Happy Beerthday!
Free beer at East Burn once a year
Posted by: John Chandler on Nov 06, 2009 at 01:00PM
9 Comments
Free beer on your birthday? Yeah, right. And all the hot girls in your office have to accept a date request from you too.
A reader named Ross just sent me a query (it’s like a letter but shorter) wanting to know the best place in Portland for free drinks on your birthday. My reply was short and to the point: “Your house.” But, good sport that I am, I vowed to look into the matter.
Imagine my shock and surprise. Turns out you and nine (whoa!) friends can indeed drink for free on your birthday at East Burn, 1800 E. Burnside. Wait! Wait! Before you make babysitter plans, be advised that certain restrictions apply.
You must come in and register at least a week in advance.
The free drinking is for one hour only.
Tap and bottled beer or house wine only.
The drinking hour must be after 9 PM.
East Burn will only accommodate two parties per night. First registered, first served.
I’m still trying to contain my joy and rage. After all, I’ve had 15 birthdays in Portland, but no free hour of drinking. This shall not stand. Does anybody else know of any sweet birthday deals around town? I really want to know.
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JC, you’d probably ruin that deal for anyone who follows. I’m just glad that my next birthday comes before yours.
Mmmmm. Beer. That is a treat. Scads of other places offer a free dessert the size of a silver dollar, or possibly smaller. Or, if it’s worth having, most so-called deals I’ve heard of require a purchase before you can even get the freebie. However, what about Country Bill’s? I bet they have something good too—or would create something special for you to talk about…
If there’s anything better than binge drinking, it’s free binge drinking.
Thanks a friggin’ lot. My birthday was last week!
It was my birthday today and I wanted free beer. I did get a free dinner at a place called Antonio’s Italian Restaurant in Lafayette. The food was great. I had some shrimp Alfredo and Italian sausage. Mentioned it was my birthday and with ID proof we only paid for one of the two. Plan to go back birthday or not.
So, uh, no credit to certain tipsters that may have told you about this?
D’oh! And a very sincere shout out to the hardest-working intern in show biz, Robert Runyon for tipping me off about East Burn. He’s the REAL brains of this operation.
Shameless plug – Beer2Buds offers a free birthday beer occasionally. If you let us know when you’re having a birthday, we’ll shoot you over a beer card worth $5 bucks. You can spend it at any of the bars in our network (p.s. we need more in Portland)
hey, is this still going on?