Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97215Phone: () .
Located in: Southeast Portland - Visit Website
BarFly's Review of Mount Tabor Theater
Note: under new ownership and management since July 2011. Live music calendar and weekly events are still fleshing out. Be sure to check The Mount Tabor calendar for upcoming shows, here.
Former '50s-era movie house encompasses two venue spaces: the smaller Blacklight Lounge (formerly, The Sideshow), and the considerably larger main stage performance space.
Fans of Sabala's (one of the Mount Tay-Tay's many previous incarnations) will be pleased to note that the 3-D day-glo murals by local artiste, Extremo The Clown, are still proudly on display in the Blacklight Lounge hallway - just be sure to bring your own glasses.
Weekly events:
Saturdays: Stahlwerks - Goth/Industrial dance djs, 10pm.
Sundays: Karaoke! 9pm.
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i was originally going to go see the scoprpions tribute and a led zep tribute but was pleasantly surprised that i also found the open mic comedy.. i was going to check out a drummer but i wil be back to do a comedy night its baeen a ling time since ive done harvey's i guess im "miserable enough to be funny again" or just better at my timing,, bathrooms are great places to practice your schtick captive audiences and all that... the new tabor(this is dec 17th 2009) is alot more cheery the new people are much better ( i felt relaxed at ease and the pizza was great so were the other items floating past me while chowin down on the zza,.,, frost, and his camping partner and the woman from the orphanage (sister of perpetual doom (?)) and her christmas story were great(id love to have my video crew shoot these for broadcastin and youtube.. (it woudl help me remeber their names i alomost forgot why io was ther ein the first place- but was reminded when a longhaired dude with that pantene shine and perfect popsture waltzed in the lounge and gave it the old' folded arm check-out" you can always tell a muso.. hes the one who looks out of place in a room full of peopel actually havin a good time laughing at their own life., (which is the base of my routines..at age 50.. i have a lot to laugh about....im coming back whitney ....seeya there.. thursdays in the lounge...what a much needed change... l thse new guys are super friendly and when im out for a night of fun its great to start out that way.....(mattison avenoo aka matt mccourt .oh yeah the bands i saw lovedrive and the led zep tribute were amazingly accurate in their delivery great thurs night... worht bein tired the next day at work for
My friends and I had a great time here last Friday at the benefit show for an organization called the Groove Movement. GREAT bands - Mars Retrieval Unit totally surprised me (check this band out!) - also great pizza, stiff drinks, professional staff. Looks like the new owner has made some improvements to the room too. (I think I recall that the place used to be a total dump.) Anyway, its better now. Not so scary-gothy-metal anymore. Also, its not really my usual thing, but there was a DJ scene going on in the smaller room - it drew in a different crowd than the main bands did. It made for an interesting mix of Portlanders. Plus I love the idea of partying to benefit a good cause... awesome.
I'm actually bummed! I went there and the bathroom was actually clean. I didn't slip and fall on vomit like last time I was there when it was Saballa's. The music didn't make my ears bleed. There were actually PEOPLE there enjoying the music! WTF? I like going to the show and be the only one there, so the band says "HEY" when I walk in. I got a piece of pizza and it actually tasted like NY City pizza! I hate NY city! It was clean, the staff smiled and was quick, there were two different shows going on in both rooms, and everyone looked like they were having fun, all of which I'm not too fond of in a club. Man, there goes the neighborhood! No more fights and blood on the floor. No more loud screaming music. No more angry staff. I need to find a new crappy venue.....
I was interested in finding out if the Mt. Tabor Legacy new owner would be good for this venue but after going to mttaborlegacy.com it states that the new owner owes $30,000 in equipment to the previous owner. First off this is not a good sign since this place needs many renavations. The food is awful especially the pizza which tastes like cardboard and they serve drinks in plastic cups,LOL. Even more recent they actually were serving beers out of a keg in a trashcan full of ice like it was a house party, the staff/service is also below par. Sorry to say (I really am) but this place/new owner is NOT doing Portland justice, it's more of an embarrassment.
Well we checked it out, there was a cover, even if you just wanted to go to the bar side. I don't give a rip about weirdly named punko bands. And I really don't want to pay to ignore their noise. I just wanted to drop some $ at the bar. Under the old management this wasn't an issue. Tsk, tsk.
