6th Street Office Tavern

I really enjoyed this place........it looks and feels like an old time drinkers establishment should! Lots of old wood, mirrors, a pinball machine, assorted critters mounted on the walls. Okay, so they don't have hard liquor, and there draft beer selection leaves much to be desired, but they had a decent selection of bottled beers, the bartender was nice, I even won a jackpot on one of the Oregon Video lottery machines.

One of the bartenders calls it a "half star" bar and that's a fair rating.  This is certainly a dive bar with the clientele reminding me of San Francisco's Pop's bar on 24th & York back in the '80's.  Beer & Wine only.  You can get a canned soda but NO coffee.  Owned & operated by the current owner's family for many, many years.  This used to be referred to as the Oly bar.  By day you will find long time loyal patrons, all retirees many of whom spend an inordinate amount of time on the poker machines.  By night you will find a mix of tweekers, locals & wack jobs all out looking for adventure & cheap beer.  Decor is old style with bear, deer & elk mounts (at least 10) adorning the walls.  One evening as I was observing a pool game, a drunk had the bright idea to place a feather in the paw of the bear mount.  I did not notice this blow job jump up on the back bar to my left to accomplish the placing of the feather and the beastly bear which was about 6 feet above the top of my head, off the wall, landed on my head, knocked me, my barstool and the cold one I was savoring over and I was out like a light for 12 minutes.  I woke up to the EMT's and passed out 3 more times before I  was able to tell 'em my friggin name!  I missed an entire bar fight during my nap!  Yep, this bar is good for the drama too.  I think I've about summed this place up ..... well, except for the cockroaches!!  Yes readers, I said COCKROACHES!!!  By the thousand.  Haven't seen one since I left my City by the Bay and these suckers are definitely their first cousins 'cause they're BIG!!!  You definitely have to know where to sit to enjoy a cold one (not under the mounts & away from the roaches).   Busch, Bud & Coors Light on tap and a limited selection of bottled beer.  $1.50 for a pint of Busch, $5.00 for a pitcher.  $2.00 for a pint of Bud or Coors Light and $6.00 for a pitcher.  Pool table $.50; lame ass juke box.  Usually closed by 11:00 on weeknights open later Fri. & Sat. if there is a crowd that is behaving.    I gave it 1 star because I uysed to go there and there ARE some really nice regulars.  It's near my place of employment and there ain't too many finer down home drinking establishments in this river town.