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Ocean, schmocean. The towering majesty of the
onion-ringed Slow Burger—still my favorite in town after all these
years—only matters here at its original home, where the grill has aged
into its signature season and the cigarette smoke has mostly worn off
the walls after multiple remodels, although the memory of it hovers in
the air between you and whatever fucked-up gore porn they've got on the
TV. Slow Bar is, as ever, a bartender favorite and a place to hide in
deep, round booths less plush than they are all-enveloping, with pretty
much only metal on the jukebox. New Portland doesn't exist here, and
isn't really wanted. Order the same thing a few times, then ask for the
usual.
Happy hour: 3-6 pm Monday-Friday, midnight-2:30 am Sunday-Thursday. $1 off drinks, $2-$5.50 bar food.
Entertainment: TV, jukebox.
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WWeek 2015