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Name:The Foos Lagoon
Type:home-bar
Street:
City:Portland
State:OR
Zip:97213
country:USA
Phone:
Status:operational
Description:
Finally opened in 2009 Rum Demon's official port of call, located at Demon Central, NE Portland Oregon. The bar was constructed on a pittance thanks mainly to generous donations of bamboo and other material from Aaron Miller, Melintur, Tiki Mama, Rebecca, Jodie, Yukon Joe, and many others. Additionally, construction involved a judicious use of scrap wood and even yard debris accumulated over the last decade. With time as a key ally, much money was saved by building nearly everything from scratch, from hand tying over 100 square feet of fishing nets to the custom painted "wood" flooring. This is indeed the bar that love and elbow grease built.
Built from the necessity to clear a large upstairs bedroom of all tiki decor, nerd accoutrements, and a foosball table in anticipation of the Demon's first born son, the Foos Lagoon is a multi-purpose recreation facility. It's central feature and namesake is Joe Mello's prized Tornado Whirlwind Tournament Foosball Table. Hardly tiki in nature, this professional quality competition miniature soccer pitch has been expertly bathed in adjustable mood lighting. On non-game days, it's sporting nature, steel bars, wooden handles and all, are cleverly hidden away under a solid wood table covered in gentle red velvet, thus ensuring this marriage of necessity can be a long and amicable one.
During sea trials, the tiny bar (featuring four barstools and a home-built two man booth) was found to accommodate up to eight guests comfortably, plus one bartender. The maximum capacity of this facility has yet to be fully realized but probably does not exceed 12. Fortunately, despite it's small size the Foos Lagoon features two exits to help minimize claustrophobia.
The management of The Foos Lagoon believes that, as with any decent tiki establishment, the construction phase of a home bar is never truly "over". There's always another mug to arrange, lamps to be constructed, some more jute to tie, and of course additional booze to accumulate (hint hint). We look forward to providing a relaxing atmosphere to weary travelers for many years to come.
(pictures soon...)
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