Pioneer Pub

Don’t even want to give this one star but I can’t post unless I give it one star. Crazy. 6 shots of fireball and 6 Budweiser on draft is $ 85? Also, we went to close our tab, bartender told us she called us a cab? Drove home just fine. Screw this place. Bartender pocketed a good tip by over charging what she thought was a «wasted» couple.

Ya know. I like this place, good crowd. Great staff, from the bar to the door guy. You do have to order at the bar as this place is BUSY on weekends. I have never ordered food from this establishment. We always go in for a few drinks and head home. I like the space, the décor. It is what you are looking for if you want to go have fun on Main.

Don’t plan to eat any late night food here. The menu is very limited and the food was awful. I had chips and salsa with the most stale chips I have ever tasted. My sister in law had the chicken strips. The chicken strips weren’t bad but the fries were way over done and very salty. I overheard a couple other people complaining about their chips and chicken quesadilla as well.
The bathrooms were dirty and small.
Other than that, the atmosphere is hopping. The band was excellent. I am 45 years old and I was probably part of the older crowd here.

I used to work across the street, and this was my fav place to go hang out and chill from my typical workday stress (btw, I think these poker machines pay out more than typical but I might just be superstitious and delusional). The owner, bouncer, and (extremely attractive and genuinely sweet… really!) bartenders, seem to handle the throngs of OC party peoples in a very efficient and professional manner. Personally, I’ve never had to wait for more than a couple of minutes for service, even when the place was packed. It does seem to draw the younger crowd (and, there are always ‘bad apples’ in the bunch, but tere are ‘cool apples’, too), but it is a breath of fresh air in this ancient (at least in terms of the US western seaboard) city, and worth checking out. Oh yeah, and they know how to mix a good drink, too. hehe. —they definately deserve my first review… and 4 mutha effin stahs! Carry on, my good folk, and don’t forget to check this place out! Really!

After overhearing chatter at another bar in town, we finally decided to check out the Pioneer Pub.
It’s like I’m back in a college town every time I go. Obviously, the only thing close to a college is CCC up the hill, but this place is pretty popular with the twenty– and-​early-​thirty-​somethings… or at least the music is tuned to the generation.
Drinks are STIFF, bartenders are cute, pool tables are upstairs, and for some reason everyone known the Cupid Shuffle on the dance floor.
The only reason this place didn’t get five stars– It only seems to only be busy on Friday and Saturdays 10 or 11 to closing. Other than that, it’s just another bar in Oregon City. The times we’ve been there, the music was loud, and the crowd was rowdy. So much so, the police were outside busting loudmouths. Keep your cool and have a designated driver (obviously).

A great place in the heart of downtown Oregon City! nothing fancy but if you want cheap food and drinks and that great bar feel then this is your place. limited seating so plan ahead but not a bad place at all! Friendly staff too!

For an Oregon City Pub in a location that was known more as a dive bar, I think the Pioneer Pub might come out on top eventually. Now that there is some decent places to eat on Main St. it’s nice to have somewhere to go out for drinks and maybe some dancing too. The first time we went, a GREAT band called Hiram Street Band was playing. The place was packed with a cool crowd of people (nicely dressed, attractive, fun, 30’s — 40’s) Dance floor was packed as the music was great. Service isn’t bad at the bar. We went back a few weeks later and there wasn’t very many people and the DJ really sucked. It’s a clean, appealing place (even though it’s long and narrow like most places on that side of Main St.) has an upper loft/​balcony for pool tables and some seating, very limited seating downstairs because the dancefloor and stage takes most of it. I’ll give it one more shot but otherwise I’ll just wait until that band plays again. i think most of the people were just fans of the band.