The Basement Public House — Restaurant in Portland

I really like this bar. Definitely one of my favorites in the area. Their food is simple but delicious and nutritious. It has never made me feel bad like some places that taste great but at ultimately too fatty or salty. For 13 bucks you can get a tiki Marsala and with a 20 oz beer its under $20.

The ambiance is the perfect dive-y bar. It's clean, the service is prompt and the drinks are solid. The back patio is cool and the benches on 12th are also a great place to chill and meet people.

Prices are good and happy hour is also stellar.

My one and only complaint and it's not really a complaint, is I've wanted to go for a late lunch a few times and I'm always disappointed when I remember it doesn't open til 3PM. Probably a good thing to be honest.

Bars like this are was make Portland what it is. Keep it up, we love it....

Adorable little tavern situated in a historic barroom in front of an old home in the Buckman district. It’s owned by the same person that owns B-Sides, so I had high hopes, but I must admit I was blown away. The drink prices are just as cheap as B-Sides ($3 PBR, $5 well drinks) but without the divey atmosphere. And they have GOOD CHEAP FOOD! If you’re going out and forgot to have dinner, get the Tikka Masala. No bar food I've yet had compares, and it's only $10! The back patio is a nice spot to get away from the noise, if you don’t mind cigarette smoke. And the fish tank could keep me occupied for hours, if it wasn't right in front of where people line up for the bar. Overall, if you like cheap beer and a laid back atmosphere, but sometimes find dive bars a little too dingy or sad, this...

One word describes this place: dark.

The bar is built into a historic extension of an old vintage Portland home's basement storefront - gives it a strange underground vibe similar to the basement of the Goodfoot (except no ugly carpet).

Other than that, a typical Portland "neu-dive" bar, filled with your typical assortment of younger Portlanders drinking beer. Good fallback spot if Roadside is too full. They also take cards, which is a big deal if you're going to Roadside. I don't recommend the food at all, but had a good assortment of beer and pinball machines - not to mention board games, which can be...