Rontoms

By Matthew Korfhage

Rontoms, once prized for its retro stylings, now looks oddly dated, the vintage record player housing the water a relic of another time. The huge bar space is now sort of a front for the back deck, where the real action is. Walk in on a happy hour between May and October, and pretty much every social demographic under age 40 is gathered on the back patio. Traveling oceanographers? Check. Wieden +Kennedy account managers? Check. Two bros monopolizing the pingpong table? Double check. Your ex-girlfriend/-husband/-third wheel in a failed triad? Check, check and check. This is where Portland summers. And whatever the booking controversies, those free Sunday Sessions concerts continue unabated and busy as hell.

Happy hour: 3-6:30 pm daily. $1 off wells and drafts. Cheap foodstuffs.

Entertainment: Live music Sunday, pingpong on the patio.

600 E Burnside St., 503-236-4536, rontoms.net. 3 pm-2:30 am daily.

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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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