"Food at most of the spots on this list ranges from a pretty decent pub burger to a freezer-burned Hungry Man reheated with a scowl, but this fishing-themed chicken joint proves the exception to the rule, with a legendary reputation for frying the best-battered birds in the Portland metro area. It’s got plenty of dive bar bonafides as well, from the fishing lures shellacked into the bar itself to the chalk graffiti on the unnervingly exposed rafters. Just be prepared to wait, as the cramped quarters only allow for a single bartender to take drink orders while wrangling the single overworked fryer behind the bar." - Ben Coleman
Molly J. Smith/Eater Portland