New Hangout

Sloans Tavern 36 N Russell St Portland, OR 97227(503) 287-2262
Open: Mon-Thurs 11 am-11pm, Fri 11 am-Midnight

Slightly hung over after having 6 beers at Sloans last night. This place is hilarious. Food was mediocre, and there is no ATM, which is good for Video Poker avoidance. They also have the coolest jukebox in PDX. Here is another description of the place.

"Brown, running the carpet and climbing the walls, from heavy darks to beige to the golden specs glittering in the ceiling panels, this quiet joint out of time is its own comforting realm of brown, with high-backed booths lit by squat ceramic table lamps, the cab of a Freightliner truck erupting out of the street side wall and short stretch of bar segmented into a series of odd two-fer booths. Wait… booths at a bar?
What about the mirrors on the ceiling over the bar? And those three-dimensional diorama like thatch-and-blue wall hanging of owls perching on flowery branches? Oh, yeah, and that gold truck face overlooking the sidewalk, an effect courtesy of the Sloan-run auto body shop next door. From inside, the front booth in the restaurant looks out through the windows of the cab, a bit of simulated flame quivers in one windshield-eye. That's the table where the owners son's and daughter's sit, where they've probably sat, for a very long-time. Everything in Sloan's feels preserved."