Name Dropper
A new old bar with a challenging drink menu
Posted by: John Chandler on Aug 27, 2009 at 02:00PM
6 Comments
I was out carousing in Sellwood the other night and noticed that venerable watering hole Terry’s Inn (4463 SE Milwaukie Ave) has reopened after being shuttered for two years. As longtime lushes can attest, Terry’s, a comfy dive that had been serving up Hamm’s and Budweiser since the Eisenhower administration, was a veritable wonderland of weird, kitschy decor. Year-round Christmas ornaments, a claw machine, even an old coin-operated fortune teller plundered from some ancient boardwalk were just some of the adorable oddities on display.
Sad to report that the knickknacks have all been shipped off to Antiques Roadshow or someplace, and that Terry’s is now called Hound Dog’s. Or is it Houndogs? And the big neon sign still says Terry’s Inn. Sounds like the makings of an identity crisis.
Hound Dog’s (according to Webster anyway) does have one pretty cool gimmick: drink specials that change every two hours. On Saturday, from 10 AM to noon, patrons could order a bloody Mary for a measly $2.50. From noon to 2 PM, it was martini time, again for $2.50. A scotch and soda was available for $2 from 2–4, you could have (a) Sex on the Beach for $3 from 4–6, and from 6–8 it was $2 for a vodka tonic. Things really heated up from 8–10, with a $5 Long Island Ice Tea, and from 10 on all beer was half off.
Theoretically, you could stay from opening to close and spend only $20, depending on the price of beer and your fondness for video poker. But you didn’t hear about it from me.
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I’ve driven by this bar dozens of times but never been in. With drink specials like that, I may now never leave.
Lay off the identity crisis. I think it’s perfect! Right now, most people are not employed. They don’t know what they’ll do next—join a commune, start a business, apply for a gig at Mary’s. This way, the joint matches the patrons. As in “keeping all options open.” And, those prices are what I’d call a public service. So, in the name of sampling all of their wares and still having some pocket change left over, when’s a good day for you?
I’ll go to this dive if you guys go…$20 for a lot of drink.
Ack! Misuse of the apostrophe! Drives me nutbar.
Or is this a case of ambiguous apostrophe-identity?
@Littlebird. Hound Dog’s Bar & Grill is the complete moniker. I was just in a hurry! Mea culpa.
The best part is regular priced Jameson is only $4. Cheapest in town.