EastBurn is apub and restaurant onEast Burnside Street insoutheast Portland'sBuckman neighborhood. Michael Russell ofThe Oregonian described the restaurant as a "home for swing chairs and craft beer" with "a handful of small fire pits built into round tables in the back".[2][3] According toWillamette Week's Matthew Korfhage, "EastBurn is like a bar with hidden levels—especially because it literally has a hidden level downstairs filled withskee ball and Pac-Man."[4] He described EastBurn as a "sensitive bro-bar, comedy bar, beer-dinner bar, trash-TV bar and presidential-debate bar".[5] The restaurant has hostedbook discussion club meetings,[6]open mic shows,[7] and comedy shows.[8][9] Children are only allowed upstairs, as of 2016.[10]
Korfhage wrote in 2016, "there's always a rare beer you didn't know about on tap or a goofball deal you'd have no reason to expect, like $2 off whiskey on Wednesday and $2.50 craft pints on Tuesday—and $3.50 craft pints during happy hour, for that matter, not to mention $3 off specialty cocktails. And during the NBA playoffs, the bar tosses out free beers when the Blazers eclipse 100 points. Every hour is happy, perhaps—but only at random."[4]
The drink menu has includedwhisky and,[11] seasonally,cider.[12] The restaurant servedCBD-infused beer on tap, as of 2018.[13]
In 2011, EastBurn hosted a Low Country Boil, offeringall-you-can-eat crawfish, potatoes, and corn, as well as beer from Eugene-based Oakshire Brewing.[14] The restaurant served baconcinnamon rolls andmimosas forMother's Day in 2014.[15] Also in 2014, owner Mike Bender pledged to donate all proceeds from the $5grilled cheese for the month of August to the Portland Women's Crisis Line, in response to a sexist "joke" about abortion left by aYelp reviewer.[16][17]
The restaurant used to offer a promotion in which someone could invite nine friends on their birthday to enjoy unlimiteddraft beer andhouse wine in the basement for one hour. Only two Birthday Power Hours could be held simultaneously, and the birthday guest also received deep-friedcookie dough or a brownie. The promotion ended in 2018 because of "unruly" guests.[18] EastBurn hostedkaraoke on Sundays in the downstairs tap room at the time.[19]
The restaurant hosts an annualcostume party forHalloween. The 2018 event featured live music upstairs and a dance party in the basement.[1]
Michael Russell included EastBurn onThe Oregonian's 2016 list of "Portland's 25 coziest restaurant and bar fireplaces" and 2017 list of "Portland's 25 coziest restaurants and bars to warm up on a cold night".[2][3] The restaurant also appeared inWillamette Week's 2016 lists of "Portland's Best Patio Bars forHappy Hour" and "The Best Happy Hours in Southeast Portland".[21][22] EastBurn's comedy show It's Gonna Be Okay was a runner-up in the Best Comedy Night category in the newspaper's annual reader's poll in 2016.[23]Eat This, Not That deemed EastBurn the best restaurant for heated outdoor dining in Oregon in 2022.[24]
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