Lutz Tavern

For more than a half a century, Lutz was considered the working man's Portland bar. Legend has it that Lutz was the first bar in the city to offer patrons cans of Pabst not because it was hip, but because it was cheap, in effect setting the stage for the cult beer's resurrection. But in 2010, it was unceremoniously shuttered. Now, more than a year later, it's been buffed, refurbished and is open once more under new ownership. Gone is Lutz's famed jar of pickled eggs, but there is a pub menu, a pool table, a full bar and a barstool dedicated to a now-passed regular where the bar curves and bends. Chad Walsh, 1/1/11