Ground Kontrol
511 NW Couch St.Portland, OR 97209
503/ 796.9364
Located in: Northwest Portland & near Downtown Portland - Visit Website
BarFly's Review of Ground Kontrol
Every Atari game under the sun, pinball galore, and beer! 'Nuff said. Oh, yeah, really cool deejay nights, too. Open noon-1am Sun-Thurs, noon-2am Fri & Sat (alcohol service starts at 7pm daily). Mondays: SIN w/DJ Carrion (industrial). Thursdays: TRONix (electronic music showcase). Saturdays: Reagan-o-mix ('80s).
Went there when they had love music about 3 times, and I've gone a few times during the daylight hours. The bands are very low budget, low talent, and the venue is overwhelmingly loud and too crispy / high pitchy... The games are cool, but out of every five, usually 2 or 3 of them didn't perform on some level or another. The pinball flippers are all butchered. I could look past everything but the volume and quality of the bands.
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I love Ground Kontrol even though they broke my heart by getting rid of Phoenix. Rampage is a great game to play if you've had a trying day. Since Christmas is approaching I'm asking Santa to give Ground Kontrol Mortal Kombat 3 and Journey Escape. I know that last one is a total wet dream but how cool would that be? Till then I'll settle for desroying the world with Ralph and Lizzie.
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i'm a girl. i like vintage machines. i like video games of all eras. i like interesting music. i love this place. no smoking too - holy poop!
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