Bar Guide 2015: Plew's Brews

8409 N Lombard St., 283-2243. 11 am-2:30 am daily.

Randy Plew sold off his old St. Johns beer bar, and now his stoner paradise of a beer bar has merged with the newer denizens of the neighborhood—along with some electro-funk DJs—to become one of the weirder hybrid purple-hazy beasts in this or any other city. There are blacklit restrooms and grandma couches that carry the faint scent of Monday night Oregon Medical Marijuana Program meet-ups. By the Killian's Red beer sign (not available), choose from a huge collection of obscure board games and racks of thrifted T-shirts. Plew's is also the spot to find rare local beers such as Awesome Ales, otherwise absent from most tap lists.


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