Drink Walk into the Slammer and be transported back into a reassuring hybrid of your uncle’s basement den and freshman-year college parties.   More

Food Reviews & Stories With $3 well drinks, Big Buck Hunter (both the video game and the pinball machine), video slots, TVs dedicated to the Blazers and a jukebox, it’s safe to say the Slammer was pulled from somebody’s dive-bar fantasy and realized with a hasty affection. The bar has a cozy, funky atmosphere,   More

Food Reviews & Stories Whether it’s packed with rowdy summer softball players (including the bar’s championship team) or dotted with tired blokes slouching at the bar, you'd be hard pressed to find a friendlier bar than the Slammer. Plopped on the weird convergence of Southeast Stark Street, 8th Avenue and San   More

Food Reviews & Stories Bartender’s choice: Bitters and ginger for her hangover; kisses from her bearded boyfriend when she thinks this undercover reporter is flirting with her when he’s actually trying to mine her for precious information.The tumorous haunted house growing off the back of the Slammer is only f   More

Food Reviews & Stories It is no longer legal to put match to cigarette while sipping your rye. What reason is left to go to the bar? Here’s one: cheap booze. Pints of Kokanee get passed across the horseshoe counter for $2. (If you’re wondering whether this is the kind of bar that will mix you a specialty cockt   More