Victoria Hotel & Tavern

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  Because I'm a local, and I am showered, thought I'd give it another shot. The Cali tourists are a pain but the Vic needs some serious help. Tall means they over pour. Drunks are a huge problem at this bar.

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  Posted on 06.20.13 Mark S.

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  Love this dive bar with the free shuffle board. When we were there, the bar featured not one but two late afternoon drunks. THAT's A BONUS!
  
  But it was the female bar tender from Portland who made us feel like a million dollars as we laughed and joked and drank our beers before dinner. Nice big long bar and lots of fun locals.

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  Posted on 04.14.13 Tres B.

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  In all fairness, we only stepped in looking for a place to grab a decent meal and watch that evening's bowl games. They play music opposed to the game commentary and have limited seating. Menu didn't appear anything above standard heat n serve pub fare. In the two minutes we were in, the atmosphere wasn't overwhlemingly inviting.  We headed across the street to Benson's.
  
  Go here if you're with a group wanting a couple of pitchers and to play pool or foosball and don't care to hear the commentary of the game on TV.

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  Posted on 12.30.10 Jesse M.

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  As my hubby, our friend and I strolled along F Street, I wondered if I had built "the Vic", as it's called by the locals, up too much. I mean my last visit WAS 10 years ago.
  
  We paid our $3 cover and slid past a couple of locals that clearly had not showered in a few days. (So far I'm not doing so hot.)
  
  But I was soon redeemed. We grabbed a couple of super strong drinks from the bartender (Apparently "tall" at the Vic means "more alcohol in a taller glass".) and hit the shuffleboard table, which luckily was downwind of said locals.
  
  After a few cocktails and games of shuffleboard a bluegrass, honky tonk band hit the stage. This was the perfect cap to the evening. We danced around while we sailed with the Captain, challenged each other and the locals to a shuffleboard tourney and had a grand ol' time. (Okay so technically I danced, sailed and challenged the locals to shuffleboard. But the guys were on board. Either that or they were silently egging me on. At least that's the story I'm going with.)
  
  The Vic is full of charm and unexpected coolness. You get the feeling that anything goes and everyone ends up friends by the end of the night...and I love that.
  
  I hope it doesn't take me another 10 years to visit the Vic again. It's too great of a place to be away from for that long.

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  Posted on 06.29.09 Sheryl C.

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