"What a waste of time, never looked at once by the bartender. After 10 mins we took off, did I mention the place was empty!! Empty!!"
"We live in the nieghborhood and hadnt been to the Alleyway in a long time so we decided to give happy hour a shot.
In short, the place was dirty, the food was tasteless, and the waitstaff gave us major attitude when we pointed out to them that they had overcharged us by $15, claiming we had 5 beers when we had only had one. When we pointed this out, the bartender claimed that "well it was on the ticket that you had five--I havent been here the whole time" She had been there the whole time actually, and I dont care really what your bad excuse is for being careless...when a customer points out a mistake of that magnitude, attitude is not acceptable--an "Im sorry let me make this right" is called for. I finally got my partial refund in cash which was strange, but we were just trying to get out of there at that point.
Super bummer, will not be back again."
"I also wish the bartender wasn't rude and paid us no attention. She's lucky I was too hungry to get upset. BTW, there's a patio in the back, which is kinda nice in the summer. But the lighting is really dark, it felt like we were in a refuge camp or something."
That's it for the reviews on Yelp. I'm having trouble finding more accounts connected to them but they seem to be still open at least:
And now like... I'm starting to think like I'll need a new thread for this... So we have a hipster infested bar with kid-friendly features and a black metal theme so the only thing missing now? Creepy artwork. Aaaand guess what I just found.
I searched the bar on youtube, some live gigs that you'd just love to take your kids too:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Ok.. I'm just about freaking out at this point, keep in mind I'm basically reading/researching simultaneously. At the 5:13 minute mark you can clearly see A CHILD SIZED COFFIN WITH A PENTAGRAM DECORATING THE BAR!
Unless I'm going crazy that is exactly what that looks like to me:
Happens in some gay bars if you're straight, or punk/edgy bars if you're a square, I'm sure it happens at pedo clubs. It's like show up to a goth club with a light blue polo shirt and beige khakis.
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Element2301 ago
"What a waste of time, never looked at once by the bartender. After 10 mins we took off, did I mention the place was empty!! Empty!!"
"We live in the nieghborhood and hadnt been to the Alleyway in a long time so we decided to give happy hour a shot.
In short, the place was dirty, the food was tasteless, and the waitstaff gave us major attitude when we pointed out to them that they had overcharged us by $15, claiming we had 5 beers when we had only had one. When we pointed this out, the bartender claimed that "well it was on the ticket that you had five--I havent been here the whole time" She had been there the whole time actually, and I dont care really what your bad excuse is for being careless...when a customer points out a mistake of that magnitude, attitude is not acceptable--an "Im sorry let me make this right" is called for. I finally got my partial refund in cash which was strange, but we were just trying to get out of there at that point.
Super bummer, will not be back again."
"I also wish the bartender wasn't rude and paid us no attention. She's lucky I was too hungry to get upset. BTW, there's a patio in the back, which is kinda nice in the summer. But the lighting is really dark, it felt like we were in a refuge camp or something."
That's it for the reviews on Yelp. I'm having trouble finding more accounts connected to them but they seem to be still open at least:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Alleyway+Cafe+%26+Bar/@45.5591604,-122.6427673,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5495a6dfc1293e1b:0xaacc505cbc46ebca!8m2!3d45.5591567!4d-122.6405786
Described as "kid-friendly"... Death metal and disgusting bathrooms is "kid-friendly"?
https://www.zomato.com/portland/alleyway-caf%C3%A9-and-bar-alberta
Concert with:
HEAVY VOODOO (4th) ANCIENT WARLOCKS (3rd) HOLY GROVE (2nd) WITCHASAURUS HEX (1st)
http://www.bandsintown.com/event/6211004-ancient-warlocks-portland-the-alleyway-bar-2013?artist=Ancient+Warlocks&came_from=178
I'm sure toddlers and kids were welcome to this event?
https://www.facebook.com/heavyvoodoo
http://www.bandsintown.com/event/4460980-they-as-in-them-portland-the-alleyway-bar-2011?artist=They+As+In+Them&came_from=178
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pS_vmB0Nio
And now like... I'm starting to think like I'll need a new thread for this... So we have a hipster infested bar with kid-friendly features and a black metal theme so the only thing missing now? Creepy artwork. Aaaand guess what I just found.
I searched the bar on youtube, some live gigs that you'd just love to take your kids too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC8nkLcD4CM (NSFE)
http://i.imgur.com/OwFfun4.png http://i.imgur.com/PEYpGNe.png
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Ok.. I'm just about freaking out at this point, keep in mind I'm basically reading/researching simultaneously. At the 5:13 minute mark you can clearly see A CHILD SIZED COFFIN WITH A PENTAGRAM DECORATING THE BAR!
Unless I'm going crazy that is exactly what that looks like to me:
http://i.imgur.com/wvdncU7.png http://i.imgur.com/ePUJMum.png http://i.imgur.com/IPxltRB.png
I'll keep this going here for now but maybe start a new thread later.
idontlikesalmon ago
What better way of avoiding normal customers from coming back then by treating them poorly...
FriesischShipping ago
Happens in some gay bars if you're straight, or punk/edgy bars if you're a square, I'm sure it happens at pedo clubs. It's like show up to a goth club with a light blue polo shirt and beige khakis.