This place is Awesome....on certain nights...preferably Karaoke night you can see some crazy stuff. I remember fondly one night seeing people out of their mind on something singing some great country songs, while a group of people stared at the video poker...only later to have someone destroy their hand by breaking a pint glass in it, some random woman try to pick up on some random dude singing a song, a guy spending all his cash on the poker moving to cash advances on credit, to someone destroying the bathroom somehow....I didn't want to know how....all in one night while sitting on a stool watching it all unfold before my eyes while drinking a Little Sumpin Sumpin from Lagunitas and eating the nice roasted nuts from the jar, and oh don't forget the tequila shot bought by the gambler above....bring on the Kenny Rogers when you need 'em...You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run....We all look forward to those special moments....
Review Source:Ah, the local. Â The Yukon is a good dive bar option. The crowd is really mixed from day to day, but I have met lots of friendly peeps in there. Â Pinball, shuffleboard, cheap drinks and CATS woo hoo! It is less hipster bullshit and more cheap strong drinks. Â The karaoke nights are hilarious. Â I would recommend it if you are in the hood.
Review Source:I gave it 3 stars because if your'e gonna dive, then swan- dive!
This place looks like a waiting room ln a house of ill- repute.
It's so bad, it begins to veer back toward good.
Everything but the potency of the drink is presented with a stunning amount of apathy. Jukebox, game maintenance, etc. are all gloriously damned!
You cannot achieve this result through mere effort.
This requires the bar version of the force.
Ya gotta see it to believe it.
Dive bar? Oh heck yes. Good escape to find locals both young and old....mostly old. The drinks are strong and they have free pool! In times that I have been there the music is decent and the staff has always been friendly. The drinks are priced fair and relatively cheap!
PROS: Cheap, strong drinks.
CONS: Question the cleanliness of this place at times, but come on. It's a Dive bar!
Get a tetanus shot as a precaution before visiting.
There are two kinds of dive bars. Trendy ones that have a somewhat manufactured, low-brow feel and are populated by guys drinking PBR in tight jeans, retro glasses and t-shirts with ironic sayings on them. Then there are the working man's bars that have been going steadily downhill for 40 or 50 years. The Yukon is the latter. In a way, I guess that makes it the trendiest of dive bars--authentic.
The decor is fascinating. Nevada chicken ranch style red velvet, everywhere. I do mean everywhere. A whole series of oil paintings hang over the bar of one particular naked lady. The paintings are definitely one of a kind. I'm thinking the wife of some long-ago owner perhaps? If you sit at the bar and they're cooking a burger you can see the flames licking the ceiling. I don't mean in a tasty, charbroiled kind of way but more like there might be something wrong with the gas valve on the grill, create a safety plan / exit strategy kind of way.
The drinks are potent and cheap and the food should not be eaten until you have had 5+ drinks; at which point the burgers are quite good. I'm told they cook the hot dogs in a pint glass in the microwave. So, there you go. Dive bar haute cuisine.
The regulars are friendly and range in age from 21 to people that can remember Eisenhower.
I really should be giving it more stars than I am. The Yukon would never put on airs and pretend to be something it isn't and, for the category its in, it does a good job.
Great friendly spot with very reasonable prices, super friendly staff, a $.50 pool table, and a shuffle board. Don't go there if you are expecting a high brow kind of place. They don't put their money into decorations or anything fancy. Its just a step above picnic tables and bar stools. They have 5 newer flat screens running a host of programming, sports on evenings and weekends. Â Its IS a FRIENDLY, blue collar, neighborhood Dive Bar, in a nice family neighborhood, with bar food. Hot wings, burgers, fries, tater tots, chips and other typical bill of fare. How many places can you go for a $3.50 burger and fries that is made to order and is fresh and hot, and the staff is happy you came in.
Review Source:Awesome Dive Bar--but maybe I shouldn't let the secret out! Two awesome bartenders--not sure about the other two but the ones that work on weekends are excellent--Go Penny and Michelle! Cheap top shelf, $1.50 Bloodys on weekend mornings and karaoke Sat nites! who could ask for more? Â Oh yeah,, 2 pool tables and an old jukebox full of Johnny Cash!
Review Source:"Can I see your ID young lady?" Â Without doubt, although I frequent this place more than my own living room, I get ID'd. Â The bartender recognizes me but somehow me being under 65 requires my showing proof of age to drink my Little Sumpin' IPA from Lagunitas. Â Did I mention I come here for the really great selection of beer for REALLY cheap?
The bar food is great if you love grease flavored _insert anything here_. Â However, the bar food is cheap and keeps a belly full while drinking the cheapest (which ultimately means TOO MUCH) booze in the neighborhood. Â
The TV's rarely have good sports showing, rather some [was really good in the 90's] movie playing on TNT. Â But that's OK just play some pool, it's a great place to practice because it's only 50 cents/game and I always get better after tons of good IPA --- or at least I think so?
If you want a good cheap buzz and are not trying to impress a girl go here. Â Otherwise see ya down the street :)
$3.50 Jameson w/ a back, and there are many beers on tap. ~12-15? Â
A great start to any night...or finish I guess. Â
The decor reminds me of a Upper Peninsula (Michigan) bar...basically outdated (except for the giant tvs 5 feet in front of your face...awesome). Â Red velvet wallpaper, shrug carpet. Â
That being said, 3.50 Jamesons!...WTF I really don't care what is up with this place or the crowd or any of the details if I can get a couple rounds of Jameson for 3.50 each.
As for the crowd, if you ever have a friend dealing with trying to quit gambling this is the spot. Â Just sit for an hour or so and watch the people come in and play the video lottery. Â Wow. Â That is all.
Man, oh man....I've driven past this place 1,000 times and always been morbidly curious as to what of nature's forgotten nuances lie inside. It's the kind of place you anticipate has beer specials for the 7am crowd. More hilarious still is this business's paradoxical existence right next to a classy joint like Papa Haydens.
Upon walking in, the decor is an orgy of wood paneling (obviously), red paint, leather, Halloween decorations that will likely stay up until the following Halloween, a shuffleboard set-up that looks like an Industrial Arts project at the local prison, seats with chunks of missing leather that were repaired with like-colored duct tape, and shoddy paintings of scantily clad women.
The booze selection is surprisingly impressive, and I'm assuming it's because this bar services some legitimate, occasional meeting-attending alcoholics. There were beers on tap-a-plenty and the aged bartender was the sort that, after ordering my drink, she confided that she wears wifebeaters and no bra. Make that money, Gurrrrrrrl!
Oh...and did I mention it's a dive bar?
I love dive bars. Â The locals, bartenders, and overall atmosphere combine to be a greater experience than the apparent whole. Â These poorly lit and often dusty little gems can be as enjoyable and rewarding as those "fancy" joints. Â I have consumed amazing foods and beverages, forged lasting friendships and relationships, and have had many a bizarre and rewarding adventure start in these beloved dumps.
This place, The Yukon, Â is almost always empty. Â Why? Â The prices are crazily cheap and the Yukon is located right in the middle of a densely populated neighborhood. Â Still, it remains an almost constant ghost town. Â How come?
So what the fuck is wrong with the Yukon?
Quickly, and off the top of my head - It is filthy, the lights are too damned bright, the food is greasy, they have some ancient behemoth of a television right in the fucking middle of the shuffleboard table, and the juke sucks. Â Lastly, the pool tables and sticks could use a major overhaul and refurbishing.
Is all of that what makes the Yukon a craphole worth avoiding? Â Nope. Â It's the bartenders. Â They are a grumpy, unhelpful, surly, and gossipy bunch.
A bad attitude only gets you so far in the real world. Â It gets you even less in the SERVICE industry. Â I understand that bartenders have a difficult job to do at times. Â We have to uphold house rules, local laws, and common sense guidelines all while maintaining an enjoyable atmosphere and providing SERVICE to our customers. Â It isn't easy on a good day and it isn't a job for everyone. Â The bartender's moods, feelings, hormone levels, opinions, or whatever are a distant second to the customer's. Â Period. Â Fucking period.
SERVING the customer according to their needs and wants is paramount. Â It is the essential nature of a job in the SERVICE industry. Â When the CUSTOMER is happy, the bartender and the establishment make MORE MONEY. Â Isn't that the fucking point?
A couple quotes from Robert Plotkin, President of the National Bar and Restaurant Association -
"It is highly unprofessional to gossip, argue, gamble or lend money to the clientele. By any means possible, bartenders should also avoid becoming embroiled in inflammatory conversations. Taking sides in a heated debate exacts a heavy toll on gratuities."
"On the flip side, a bartender who loses his cool, making the customers bear the brunt of his anger, is like a cold hard slap of reality. People get slapped around plenty in their day-to-day life without being subjected to it during "happy hour."
this place is kind of funny.
it's extremely well lit for a dive bar.
the red shag carpet is so thread bare in some spots, our friend swore it was spray-on carpet. Â
there is a giant tv right in the middle of the shuffleboard table (so close to the table, you literally have to lean over right to the lip of the table to see where you're aiming).
on the other hand, i definitely enjoyed my cheap pitchers and the random foosball table. Â the shuffleboard table was also really long (a plus, since some bars have shorter ones to save space). Â in addition, a friend of mine swears by their 75 cent servings of nuts. Â :)
I've lived in the neigbhorhood for 7 years and this is only the second time I've been in, although I drive by every day.
This is an unrepentant, unpretensious, unholy Dive Bar. Â Nothing more, nothing Less.
I love it. Â Outstanding selection of beer, ok cheap bar food... Shuffleboard, pool tables, and pinball... decent juke box selection.
Gotta Love the halloween decorations...
So... if you're in sellwood and looking to slum it and just have a few beers with your homies... try the yukon.
they'll treat you nice.
Five stars! Â Well... five stars in the "dive bar" category.
I don't have an exact count, but they have about 15 or so beers on tap, two taco's for $1 twice a week (only while the fixings last), and some cheap happy-hour beer. Â What more can you ask from a dive bar?
Oh, and in response to the person who wrote about a "midget" with a "maimed" hand... He's not a midget, he's just kind of short. Â I'd guess 5'5", which does not make a midget. Â And regarding his "maimed" hand:
Number one: that makes it sound like he was the victim of a drunken tractor accident or a meth lab explosion, neither of which is the case.
Number two: he's a really nice guy. Â For example, he volunteers to work with school kids, in part to teach them that people can be made differently and still be good people... a lesson you seem to have missed!
This place would get three stars had it not been for the midget with a maimed arm at the bar next to us. Suddenly an ordinary dive bar was transformed into a David Lynch film.
The bartender who refused to smile became a lot more awesome when I saw that midget. Even when he looked like he wanted to punch my friend for ordering food. The creepy crinkle-cut fries actually tasted quite yummy in the presence of the midget.
Smoke-stained oil paintings of naked ladies because even MORE amazing (yeah, I didn't think it was possible either!) when I saw this man's stubby lil' stump protruding from his equally stubby lil' body as he tried to play a game.
I was really waiting for people to start dancing naked and doing blow whilst listening to some repetitive droning stripper music, like in Twin Peaks. It never happened. :(
I'll have to come back here one night and see how I feel about it this place sans midget.
The Yuke sure is somethin'. One day I'll figure out what that somethin' is. I've gone here several times due to its proximity but its not really where I choose to go for the evening.
Pros: Cheap drinks, two blocks from my house, free pool.
Cons: really dark, rude bartenders, carpeted walls (some might consider this a pro)
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