BarFly's Review of The Slammer
One of Portland's oldest bars, the former speakeasy and cop hangout - move along, fratboys, the name's nothing to do with tequila - had settled gently into an old man's crumbling dive until a recent revitalization through band and trivia nights. Nothing too dramatic, taco nights are still most popular, but they have brought in liquor and expanded hours. Best avoided by the claustrophobic - the tiny space barely has room for the wraparound bar and low ceilings cluttered with hanging kitsch suggest our great-grandfathers must have been midgets. 2x pinball
Open 3pm-2:30am Mon-Fri, 5pm-2:30am Saturdays, Sunday 5pm-close (Sometimes opens earlier, so just call!)
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Glad to see you doing so well!! Miss all the good times we had!
Did Dale ever find his coffee cup? Check the freezer!!!!!
(thaw before removing popcorn and utensils)
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Lizzie's the best! Anna and Michelle kick ass! The price is right! What's not to love about the Slammer? If you're lucky they'll even let YOU switch out a blown keg. Awesome...
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Sign said "possibly the friendliest bar in the world". We figured that would be a good sign. The four of us drank like fiends, and in a true measure of the Slammer's charm, my normally prudish wife downed twice as much wine as she ever does and ended up passed out at home. Good, good, good times.
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Are you kidding me,
Why is this such a subject? This bar rocks!! Everyone is welcome, and every server there will treat you like you are the one and only!!! I love you Lizzie- Amanda
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The Slammer's doing music regularly now... up on the roof!!! Check it out, last Saturday of every month. The Sept. 29th show rocked.
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The Slammer is now open on SAT! 10:30 am to at least 1AM. Come in for cheap awesome bloody mary bar! It looks like we may strt havin' music on the last SAT of the month.
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So, evidently I won the deed to the Slammer in a trivia contest, but I was so shitfaced I must have left it there since I'm not seeing a dime of profit. That's ok, Lizzy would have tracked me down and put the kibosh on me if I had kept it. I think taking her Ginsu knives was reward enough.
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Thanks for the kind words 'bout my pub quiz, Red, whomever you may be . . .
I get a kick out of the owner, too. Lizzy's cranky charm is definitely a selling point for The Slammer.
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Hey everyone, this is the place to go with friends. Taco night is great, service is excellent and the owner doesn't take any crap from deadbeats...trivia night is a blast. Hard liquor is on its way very soon. Only draw back is that it is closed on Weekends......had lottery that hardly anyone plays, could be the machines are ready!!!!
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