{"id":3181,"date":"2010-05-27T03:24:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T10:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2010-05-27T03:24:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T10:24:05","slug":"portland-or-hubers-for-happy-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=3181","title":{"rendered":"Portland, OR – Huber’s for Happy Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mrs. BDB and I have started a new family tradition – hump day happy hours. Each Wednesday, we set out to check out one of Portland’s many fabulous happy hours for cheapo food and\u00a0 beverages. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonight it was Huber’s, which I have written about before<\/a>. Huber’s Cafe is Portland’s oldest restaurant, opening its doors in 1879, and while they specialize in traditional roasted turkey dinners, they offer a wide variety of menu items, with a few eclectic choices thrown in, from deep fried olives to steamed mussels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The happy hour menu is fairly lengthy, and happy hour starts early at Huber’s, 4pm, and runs til 630, cranks up again at 930p.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We grazed our way through the happy hour food menu, Seared Ahi, Mongolian Beef Sticks, fried Calamari, and a Cheeseburger.\u00a0 All were priced at just a few bucks each, with the exception of the ahi, which was $6, IIRC.\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs. BDB had a couple of cosmos, and I had my usual diet soft drink. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Some traditions survive at old-timey places, like bringing the drinks in the mix glass to the table and pouring it there.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s nice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Service was perfunctory (I seem to be running into a lot of that lately), in other words, business-like and short on conversation.\u00a0 I am more apt to go largess in the gratuity department with a server that engages us when we are out.\u00a0 Still no complaints.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs. BDB pronounced the ahi superb, and the calamari a success (I don’t consider calamari \"\"<\/a>food, so I ignored it).\u00a0 I tried one of the beef sticks, which were made from an excellent cut of beef, and came with a sweet\/hot sauce that was intriguing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The burger was good enough, especially at 2.95, and came with a ramekin of 1000 island glop.\u00a0 There’s nothing special about the burger, its not a hand-formed patty nor any exotic mixture of grind, but it’s a good, utilitarian cheeseburger w\/ fries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huber’s is a great stop on the Happy Hour circuit in Portland.<\/strong><\/p>\n