Mousetrap Tavern

Basically I am leaving this review for one reason and only that reason. I started a tab and paid with that card. Today, nearly 2 months after going to this bar my card was finally charged for my tab. I am sorry if this seems like a petty complaint but I find this complete absurd.
Otherwise, the music was good, 90s throwback hip-​hop and rap. It was pretty loud between the music and people chatting. So the crowd was great for people watching. The bartender although a bit overwhelmed was nice enough. He did forget to bring my second round of Rainer’s but apologized and closed out my tab for the night.
Moral of this story folks: If you go to this bar and don’t have an expendable income PAY WITH CASH.

Great bar! Basically it looks like somebody took an old dive and gave it a makeover, turning it into a nicer place but keeping the old school charm. Not an easy thing to pull off, I think. I like it.

Dive status= full on. Daytime crowd is old dudes. Steve is the best though. Seriously. Hi Lonnie & Lawayne!

We didn’t stay long. Not because it was horrible, but it was pretty empty on a Saturday night. We had just come from another bar up the road and had a great time. After a couple drinks here, it just seemed to dim our lively moods.
I do like the fact that they have pool tables.
I’d go back again and see if the atmosphere picks up. Maybe.

A no-​frills boozerama in North Portland, apparently contented w/​its modest lot in life.
Looking for super foof mixed beverages and cutie pie, trendy boy and girl servers and bar-​keeps? This probably ain’t the spot for you. True, this isn’t the Mouse-​Trap of yesteryear, when old buzzards from WWII and Korean War, too damn tough to die (at least quite yet), kept the bar leaning upright from their collective bellies. Most of them ornery old salts have finally succumbed to mother nature and father time. Now, as it is with just about every other watering hole in No Po I can remember being open as far back as I go, as I keep gettin’ older, the rest of the patrons keep on gettin’ younger and younger. Shoot your pool, boys, no, I’m not interested in playing, but thanks just the same…
Nothing too fancy and definitely no hipster pretense detectable in this dive — –just yet! They keep pouring ‘em strong, cheap, and extra consideration from the staff to its patrons seems to favor seniority, just as it does in so very many little provincial dumps. North Portland on the whole, from the tip of Kelly Point, all the way till at least 33^rd ave, has of course undergone a radical transformation and dust-​up in the Juvenation Machine, over the past 10 – 12 years. For the most part I, as well as many other old-​timers from the ‘hood marvel at all these changes. Not everything is an improvement, of course, but I don’t think it’s too controversial to say that the change has been to a large degree to the good, and hopefully will continue to be so. Whether or not the Mouse Trap gets all caught up in having a big, mIddle aged make over, ala Slim’s, remains to be seen… I kinda think not, but sooner or later they’ll have the inevitable changing of the guard, and who knows what changes lie in store, thereafter…

I am pretty happy with this spot.
1. They have karaōke on Saturday nights, and if you’ve got a semi-​decent voice, you will be a star there!
2. A couple pool tables available for your enjoyment between songs.
3. The ‘regulars’ don’t tip AT ALL, so if you order a gin & tonic and throw down a buck, your next drink will be super, duper strong.

I was first introduced to the Mouse Trap by my homie J Awesome. We came here to drink martinis at noon. Or like, 10am. I can’t remember. I do remember being impressed with what I would consider a high dive rating, but this place has it’s regulars and there’s a collective charm if you’re comfy with that sort of charm…

Awesome little dive bar. Went there Sunday for my pool playoff draw. Was a little hungry so I opted for a burger. The grill wasn’t ready yet so the bartender suggested breakfast. I tried the «Hash». A large plate full of bacon, ham, sausage and chicken scrambled with potatoes and eggs and smothered in gravy and cheese. 2 pieces of toast was included for $ 5. Nom Nom.
Ohhh and the $ 2.75 bloody marys with pickled green beans and green olives was tasty too.

The Mousetrap is the Dive of Dive bars.
I’m pretty sure the bartender had something up his butt that day causes the guy was an ass.
The service was pretty lousy, the place had little appeal to it other than the shiny lights coming from the filthy looking lotto machines and plush pool tables. Beer on tap was average, and how can we forget a dive bar that only accepts cash.
I have nothing against dive bars but we all need standards right!

Dive bar, don’t expect more. Karaōke has come and go over the years here, and can be a fun way to embarrass yourself.

Dive, dive, dive, and I love it! Cheap drinks, karaōke, good jukebox, cheap and delicious biscuits and gravy! Staff rules!

For all the dive bars on Lombard, this one is one of my favorites… probably because it’s the diviest. It’s small, it’s smokey, the beer and food selections are pretty small but hey, cheap pitchers, free pool, and a fairly uncontested jukebox make it a nice local hangout.