so i walk into this bar...

[HotHotHeat]

Portland's a hole...And everyone there is a bad driver. Enough concrete downtown?

[FlamingLonghorn]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Portland's a hole...And everyone there is a bad driver. Enough concrete downtown?

I don't understand how anyone can think this. Well maybe the bad driver part, but Portland is one of my favorite cities in the world. Maybe it doesn't have the touristy type stuff, but its a city with a soul. Probably won't see a list of top places to live in the US without Portland near the top. And to the OP if you think Portland only has one gay bar you must not know much about that city.

[ricoFlame]

haven't you seen American Wedding, gay bar experiences end in killer dance-offs if you give it a chance.

[Cawz]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

our first and likely only time in Portland and somehow we stumble upon the only gay bar in the city.

We did the same thing in Vancouver. We were walking downtown and found a pub to sit in. Turns out it was a gay pub (cant remember what it was called though). At least I was there with the girlfriend though.

Its not like it was a big deal. Food was fine and beer was tasty as always. The only annoying part was the big group of lesbians that came in and started chanting things about lebso power and crap like that. That was pretty ridiculas, but luckily were were getting ready to leave when they started their chanting and table pounding.

[GreenLantern]

This sounds like a cover story incase anyone saw you..

[Traditional_Ale]

Everyone go easy on them.

If they walked around holding hands in Calgary, they'd probably be killed by a gang at a pedestrian bridge on their way to recycle their batteries. But I bet they'd at least leave a good tip...

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

haven't you seen American Wedding, gay bar experiences end in killer dance-offs if you give it a chance.

Who knew heaven was a place on Earth...

[troutman]

Portland is a great city.

This happened to us a few times at UBC. We should have known The Shaggy Horse wasn't a typical pub.

Aeneas has a similar story about Money Pennies in Calgary.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Perhaps it was fate or destiny.

Yeah, but those were just their stage names. The next morning after the booze and makeup wore off, it was back to Stu and Lance.

Pickle Toucher.

[Rifleman]

Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan

How awful.

You must feel so violated for going into a gay bar. I can't imagine how horrible an experience it would be to be around openly gay men.

My sympathies.

It's not in the green font, so I guess not. It really must have been awful.

[stuck_in_chuk]

One of Portland's claims to fame is their microbrewery scene. And you ordered Miller on tap?

I've only spent one night of my life in Portland (close to downtown) and had a great time. Drank some great beer, hung out in a monstrous book store, and got a tremendous deal on a baby stroller. About 10 years ago, my wife turned down a job opportunity in Portland. Sitting at the Rogue Brewery pub, I found myself regretting that she passed up on that opportunity.

[habernac]

[GGG]

You really should of parlayed it into some free drinks. Just because you accpeted them doesn't mean you have to go home with the guy

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by stuck_in_chuk

One of Portland's claims to fame is their microbrewery scene. And you ordered Miller on tap?

I've only spent one night of my life in Portland (close to downtown) and had a great time. Drank some great beer, hung out in a monstrous book store, and got a tremendous deal on a baby stroller. About 10 years ago, my wife turned down a job opportunity in Portland. Sitting at the Rogue Brewery pub, I found myself regretting that she passed up on that opportunity.

interesting you should say that, i was still thirsty so we kept wandering around and found a place called Bailey's Taproom (we were a little more careful in checking the place out first this time). seemed a little too preppy for my liking but the beer they had on tap was awesome. my favorite was one called Oktoberfest, real nice flavor but not dark enough where it's overpowering

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by troutman

Portland is a great city.

This happened to us a few times at UBC. We should have known The Shaggy Horse wasn't a typical pub.

Aeneas has a similar story about Money Pennies in Calgary.

Hey, Money Pennies has a really nice pool table...

[stang]

Originally Posted by GGG

You really should of parlayed it into some free drinks. Just because you accpeted them doesn't mean you have to go home with the guy

Yeah just start saying stuff like... I would never be able to sleep with another man... well.. unless I was drunk like that one time in University...

[stuck_in_chuk]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

interesting you should say that, i was still thirsty so we kept wandering around and found a place called Bailey's Taproom (we were a little more careful in checking the place out first this time). seemed a little too preppy for my liking but the beer they had on tap was awesome. my favorite was one called Oktoberfest, real nice flavor but not dark enough where it's overpowering

The Rogue Brewery pub that I was in was a pretty relaxed place - mostly university-age people, but some old timers as well. There was a blackboard listing their selection of beers, which was probably about 50 varieties. The bartender was generous with little sample glasses of beer, and I probably had at least 1 pint worth of samples in the time I was there. Some of the beers were pretty strange, but I had some pretty tasty ones while there.

Portland is definitely a good destination for the beer tourist.

[HOZ]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

so a friend and I took a roadtrip down to Seattle and Portland to check out a couple of concerts over the past week. Seattle was great, lots of stuff to do and see while just walking around, but Portland sucked. we walked around the downtown area for an hour or so just trying to find something interesting but compared to Seattle it looked like a dump. finally we're both tired of walking around and just want to sit down for a bit and grab a beer while we wait for the concert. we see this bar that looked decent from the outside and was right next to the concert venue, so we think great, we'll just sit here for a bit. but after we get to the bar and order a couple of Miller's they had on tap, my eyes started to adjust to the lower lighting and certain things started to stand out. a disco ball hanging in the middle of the bar, a chalkboard on a wall with the word PONY written in big colorful letters, a poster on the wall behind me that advertised a uniform party for the weekend, the curious lack of female patrons and the two guys across the bar who seemed just a little too friendly. by this point buddy and i are getting a little freaked out so we chug our beer and get the hell out of there

now i still held out hope that maybe it was just our minds playing tricks on us in a strange city, but my friend gets the charge on his credit card and looks the name of the bar up online and on a tourist information site it comes with the label "Categories: Dance Clubs, Dive Bars, Gay Bars"

our first and likely only time in Portland and somehow we stumble upon the only gay bar in the city. about the only positive i can get out of the whole situation is that we wandered in on a dead Wednesday afternoon. i'm not so sure i could laugh about it if we were unfortunate enough to try and get a drink on a Friday night there

And you totally didn't turn FAG?

Buddy live a little, the guys at the bar may have at least told you where the real night life was.........

Weren't afraid of them were you?

[Locke]

Was it called the Manhole?

[Save Us Sutter]

Hope they had a hands-free set-up in the bathrooms. Never know where you might catch the gay.

Maybe this will alienate me on this board (?!), but my favourite bar back home in Halifax is a gay bar called Reflections. One of the few places you can go and not expect to be challenged by some testosterone dripping moron for "lookin' at his girl". And the girls love it too because they don't feel threatened by date-rapists when they're on the dance floor. I used to go when I had a girlfriend and she loved it too, and I've gone when I have been single and met girls. Just because a place caters to homosexuals doesn't mean you're gay for going inside? You will find a group of open-minded, non-######ed people to party with though.