This Week in the Mercury
Monday, July 23, 2012
Portland Don't Hit on People in this Bar.
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:29 AM
We were getting in the SW Ankeny "carfree alley" to celebrate intern Suzette Smith's last day at the paper (goodbye wonderful Suzette!) when she gestured to the bar Central and said, "It's against the rules to hit on people in that bar."
"What do you mean it's against the rules?" I said.
"They have rules. And it's against them," Suzette replied. She's right! "No flirting" is rule #2 at Central:
Hitting on people of the same sex: Still okay.
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