Cheerful Bullpen is a
pub in
Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
Cheerful Bullpen is a pub in
southwest Portland
Southwest Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon.
Downtown Portland lies in the Southwest section between the I-405 freeway loop and the Willamette River, centered on Pioneer Courthouse Square ("Portland's living room"). Downtown a ...
's
Goose Hollow neighborhood, across from
Providence Park
Providence Park (formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field) is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. ...
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Thrillist describes Cheerful Bullpen as "a cozy sports bar that's one of the best places in Portland to watch a soccer match",
and a "no-frills sports bar and the OG home of the Timbers Army, with a mural outside depicting the city's sports history". The pub has 21 television screens, as of 2011.
According to ''
Eater Portland'' Erin DeJesus, "the bar embraces NFL all the time, with a recurring Monday Night Football bingo game".
Cheerful Bullpen is the home Portland bar for the
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...
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History
Amy Nichols-Egge has owned Cheerful Bullpen as well as Cheerful Tortoise since 2008, and has worked at both since 1999. The business has been burglarized multiple times; approximately $8,000 was stolen in 2019.
Reception
In his 2011 review for ''
Willamette Week'', Aaron Mesh wrote: "this sports bar's cozy couch nooks become a kind of Goose Hollow rec room for partisans of the San Francisco Giants or the Washington Huskies, depending on the night. The most reliable contingent, however, is the Buffalo Bills Backers, the most Sisyphean of fan bases and therefore also the most lovable. Their loud Sunday-morning revival meetings are fueled by corned-beef hash, coffee and $5 Bloody Marys; the Bullpen has a rather astoundingly wide menu, including all-you-can-eat penne pasta for $6.95 on Saturdays. Like being a Buffalo Bills Backer, the pasta is not very enjoyable, but it is endless."
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In 2013, ''Eater Portland'' readers voted to include Cheerful Bullpen in a list of "10 best Portland bars for NFL fans".]
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{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Restaurants in Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
Pubs