick to small town bars from now on. Forget Portland, skip that. It's too bad though, because the karaoke was fun. However, if you value your safety, look elsewhere.
The menu says "A full rack - these babies melt in your mouth tender, served with our signature bbq sauce" I got them to go - didn't get Baby Back Ribs - just some lousy large pork ribs. I called the restaurant to complain - they told me that is what they use. For $22.99 - they suck.