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Concordia Ale House
A good place for burgers and great for beers.
3276 NE Killingsworth
Portland OR 97211
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Jan 2, 2009Books are my only friends
After this week's social events, beer is probably the last thing on your mind, but if you like beer and spend time on the West Coast you need to take a look at the Good Beer Guide: West Coast USA. Written by two British beer writers, they had the good fortune to tour the Western US to visit brewpubs, breweries and bars and provide exhaustive coverage of the beer drinking opportunities out here.
While I have dabbled in the delights of the West Coast, I know the Portland scene fairly well and they have it beautifully covered. They rightly point out the excellent Concordia Ale House as a highlight and also provide indepth reviews of the local majors like Deschutes, McMenamins and Bridgeport.
The writing is funny and enthusiastic, these guys really do like beer quite a lot. If you drink beer (decent beer that is) and spend time on the West Coast, this is an excellent investment.
Nov 4, 2008circus geek
While I have dabbled in the delights of the West Coast, I know the Portland scene fairly well and they have it beautifully covered. They rightly point out the excellent Concordia Ale House as a highlight and also provide indepth reviews of the local majors like Deschutes, McMenamins and Bridgeport.
The writing is funny and enthusiastic, these guys really do like beer quite a lot. If you drink beer (decent beer that is) and spend time on the West Coast, this is an excellent investment.
I keep meaning to post, I really do! I just keep getting distracted and putting it off. Here's yet another recap of the past week or so...
Tues - Fri
Worked. Lots of meetings, lots of planning, little actual work got done.
Friday night (Halloween)
Kelly and I went to Concordia Ale House for a beer, and then headed [...]
Jul 16, 2008Rooftop Brew
Lindsay, Joe and I rode over to Concordia Ale House to participate in the Concordia Cup, a blind tasting of Oregon Imperial (double) IPAs. We each ordered a tray and set about tasting. I started at #10, a beer infused with or aged in a wind barrel (Pinot we guessed). It was excellent. Continuing on, [...]
May 27, 2008tagged 'pdx' on del.icio.us
Apr 25, 2008OregonLive.com: The Beer Here
oregonian file fotoThey uncovered part of this original mural while building the Concordia Ale House in 2005... The Beer Brawl is the brainchild of Point Blank Distributing's Scott Willis, who devised it as a titanic battle royale of beer, a...
Jun 19, 2008Damn Portlanders
I am leading a pub crawl by bicycle/coloring contest tonight 7:30pm starts in NE at Concordia ale house. It was originally going to be a brewery ride but never fear there will be good beer!
many more rides ahappening:
www.shift2bikes.org
yay bikes!!!
Mar 24, 2008Portland Hamburgers
many more rides ahappening:
www.shift2bikes.org
yay bikes!!!
UPDATED: 3.24.08
AmericanCheese takes a break from making Origami Bunny's for Zombie Jesus:
May 9, 2008PDX Restaurant Reviews by Regular Folks
AmericanCheese takes a break from making Origami Bunny's for Zombie Jesus:
The girlfriend and I decided a burger was in order so we stopped at this joint. (and wow, the corner of 33rd and Killingsworth ain't how it used to be, that's for sure).
Anyway, the photo is of the "Firehouse Burger". Half pound patty, two onion rings, pepper bacon, sliced jalapenos, and something called "Hades" sauce, which is just a spicy bbq sauce as far as I can tell. $8.75 with fries. Good fries too.
It was actually pretty good for standard fancy pub fair, but I paid for it in the morning. Spicy!
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Our blog has long loved the Concordia Ale House. Not loved. LOVED. Which is why this is hard to say.
I may never go back.
In my opinion, food is half of the restaurant experience. The rest is composed of the various experiential points that make a place worthwhile. Price, ambiance, and, of course, service.
JLowe and I arranged, tonight, to meet at Concordia Ale House for dinner, at 6:45, with our wives and kids. We arrived at the appointed time and were seated promptly.
Then began the trouble. About 3 minutes later, JLowe's neighbors, a group of about 6 altogether, arrived and were seated on the other side of the restaurant. At that point, there was one open table remaining, and every other table was full. Shortly after, some other people were seated at the open table.
Typically busy Friday night, in my opinion.
We watched the two waitresses make the rounds, serving beer and drinks and food to the other tables, and continued to chat amongst ourselves. I decided I would have the Firehouse Burger and a Naughty Nellie beer. My wife decided she'd have chicken strips with Buffalo sauce. We decided between the families that the kids would split a grilled cheese. I don't know what JLowe and his wife were going to order, but they'd decided as well. The menus were closed and put aside, and we waited.
And waited.
And waited.
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I may never go back.
In my opinion, food is half of the restaurant experience. The rest is composed of the various experiential points that make a place worthwhile. Price, ambiance, and, of course, service.
JLowe and I arranged, tonight, to meet at Concordia Ale House for dinner, at 6:45, with our wives and kids. We arrived at the appointed time and were seated promptly.
Then began the trouble. About 3 minutes later, JLowe's neighbors, a group of about 6 altogether, arrived and were seated on the other side of the restaurant. At that point, there was one open table remaining, and every other table was full. Shortly after, some other people were seated at the open table.
Typically busy Friday night, in my opinion.
We watched the two waitresses make the rounds, serving beer and drinks and food to the other tables, and continued to chat amongst ourselves. I decided I would have the Firehouse Burger and a Naughty Nellie beer. My wife decided she'd have chicken strips with Buffalo sauce. We decided between the families that the kids would split a grilled cheese. I don't know what JLowe and his wife were going to order, but they'd decided as well. The menus were closed and put aside, and we waited.
And waited.
And waited.
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