O'Brien's

519 NW 21st Ave Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 223.5390

Located in: Northwest Portland - Visit Website
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BarFly's Review of O'Brien's

A lovable regular person sort of bar, always pleasantly under-crowded.

Pool tables x1.

Hours of Operation:

7 days a week, 5pm - bar close

Walking Dead/Breaking Bad/Mad Men/etc. on Sundays, house crafted foods and boozes, and sports in the early evenings!

O'Brien's's Happy Hours
Monday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Tuesday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Wednesday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Thursday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Friday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Saturday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
Sunday$3 wells, $2-$2.50 domestics, $3.50 micros, $3.75+call and top shelf cocktails, $2.50+ food menu 5pm - 8pm every day
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Reader Reviews of O'Brien's
O'Brien's has 6 user reviews.
Comfortable place

O'Brien's serves damned good food for a bar; the portions are big, and everything is so crazy good. The bartenders are all very friendly and quick service is all but guaranteed. There's a host of regulars, but it isn't clique-y.

Reviewed By BarFly User Viddy on June 6, 2008, 12:12 pm
fun in a glass...

Gabe, oh bartender, Gabe. Great drinks, great bar, just damn good. And good location to boot!

Reviewed Anonymously by E Diddy on September 15, 2006, 3:09 pm
Best little dump

Home from Home for the serious barfly, intelligent and friendly staff, intelligent, if slurring, regulars on the barstools... Rumours traded, knowing looks and eye rolling abound, where everyone seems to be an insider. Avoid the amateurs at the pool table, pull up a stool and get quietly sozzled instead - you're amongst friends...cynical foreigners welcome.. Alex

Reviewed Anonymously by Alex on February 5, 2006, 5:00 pm
yep...

hot spot it still is. the bartender was amazing. man of little words, knowing looks and a love for breath mints. stiff drinks. warm atmosphere. i'm gonna miss this place when i move. go there. drink it up. and tell me the location of the picture in the hall directly in fron of the girls bathroom. i'm stumped.

Reviewed Anonymously by jtotheizzo on January 25, 2006, 10:47 am
$2.00 vodka...

Well vodkas are 2 bucks all the time, not just happy hour. But, you really do have to drink 600 of them to feel a buzz. I will go back, maybe there is a different bartender.

Reviewed Anonymously by finn on October 31, 2005, 9:50 am
thursday IS the new friday.

so thurs. at this little hot spot have $2 and $3 drinks. all night. yes that's right. this may be the new thursday hot spot. Great value? i think so.

Reviewed Anonymously by j to the izzo on October 21, 2005, 1:17 pm
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