With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted and vaccines coursing through our bodies, we are effectively back in action! We cross through the crumbling COVID Berlin Wall looking for freedom! Do we find it by venturing out to Multnomah Village's Renner's — our last regularly scheduled HBTG stop? Give us a listen to find out. PLUS, we celebrate Bourdain Day by traveling to undiscovered Aloha, Ore. Say hello AND goodbye to another episode of HBTG: Shots in the Dark!

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HBTG: Shots in the Dark (Bourdain Day & BARS ARE OPEN!)

Fully vaccinated and with this buzzkill of a pandemic in its waning days, the boys got out from behind their video screens to raise their drinks in person. Now, on the verge of returning to our regular programming, what better time to FINALLY release our six-month-old HBTG Best Nights Out segment (19:35). Not the best bars necessarily, but the best, most magical drinking nights we've had so far during this project.  Enjoy one of our last sensible pours of HBTG: Shots in the Dark!

Best HBTG Nights Out

“Everything ends badly otherwise it wouldn't end.”  And now for the B-side of our impassioned two-part deep dive commentary into 1988’s venerable ode to flair bartending, toxic masculinity, and unrepentant greed — Cocktail! In this episode, we join Tom Cruise in Jamaica en route to the half-assed ending that secures this movie's place as one of the best worst pictures ever made. Be sure to listen to Part 1 of this epic pod. We hope you liked or hated these episodes as much as you did the actual movie

Cocktail (1988), Part 2

“When they drink, they reign.”  As promised, the boys dived DEEP into 1988’s venerable ode to flair bartending, toxic masculinity, and unrepentant greed -- Cocktail! Get ready for a giddy scene-by-scene commentary tour of the Worst Picture Razzie-winning film, starring Tom Cruise. SO crack an egg into your Red Eye, push your way to the front of the bar, and get ready to enjoy two obnoxious assholes’ self-indulgent theatrics...and we’ll also talk a little about the two bartenders in Cocktail too! BAR I

Cocktail (1988), Part 1

The boys checked in on another Friday night to recap Nate's first pandemic vacation, the experience of bar-going in this current era of guarded optimism, and the "Sunday Morning Coming Down" vintage photography of Patrick F. Smith. Through My Portland Lens Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1760291797474818/ Oregon Live's Article about Patrick F. Smith: https://bit.ly/3x1Z5no

HBTG: Shots in the Dark (Patrick F. Smith & Through My Portland Lens)

We are back with a two-finger pour of bar musings and longing. This week, we discuss the sonic glory that is IMissMyBar.com from our amigos at the bar Maverick in Monterrey, Mexico. We loved it all so much, we even mixed in a little din of our own to help you forget about this sterile Zoom reality. Imagine yourself perched on a stool next to us, pondering bar magic and sipping your troubles away.

HBTG: Shots in the Dark (I Miss My Bar... Dot Com!)

A St. Patrick's Day episode released ON St. Patrick's Day?! Pinch me, I'm dreaming! In a very special Shots In The Dark, Alfredo and Nathan regale us with their tales of 2021 St. Paddy's Day in Portland. Then reminisce about past holidays, Darby O'Gill, little boy parties, bagpipes, Irish coffees, movie reviews, and MORE. It's just like hanging out with them in the bar, but so much better!

HBTG: Shots in the Dark (St. Patrick's Day Special!)

It's another sensible pour of Portland, Oregon’s bar news and musings. This week, Nate & Alfredo discuss getting back to the bars after Washington County drops to a "Moderate Risk." What's been great? What's been scary-ass shit? When will they go back!? Plus HBTG welcomes back an unofficial dive classic as SE's Reel 'm Inn reopens for business.

HBTG: Shots in the Dark (Back to Bars, Reel 'm Inn, MuuMuu's)

Introducing, HBTG’s Shots in the Dark — a spontaneous, quickly downable, possibly ill-advised version of our beloved pre-pandemic deep dives! A solid 15 to 30 minutes of that one-of-a-kind content you never knew you were missing! We got together for the first one on Feb. 21, 2021, exactly one year to the day that we last visited a bar for an official HBTG episode. Plenty has changed since, but not our love of all things trivial and random about drinkin’ and thinkin’ old bars. Cheers!

Shots In The Dark (2/23/21)

In this episode, we FINALLY answer our most commonly asked question — “What’s your favorite old bar in Portland?” — revealing dueling top-5 lists that settle once and for all which is the city’s best. So grab a stiff drink and hit play to find out where the likes of Cheerful Tortoise [15:45], Corner Saloon [22:30], The Alibi [29:15], Renner’s [46:07], Lutz Tavern [39:26], Jake’s Famous Crawfish [52:40], Nob Hill Bar & Grill [1:01:40] and more rank in our blurry memories!

Top 5 HBTG Bars (So Far)

On May 30, 2020, we jumped in another Zoom meeting to check in with all of Paul Pintarich’s official “History by the Glass” bars (the ones that are still open anyway) at the dawn of Reopening Oregon Phase 1. We also checked in with ourselves to see what condition our condition was in as we mulled, yes, a return to drinking IN PUBLIC.

COVID Update: Ready Phase 1

On Feb. 21, 2020, we made a triumphant return to newly-reopened Renner’s Grill. On Mar. 16, COVID-19 social distancing efforts forced every bar to close. We discussed it all over several rounds in our Steinhaus/Buddy’s Lounge glassware, in front of our ubiquitous, soul-sucking Zoom cameras in this very special, history in the making episode of HBTG...dedicated to every single person who has brought us joy one glass at a time in bars throughout Portland and beyond. We can’t wait to see you again soon..

18a — COVID-19 & Renner's Grill

Buoyed by a lifestyle-enhancing new sponsor, we embarked on our first HBTG visits of 2020. First, a visit to Portland’s third-oldest bar — a former downtown dive “men’s resort” turned vintage motorcycle joint, Kelly’s Olympian (09:54). Next, we happily marooned ourselves on an island of “Old Portland” goodness amidst a sea of rampant redevelopment at NW 23rd's Nob Hill Bar & Grill (38:54) where Nate ascended into cheeseburger heaven and Alfredo re-discovered a bathroom just short of perfecti

17 — Kelly's Olympian & Nob Hill Bar & Grill

Do you like your old Portland bars OLD? Well, they don’t get older than this. Join us for a Very Special Episode of History By the Glass. We don our gay apparel to slurp cocktails at Jake’s Famous Crawfish (14:51), established 1892. Then we get even "history-ier" as we carve out time to talk turkey bars over at Huber’s (48:58), established 1879. Very old, indeed!

16 — Jake's Famous Crawfish & Huber's

A very special first “podiversary." First, we traveled deep into the western farmlands of Washington County, stepping out of the cold afternoon wind and into the sleepy, but warm Helvetia Tavern (08:54) for the best burger and beer a personal check can buy. Several (possibly ill-advised) pit stops later, we landed at Cider Mill (37:44) where we rediscovered our love for this lively SW Portland survivor over chicken hearts and a few more cold ones. Enjoy the latest deep-fried History by the Glass!

15 — Helvetia Tavern & Cider Mill

Welcome everyone to the History by the Glass podcast. Your tour of Portland, Oregon’s famously historic and infamously endangered bars, pubs and saloons. Inspired Paul Pintarich's "History by the Glass" book series.

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