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Hal's Tavern

1308 SE Morrison St.
Portland, OR 97214
503/ 232.1259
Located in: Southeast Portland
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BarFly's Review of Hal's Tavern

While the grampa boozehounds, the wastrels old-before-their-time and those already 86d from everywhere stumbleable remain perma-glued to the row of barstools lining this no-frills shotgun tavern, a steady trickle of young livers limning desperation and shuffleboard tactics have begun the first steps toward colonization. One can no longer hope to maintain a proper old man bar midst the national ground zero for post-grads trailing Bukowiski dissertations, but, even as micro taps and Morningstar wings threaten, enjoy the increasingly rare comfort of being let alone to dissipate absent judgment. The unreconstructed inner southeast dive's only a few ticks from closing time.

Reader Reviews of Hal's Tavern
The epitome of Dive!
This place exemplifies my expectation of a dive bar.Dark,dingy and full of what seems like a local clientel that are there for a long time,not a good time.Most of these old boys look like they retired many moons ago,that's not to say most aren't friendly.My first visit left me feeling like i just stepped into the obligatory "stranger walks into the saloon" scene featured in every cheesy western flick.A good,no frills,unpretentious bar for the not so fussy.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Lionel on July 16, 2006, 3:45 am
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Ingrid?
YamadaI thought Ingrid works at the Basement Pub now.
If that's not true ... yeah she rocks as a BT.
Before she started tending bar at Hal's the place
was a little scary.
Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by Yamada on June 14, 2006, 5:55 pm
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shuffleboard
Hal's is my favorite bar of all time in any city anywhere. Not only is the least pretentious of all establishments the beer is cheap and the shuffleboard competition is fierce. One of the crazy-ass old men who used to drink there even left Hal's hsi camper after he died of LIVER FAILURE. The other sweet thing about Hal's is the 86'd list. I'm not sure what you have to do to get 86'd from Hal's but it must be pretty bad. Make sure you go during the week so you can have Ingrid wait on you ...she's the sweetest and most attentive bartender ever.
Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by caroline on June 14, 2006, 5:26 pm
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