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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Timbers / Food / Drunk / Sports Taste of Europe Closing; Becomes Soccer Bar

Posted by Patrick Alan Coleman on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:16 PM

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File this under: "Awwwwww... Yay!!!!!"

After ten years of business on Hawthorne, Taste of Europe, the specialty shop for all things Old World, will be closing sometime in early August. But don’t fret too much about losing your source for European flavor. The space is slated to be replaced by 442, a new bar dedicated to soccer enthusiasts. According to their website, 442 will be:

The only bar in town where you will never miss your favorite soccer game and in addition a place where you can watch all major sporting events on 3 large HD TVs.

Full liquor bar, old pub atmosphere and friendly soccer-fanatic staff.

They are currently taking suggestions on which teams and leagues you’d like to follow on those large HD screens.

In the interim, receive deep discounts on Taste of Europe goods with %50 off everything in the store until they close their doors next month.

 

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1
Does the bar come with hooligans?
Posted by martin on July 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM · Report
2
Just what Portland doesn't need -- Another sports bar.
Posted by tak on July 28, 2010 at 1:26 PM · Report
3
If you build the pub, the hooligans will come.
Posted by el cubano on July 28, 2010 at 1:27 PM · Report
4
Whoa... I had no idea that this bar existed.
Posted by Michelle on July 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM · Report
5
I wonder if soccerfanwhohateshipsters approves of this.
Posted by TSW on July 28, 2010 at 1:48 PM · Report
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@tak

Can you really call it a "sports" bar if it only focuses on one sport?
Posted by Patrick A. Coleman on July 28, 2010 at 2:38 PM · Report
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I'm OK with more sports bars. I like live sports, but don't have cable, and live on the inner east side, and there are actually surprisingly few reliable options when it comes to bars that a) have multiple HD screens* and b) aren't completely cheesy all-domestics-on-tap archetypal suburban sports bars.

*There has to be more than one screen, or I'm out of luck if my game conflicts with the Blazers game, or something else of supposedly local interest. It was surprisingly difficult to watch the NHL finals and Olympic hockey, for example, and you can just forget about non-Seattle MLB most places.
Posted by Commenty Colin on July 28, 2010 at 3:00 PM · Report
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@CC: There's two bars in my hood that hit those criteria. Tanker and Belmont Inn. Why aren't you watching NFL at these places?
Posted by Graham on July 28, 2010 at 4:26 PM · Report
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@ Graham: You're right, pretty much the whole cluster of bars that fit the criteria are near you. Blitz Ladd has been our go-to lately, which isn't too far obviously.
Posted by Commenty Colin on July 28, 2010 at 6:56 PM · Report
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Arsenal and Hibs! Plus Brazilian futbol in Portuguese, that'd be RAD!
Posted by TageSavage on July 28, 2010 at 11:59 PM · Report
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Commenty Colin -- Most of the time Hawthorne Hideaway has a screen that is Seattle free. Someone was asking why we were watching the Brewers.

Pinstripes on 11th has tons of screens and thought it was going to be a Yankee's bar.

I never really liked watching Futbol until the vuvuzela. Now that I have mine I use it to annoy the shit out of the people trying to watch the game.
Posted by Rosy on July 29, 2010 at 1:29 AM · Report

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