LOCATION PROFILE

Jolly Roger

(503) 232-8060

1340 SE 12th Ave

Neighborhood: Eastside Industrial

With its dilapidated warehouses and crisscrossing railroad tracks, this neighborhood can feel like a working-class ghost town. (read more) But that same undiscovered, after-hours vibe is spawning lots of trendy new growth. Like AudioCinema (226 SE Madison St., 467-4554), a schizophrenic converted warehouse huddled under the Hawthorne Bridge that rents studio and rehearsal space when it’s not hosting art and performance events (like intimate encounters with Ghostface Killah and Cat Power at last year’s Musicfest NW). If you’re saddled with kiddies, try the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (1945 SE Water Ave., 797-6674, omsi.edu), which boasts rotating exhibits, laser light shows, an IMAX theater and its own naval submarine. Afterward, recharge at the Bakery Bar (1028 SE Water Ave., 546-8110) with lattes and decadent chocolate coconut cream puffs. Kidless? Swill Cuba libres at Slow Bar (533 SE Grand Ave., 230-7767) over the molar-rattling, punk-heavy jukebox that belies the bar’s handle. If you’re broke, The Maiden (previously Maiden in the Mist) (639 SE Morrison St., 232-5553) offers inexpensive happy-hour eats. And what else do broke Portlanders love? Bikes, of course. Enter River City Bicycles (706 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 233-5973) and Next Adventure (426 SE Grand Ave., 233-0706), which can cover all your gear needs. Test your wheels out on the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, a 1.5-mile riverfront strip, with a bronze statue of the former mayor beatifically smiling down on the city. —Amanda Waldroupe.

Also in Eastside Industrial neighborhood:

Biwa Food
House Spirits Food
Madison's East Wing Stage
Shoe Box Theater Stage
El Centro Milagro Stage
Imago Theatre Stage
1120 SE Main St., Suite #102 Stage
River City Bicycles Outdoors
Duff's Garage Live Music
Jolly Roger Live Music
Side Door Live Music
The Maiden Live Music
Plan B Live Music
Hippodrome Live Music
Revolver Studios Live Music

Featured in Drink 2008

“I’m never coming here again,” said my friend as he wiped shitty beer off his face (sprayed by a drunken reporter). Jolly Roger has food and drink specials nightly. We’d spent two hours Wednesday sucking $1.50 microbrews and $1 domestics, basking in the glow of the bar’s endless neon beer signs and watching several sporting events. It’s a big place where serious drinkers young and old get loaded and fed for pennies. “Never again,” he said the next day, hangover breath wafting through the phone. “What’s tonight’s special?”
Perfect Patron: Only scallywags and wenches who can hold their rum without falling off the plank need come aboard. (APK)
DRINK AND FOOD SPECIALS, GAMES (POOL, SHUFFLEBOARD), VIDEO POKER, TELEVISION, JUKEBOX, LIVE MUSIC.

Andy Kryza