McMenamins Greater Trumps — Restaurant in Portland

Had hopes for this place but the white balding guy with glasses is on a power trip for real. I bought a cigar. He asked if I wanted water and I politely declined and said I had a Diet Coke with me (was sitting on my table unopened in front of him). He proceeds to tell me “for future reference, don’t ever bring drinks in bar. It’s against the law.” It is for alcohol dude. There is no law against non-alcoholic drinks. Bars can have rules about outside non-alcoholic beverages but again no law in Oregon states this.

Another two guys walk up, order beer, and walk outside to a table that had wet seats and one of them comes back in and asks for a bar towel to dry their seat. Bartender looks at this guy and says “they’re weaved seats and wiping them won’t work.” Hands him a towel, and says “you need to bring it back.” Guy said to him something along the lines of “it’ll be better than nothing.” Like dude it costs you nothing to not be a dick. You work at a cigar bar for Christ sakes. Not that serious. So much for good customer service.

Bar setup was cool at least. Enjoyed the...

I visited the Backstage Bar, but it's right next to the Greater Trumps, so Google got confused. But the Backstage Bar is one of my favorite places on earth, it is such a beautiful place, even has incredible acoustics, makes me wish they held classical piano concerts in there. It's cool and dark in there, not overly busy, I like to watch sports games there. If there's a big, important game, they project it on a movie screen. I also like the beer, my favorite is the Hazy IPA, it's hoppy. Mcmenamins employees are usually too "cool" and "hip" to be very friendly, but it's not bad service otherwise. They have awesome salads, other items are hit and miss in my opinion, but again, not too bad. I think the wonderful atmosphere is the strength...

I love how vintage and cozy this bar is. I have been a big fan of McMenamins for many years and am shocked I haven’t been to this unique whiskey bar, I happened upon it to get my McMenamins passport stamp. If you’re sensitive to smoke, this might not be the place for you as smoking cigars inside is allowed — it’s great for people like my brother and I that enjoy a little smoke with our snifters. Up to the McMenamins standard, service kind of snuffed us off but that’s generally expected :) Will be...