Bandit Bar — Restaurant in Portland

How to turn a $300+ tab to a $145 dollar tab: between my friends and I, we have spent thousands and thousands of dollars at this place through the years, yet that came abruptly to an end for me today. As per usual, we went to one of our favorite spots “pizza thief” to grab food and drinks from this bar after work, unfortunately the staff, seemingly upset with me, came over directly to our table and told me that they were getting complaints by other customers, because apparently I was laughing too loud for a bar setting. There were a total of maybe 6-8 people at the bar when we showed up, I was with a group of 9 (we trickled in) and ordered $145 worth of food and drinks along with the tab that was already going before I even got there, so easily over $200 just to start the evening. I had food and one drink, and we were still waiting on more people to show, when they came from the pizza restaurant side to tell me I needed to keep it down. I understand if we were being disruptive, disrespectful, fighting, etc, or if it was a very quiet restaurant, but we were in a bar, and they came from the restaurant side to talk to me directly and when I looked there were maybe 5 people at most in the pizza restaurant. Instead of closing the curtain and letting us continue to enjoy a few drinks they chose to “shut it down” because of my laughter. Our tab for a group that big normally runs between $300-$600, so it’s not like we walk in there and spent $30 and act out. Unfortunately I will never again set foot...

Fantastic is the best way I can describe the experience here. Ordered 2 margaritas at the start of my visit and each one was hand delivered to my table outside. Even better that this bar is sat right next to a “pay-by-the-slice” pizza spot, plus the taxidermy raccoon hidden closer to the ceiling. Great spot to go, not too much traffic but has the local traffic after 6. If I could go above 5 stars I would. Looking for a place to take your parents who are visiting from out of state? This is the place. It’s like the college experience...

Maika makes some of the best cocktails in Portland! She’s so much fun to chat with and takes the time to make everyone feel like they are welcome while multitasking non-stop. I’m always so happy to see her behind the bar when I come in. Chopped Salad and Wildwood pizza are my favorites things to eat, but the staff is definitely the highlight of this NW...