Scoreboard Tavern

4822 SE Division St. Portland, OR 97206
Phone: (503) 234.0181

Located in: Southeast Portland
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BarFly's Review of Scoreboard Tavern

Under new management as of Novemberish 2009.



A defiantly proud (though that can't be the word) dive's dive for evers, with happy hour cocktails under a dollar the past decade, and a rough'n'ready clientele ready to single-fistedly resist their neighborhood's post-grad invasion, The Scoreboard looks to have finally given up the fight. The old men remain, and poker nights retain an Elks-lodge neighborliness, but, squeezed between the new Jackpot Studios and the burgeoning vegan minimall, they really hadn't much choice, and all changes, utterly - new televisions, fresh paint, painful attempts toward fusion appetizers, animated young men of purposeless eyewear and tight polyester drifting about. Nobody pays attention to the everpresent sports, of course, but they never really did.

3 pool tables, 10 tvs, 1 pinball, 2 darts, misc video games
Hours:
3pm-2:30am Mon-Fri
11am-2:30am Sat
10am-2:30am Sun

Scoreboard Tavern's Happy Hours
Monday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Tuesday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Wednesday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Thursday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Friday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Saturday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Sunday$2.50 wells, $2 doms, $3 micros, $3.95+ menu 4-7pm
Reader Reviews of Scoreboard Tavern
scoreboard?

Do you mean the re-opening again? After the last two owners ran the place into the ground? Heard they're gonna have cute skanks wearing pinstripe uniforms in the place now. God help us if that's true. I mean, i like me some skanks, but the Scoreboard's the last dive around there--not counting Sickly's and the like. What's it gonna be now? I'm not holding my breath on this one.. Wait and see.. Can't be worse than a place run by a pilled-out over-the-hill bar hag and her balding monchichi coffee nudge slurping husband husband who spent every waking moment in the place or the dykes who had the place last. Who knows..

Reviewed Anonymously by Definitely Not jmatt on December 7, 2009, 4:40 am
scoreboard tavern

One of the best sports bars in the portland/metro area. Since re-opening it has been a great place to come watch the game at. The staff is great and beautiful, and managment is doing a great job.

Reviewed Anonymously by luthorcorp on December 6, 2009, 4:14 pm
Awful in all best best ways!

Yes its a dive. Its awesome. I love to see all the bad reviews, those are the people I dont want coming back! I live nearby and its a great spot to feel good about yourself because the people watching in the best and the drinks are strong. Its changing ownership (again) so they better not class it up or ill be pissed. Pool tables, ping pong (maybe it will be there still), and plenty of TVs for games. IF YOU DONT LIKE DIVES STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MINE! :)

Reviewed Anonymously by Ken on October 23, 2009, 7:04 pm
How did I get in Grandpa's basement?

This place looks like a den created by a factory worker who saved up his money, put it all into the liquor and TV's and said screw the rest. And then he got his factory worker buddies to help him put it all together.

"Hey Joey, where ya want this TV?"

"I don't know. Put it on top of the other TV!"

Love the flourescent lighting inside too. What better way to really bring out the subtle nuances of the cigarette burns and old scars of the clientele.

The good news in all of this is that what they miss out on in looks, they make up for with cheap, strong hooch. Good pours, good prices, good people serving 'em. Three things that should be in every bar.

Good as this all is, of course, it's no reason to make a trip out of your way to come here. I'm sure you can find a similar place closer to where you live. One that has good peeps and good drinks. Perhaps one that doesn't quite so much smell like ass.

Reviewed By BarFly User BigMAC on October 21, 2008, 2:11 pm
really really bad

What's amazing is that as bar owner you wouldn't figure out that if you made some pretty basic changes to this place you'd have a gold mine. The location is sweet, and this part of SE has proven it wants a good bar (e.g. North on 50th & Division). These guys put up a digital sign with rollin messages across it and started opening at 7am to serve breakfast as a way to drive more business... Sorry not what we want, just give us a place to hang out that doesn't smell like ass and doesn't have underage kids sniffin spray pant cans

Reviewed Anonymously by Andy Morwed on August 13, 2007, 9:44 pm
perfect

seriously. perfect. go there on a sunday morning sometime if you like football, or just want to check out what it's like in a city that cares about football (real football. you know, NFL). the owners have a bad rap here, not sure why, because they've always been good to us and keep the drinks cheap and the food delicious. i hear it's up for sale, which is sad. squeezed between a new french bistro, a vegetarian restaurant and a bead store, i guess i can't be surprised.

Reviewed Anonymously by friggin' idiot on August 8, 2007, 9:10 pm
the worst

I went there one night and the owner who was completely piss-drunk started berating me for wanting to play the jukebox. The stench from the poorly maintained restrooms combined with the smoke and what smells like burned-out fryer oil quickly becomes an eye-watering excuse to get the hell out.

Just some advice to management- no one is impressed by your 20 blaring TV's and tell your cook if he's going to pick his nose do it where no one can see. I'm glad I didn't order food. Gross.

Reviewed Anonymously by john on December 27, 2006, 8:02 pm
The Board

Cool bar, quickly turning into a hipster haven, with more buddy holly glasses and trust funds then the eye can see. Cool regular crowd, with a couple good bartenders. Owners are asses, but what can you expect. Food is hit or miss, see you there!

Reviewed Anonymously by Oliver on September 25, 2006, 1:08 am
Shithole

Worst bar in town. It stinks, the decor is a nauseating amalgam of whatever free beer signage they got from their distributors, the worst mix of barely legal thug wannabees, video crackheads, rookie drunks, hicks, pedophiles and pukers loafing around sucking warm pabst and the owners are a couple of white trash bigot drunks who are constantly running decent people out of the bar. They've had a few good bartenders but they don't stick around long.

Reviewed Anonymously by hank on July 20, 2006, 12:41 pm
Ownership

Great neighborhood sports bar that serves locals and a fairly diverse crowd. Great food and drinks, priced well. The owners are a couple of Nazis that shuffle new bartenders in and out as it pleases them. The current owners don't deserve to own a bar of this quality, they will most likely have to sell it, soon.

Reviewed Anonymously by Miguel C. on March 17, 2006, 6:25 pm
great neighborhood place!

The food's actually really good, and drinks are stiff (and cheap). All the bartenders are great!

Reviewed Anonymously by S on December 27, 2005, 8:05 am
Scorebored

This place is a good neighborhood bar and not too jock. The bartenders are all pretty cool but the owner is a stupid redneck wench. $1 Pabst kicks ass.

Reviewed Anonymously by J on May 2, 2005, 12:47 am
confused

We go there sometimes, because it is stumbling distance from our house, but some people actually drive there from Gresham. It's big, lots of pool tables, cheap beer, as in $1. pbrs all the time. good cheap fried food like mini-corndogs. The bad part, is all the people who drive there from gresham. Wierd mix of people at times... oh yeah, and there are way too many TVs showing sports, but I guess they are a sports bar... they should just drop the sports part. sometimes they'll show the simpsons instead.

Reviewed Anonymously by amused on January 18, 2005, 8:49 pm
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