SUMMARY: Great food, great drinks, great prices, great service. COMMENTS: This is our newest "find" here in North Portland, and we just love this place. The carpets are clean and the walls, comfortably uncluttered. Walk further back and you get the feeling this might be some sort of "man cave" what with the big chairs plopped in front of the big screen t.v. beyond the pool table. But if this is a guy's guy place, it also has a feminine feel to it that refines the place and boosts it way beyond your typical Lombard Street tavern: there are fresh flowers in both restrooms! This is no dive. The menu is (mostly) new everyday and merely posted on a whiteboard at the end of the bar--hug trees, don't cut them. We like the hearty and fair-priced soups (a clam chowder and way-beyond-broth tortilla-chicken-veggie soup). Entrees are veggie only and creative carnivore fare. James is the cook, and a Navy veteran, and he rocks it with the broccoli salad and veggies au gratin. The carrot cake was off the hook, super-dense and not one of those all-crumbly or fall apart-y ones like the office chips in on and buys for your co-worker on his birthday. We actually had to chew it. When was the last time you honestly masticated a slice of carrot cake vs. simply closing your mouth and letting the thing dissolve in there? Cream cheese frosting was also delish'. Drinks are honest--greyhounds in a pint glass with a liberal free pour are tasty and $4.50(?). We also tried something called a "pink panties," which was basically a dry vodka martini with a dash of rose hips-flavored sweet water (from Lebanon) added. Pretty awesome. Goes down easy without being sweet. Bartenders hump it behind the bar and on the floor solo, so they earn your tips. Jodie and Liz rock.

Such a nicer place the Jack & Jerry's! Tony the bartender does a kick ass Long Island. Good mix of people, pool table and decent juke!

Sundown pub Lives!The new owners Julian and Wy have purged the filth,the fogies, and the tweekers from the building.It is clean, comfy, and possible to hear each other talk.The food is good,and the people that work there and hang out there, are all very nice.We love the fresh flowers, and cute Tommy on Thursday night.They also open the pool table up when they know we'll be awhile!