A funny thing happened on Labor Day, The red sox won a game. Don’t believe me? Here’s the box score.
An even funnier thing happened on Tuesday, the red sox won another game, and I watched it at the Brooklyn Park Pub, on SE milwaukie, just south of Powell. Previously the spot of the ‘who’s on first tavern’, the campy baseball themes continue with some serious baseball-themed rumpus room carpet and 5 TVs, which are a ton for how small the space is.
I once visited the ‘Who’s on First’ and never went back… Something about the two drink specials being ‘the redheaded slut’ and ‘long slow screw’ made me take my business elsewhere. Perhaps I’m sensitive, but I just didn’t get it. The new owners opened up 6 months ago or so, and I finally straggled in after work for a beer and a baseball game with my favorite whitesox fan. The bar has suprisingly good beer on tap: Mac & Jacks, Leemans (Canadian, eh), Alameda ISA, and some others–other than PBR, all mediocre beer is banished to bottles and cans. They also have a full bar, but the drink menu makes me hesitant:
Sea breeze
(Jack Daniels, Rocks)
Bay Breeze
(Jack Daniels, neat)
Rob Roy
(Macallan, Neat)
…and it goes on. Obviously, these people like their whiskey. Their menu boasts a whiskey club, they have a weekly whiskey special and more whiskey bottles about than all their other liquors combined. I’m sure they mix a fine drink, but you get the point–not only are they serious about the alcohol they offer, they also seem to possess a sense of humor.
The food was sparse, deep-fried/griddle fare only.
The red sox somehow managed a 1-0 win over the white sox, and I had two very nice pints. All in all, a great experience. The Brooklyn Park Pub is a welcome addition to the Powell/Milwaukie area, I’m sure.
