History by the Glass

44 — Your Inn Tavern


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Folks, Prohibition sucked. And here in Oregon, we had it worse than most, cutting off our own booze supply in 1916 -- four years before the rest of the country.

When the 18th Amendment was finally repealed in all states in 1933, Oregonians had not legally been in a bar for EIGHTEEN GODFORSAKEN YEARS!

It was during that time (1923) that a neighborhood grocery store was built on the corner of N Catlin and Willamette that later became the delightfully punny Your Inn Tavern (7004 N Catlin Ave.).

So is this intimate, wooden, rollicking, survivor of a bar really 102 years old? Could it have been a 1923 speakeasy easily transformable into "the best damn grocery store in town" with the pull of a lever?

Well...no.

But that didn't stop the HBTG boys from joyously crossing the St. Johns Bridge to make their first visit and some new friends at this verifiably great and memorable old Portland bar.

Bar visit and episode recording: Thursday, August 28, 2025 


HBTG theme song: "Frozen Egg" by Lame Drivers 

Interlude music: "Right Track" by Lame Drivers

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History by the GlassBy Nathan P. Gale and Alfredo Moreno

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