SE
Claudia's
3006 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
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Claudia's is perhaps a perfect pool room: Lots of tables, but no one playing, in a room overseen by Portland's greatest retired basketball coach, Troy Berry.
NW
Uptown Billiards Club
120 NW 23rd Ave.
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Uptown is upstairs and upscale—one of few pool halls that allow reservations for dinner. Expect to play billiards while debating the finer points of snooker etiquette with an old-guard Portlander who watches BBC sports.
NE
Sam's Billiards
1845 NE 41st Ave.
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Sam's is billiard hall as theme park—complete with banisters made of pool cues. But the decor don't lie: It's got active tournament play and even regulation snooker.
SW
Rialto Pool Room
529 SW 4th Ave.
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As this guide prints, the historic, century-old Rialto is set to reopen downtown with a seriously serious array of pool tables, hustlers, gamblers, alcoholics and charm.
N
Mousetrap Tavern
2305 N Lombard St.
In billiards-starved North Portland, the Mousetrap is home to three tables, cheap-as-sin drinks, slow service and some serious sharks hounding the felt.
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