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As I was walked in the door at Rontoms, a dude started
the synth line from "Get Ready for This." Another dude hollered
something about "the meat market" to me as he was enveloped into it. A
profundity of baseball caps, U of O T-shirts and carefully manicured
short beards wait with those doors. They are all attached to people who
are trying to have sex with you, depending on who you are. The drinks
are pretty good, though—the Mescal Mule is a weirdly delicious mix of
refreshing and smoky—and if you can get to the patio, it's nice, kind of
like a warehouse take on the Chinese garden, all bamboo and concrete.
But on a late weekend, pick which one you want to enjoy, because a beefy
shoulder from some dude trying to get some lady's attention will
probably make you spill the former before you reach the latter.
Happy hour: 3-6:30 pm daily. $1 off wells and drafts. Cheap foodstuffs.
Entertainment: Live music Sunday, mating rituals, capacious patio.
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