Bar Guide 2014: The Standard

By Matthew Korfhage

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The Standard

14 NE 22nd Ave., 233-4181, thestandardpdx.com. 3 pm-2:30 am daily.

The Standard is what it says it is: a neighborhood standard. It is a well-lit, cheap-as-sin warehouse haunt with a Hamm's Bear fetish and a big ol' aluminum-walled smoking patio. But there are the little things: pig roasts, summer kiddie-pool parties, an oddly discerning jukebox crowd and deep good-naturedness that seems to pervade not only the staff but the customers. The rotating whiteboard food includes the best damn chile verde you'll ever have cooked by a Dutch woman. Christmas, the stockings go up for everyone who works there. And when the first girl dies in Sharknado on the TV, you get so sentimental you almost shed a tear. Except the whole bar would laugh at you if you did. MATTHEW KORFHAGE.

Happy Hour: 3-6 pm daily. $1 off wells and draft specials. Daily drink specials.
Entertainment: Big Buck HD, Golden Tee, Photo Hunt, photo booth; pinball machines from Metallica to Terminator 3.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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