#1017 - Widmer Gasthaus Pub, Portland - 3/14/2010

Pretty good beer, pretty good food, bricks and brewing vats -- pretty much what everyone now expects in a brewpub.

955 N Russell St., Portland, OR 97227 - (503) 281-3333
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#1016 - Big Red's Western Cafe, Beaverton, OR - 3/13/2010

I had lunch here, which provoked grave concerns for my health among some of the locals, though my meal was fine and uneventful and the service friendly and good.  But it was when I slipped into the bar for a quick gin and tonic that I really started to get the lowdown from some of the locals.  There was some kind of big to-do down at a slough by Wanker's Corner -- we're dressing sexy, so you should dress up, the woman at the bar was telling the big guy with a large walrus mustache and worn, tilted baseball cap.  Then she asked if he'd heard about the midget at Stars?  The midget stripper?

Unfortunately I departed without an invitation and spent the evening in a less exotic portion of Beaverton.

11485 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Beaverton, OR 97008 - (503) 579-4292
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#1015 - MVP Sports Bar & Grill, Portland - 3/12/2010

This place doesn't like sports enough to actually have the sound on, and I would find no reason to go here if I were not seeking to catch some sports event.  But unlike Champions, MVP has some fairly lively patrons and also adds ample server cleavage.

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110 SW Yamill St., Portland, OR 97204 - (503) 327-8219