The Old Gold

So, three friends open a bar. Actually, they spend four years dreaming of opening a bar before finally doing so in a space once home to an old auto body shop. And while the trio's collective background does not include experiences in the service industry, they seem to know what Portlanders want: mainly a limited menu of affordable food and drinks. In addition to serving up sandwiches, fries, popcorn and salads, The Old Gold features $4 draughts (unless you opt for a $2 pint of Rainier), and it's one of the few, if not the only, bars in the city serving locally made kombucha on tap, which they also feature in a few of their specialty housemade cocktails. Chad Walsh, 1/1/11