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A few Saturdays back, after we’d sampled a number of fine ales at the Farmhouse Fest, I coerced a group of friends to join Sally and I as we looked for a TV set playing the elite 8 Wisconsin matchup against Arizona. We were out in North Portland and decided to walk over to a venue I’d not haunted for at least two decades–the Nite Hawk Cafe and Lounge. Established in 1931, the Nite Hawk is divided neatly between two halves–the cafe, which has a Village Inn vibe about it, and the neighboring lounge, which is the classic pool-tables-and-video-poker dive bar. It’s not a great sports venue, as the TVs are small and few, but that makes it better in most other ways. Interstate Avenue used to be one of the skeeziest thoroughfares in the city, but now that the Max light rail runs down the center, you’re seeing some very slow gentrification–a New Seasons grocery store is just across the street. (But so is an adult video store.) Yet despite the fact that it’s only five miles from downtown, the … |
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