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Well... How about Lucky Lab on Hawthorne, 7 PM, Thursday? That's 2-3 hours before they kick out minors, and if it's completely crowded we'll give up on LL for good, and figure out a better day and place. Also, if their side room isn't reserved, anyone is allowed to go use it, so that might help us.<div><br><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Audrey Eschright</div><div>lifeofaudrey.com</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span> </div><br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Paul Stoffregen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Lots of places allow minors until 10pm.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McMenamins serves beer, wine, mixed drinks and hard liquor straight up, for example, and minors are welcome everywhere except at the bar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They will serve to a mixed crowd, but of course they card anyone who looks young and orders a drink.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm pretty sure they're following the OLCC rules.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They may have a lot of silly, arbitrary rules, but minors can be in groups with adults drinking, at least until 10pm, which is about as late as dorkbot ever goes.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For another data point, the livejournal "damnportlanders" group has a mixed crowd, mostly over 21, but a good number under, and they had no problem finding another venue which allows minors til 10pm.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe they now meet at the East Bank Saloon in SE.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Then again, they weren't also looking for quiet, bright lighting, soldering iron friendly space!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-Paul</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org">dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber">http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>