Where is the Best After-Work Bar in Portland, Oregon?
Wow – a wine bar without attitude and that has a beautiful view, good food and a great selection of wines. Albeit they focus on Pacific Northwest wines, not something I usually gravitate toward – but their selection is delicious and the staff knows how to point you to what you will like. For the adventirous – they also have…
This bar used to be an amazing local hangout but apparently the Hipster Weekly News letter did a story on this place because now it’s mostly filled with 20-something hipsters trying painfully hard to look cool yet unimpressed. Still the ambience, beer list and food is great. Just be prepared for guys in skinny jeans, retro clothing from designer boutiques and young kids looking sullen. I know I sound like an old fart here but I wish this place would have stayed a hidden locals hangout.Pros + Great beer menuCons – Too many hipsters
I’ve been here four times now. The first two were great. The portabella mushroom sandwich is the best I’ve had anywhere, and the fish and chips were very good. The beer is also excellent. And It looks like they went back to the homemade fries. The last two times I was there though the service was from the same waiter who served each of our pitchers with his fingers around the handle, and his thumb in the beer! We all looked at each other and thought “ew, I’m not sure I’m so thirsty anymore.” The first time he said he was just at the register too, so we got the feeling like he was just handling money and then stuck his thumb in our drink. He also had the attitude like if you rubbed him the wrong way, he’d hock in your burger or something. I would say the service has been typically “less than friendly.” I hope it improves, because the food and beer is worth trying them again.
Met some friends for dinner prior to a show last week and we were pleased with our meal and our service. Upon entering olea the hostess greeted us and sat us promptly at a round table for six. This was great as my husband does not like sitting in booths. The server guided us through the menu pointing out some house favorites. Our table sampled some pizzas, the grilled dates, fritto misto sp?, several salads, and entrees. The standouts were the Lamb and the monkfish. Our table was sat early as to make it to the show, but the room filled at about 6:30-7. We loved the interior, the food & the service, would only suggest closing the front door in Portland prior to the temperature hitting the seventies. There was a slight draft
unless you know someone. i was at slow bar with a friend and we were ignored and then curtly dealt with by the waitress….until the owner came to talk with us because he is friends with my friend. then she treated us like gold. it was unbelievable. since then, the service is always horrible. i guess i should only go there with my cool friend…but they have an amazing burger, so it is worth the needlessly rude servers.
