Hal's Tavern
1308 SE Morrison St. Portland, OR 97214Phone: (503) 232.1259
Located in: Southeast Portland
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 Bukowski 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.
Open from 7am-2:30am 365 days a year
Shuffleboard tourneys Friday & Sunday 1x Pool, 1x Internet Juke, 1x Shuffleboard, 5x tv's, 2x pinball
Basement Pub, Crush, Green Dragon, Holocene, Morrison Street Bar and Grill, Roadside Attraction, Sassy's
Hal's is changing from the old Hal's. You won't believe how the new manager (ME) has opened up the environment with a little remodeling (more to come) It's clean and the food is great. Late night will be a great when hard liqour comes on the seen. We will run two happy hours a day, and we encourage all the service industry people to come in on Thursday for service person night. Give us a try, write your suggestions for the place and see what we can do.
Went to Portland for 8 days to visit my daughter Nicole. She lives on Belmont around the corner from Hal's. Had some of TJ's green chile and it was OUTSTANDING! I liked the free popcorn and the ice cold draft beer! Got an invite to play golf with Kim and she took me to two great courses. Kim and her husband Roger do a great job of keeping Hal's a friendly local tavern where you don't need to spend a fortune to get past the lifes daily tribulations. If you want high prices and a fancy ambiance go someplace else. On the other hand, if you live in the area and just want a friendly watering hole where your business is appreciated go see Kim and Roger and the guys and gals at Hal's. I'm glad I did and so will you! Rene E_Mail:RACouture@AOL.COM Kissimmee, FL
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.
I 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.
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.
