Parkside

Great little spot on the park. Good drinks, nice staff. Small food menu, but what they have is delish!

A little gem in the Kenton neighborhood. Parkside sits at the cornder of N. Willis and Brandon off Kenton’s main strip, right across from Kenton Park. I can tell it’s obviously a neighborhood spot with regulars and families.
I’ve had a couple drinks here, but this was the first time for a meal. Every time I have walked in the smells from the food they are preparing are very inviting. Often, it’s like pre-​Thanksgiving dinner aroma in the air. This alone is welcoming. Now come the staff and their drink selection. The service is friendly and warm. I had two pints of Victory Golden Ale. It was pilsner in color and lightly hopped. They rotate about six taps and a cider. The server and the person responsible for preparing food took turns on helping each other out delivering drinks and such. Teamwork!
I ordered the Chicken Pot Pie, it was featured for $ 9. The ingredients were pretty basic — but the crust was lite and puffy and the consistency of the pie was solid. Gravy, Peas, Carrots, Chicken Pieces. The side salad was nice, too. All served on the same plate. A lite dose of vinaigrette.
The space is cozy. A bar top with about 5 chairs and seating inside and out. It’s not a sports bar, but has two crisp monitors for TV/​Sports —- which most people appreciate. A humble winner here!

I like the vibe of this place but they are the stingiest bar with their scotch pours and they charge more for their scotch than any place I know in NoPo. The «bartenders» don’t seem to know what their doing. And they don’t take American Express, so I don’t go here often. I stop in occasionally for a quick beer only. So, I give them great marks on the ambiance, but for the above reasons, it’s barely passable.

Can’t believe we had not gone here sooner! Excellent sandwiches especially the BLT and Chicken sandwich. Personable and friendly waiter. Nice selection of beer.

Really nice place with friendly people and tasty food. Great selection of card and board games to keep yourself entertained with friends while drinking a cold beer this summer.

This place is just great. Well priced, great servings, very friendly staff. Mac & cheese – oh yes. Cheese plate, salads, a recent samosa special-​delish. Nice fireplace for the 10 months we need one, giant garage doors for those beautiful days. And I can walk here – and home!

Great spot. Good small menu and specials, affordable, friendly staff and owners, and a cool laid back atmosphere. Plenty of board games to rock as well

What a difference a good ownership can make!
Solid selection of rotating taps & Pfriem IPA is always on now. Surprisingly good grub for a place so small. The peeps that work here are really nice too!

I really want to give this place 5 stars and I think if I go back and the Mac and cheese is really as good as I remember it I will. Only thing I didn’t like was that the bathroom was a bit confusing when drunk and I wish this place was a little bigger. But otherwise beer was good, reasonably priced, and I watched a lovely lady make very tasty looking cocktails that I’d totally drink on my next visit. People are friendly and atmosphere is relaxed. Eat the pulled pork Mac and cheese it’s the best thing ever!

OUTSTANDING!
This neighborhood has needed this little corner bar for years: great food, good people, and you know you can watch the Blazers on game day.
Oh yeah, the beer selection is also one of a kind — not to be missed.

An inviting place to hang out, play trivia and other games and get some tasty adult beverages. The staff is friendly, and the food a really good. I’m quickly becoming a regular.

I came here for the first time last Wednesday for trivia night. What a great space!!! Incredibly friendly staff, good drinks, decent food. Will definitely come back.

New owners and they are FANTASTIC. Super friendly, nice little menu for food, beer, drinks, and great outside seating.

Exactly what one would want in a locally owned establishment! Seriously, you walk in, and the place just feels like home. Absolutely nothing pretentious here. The food is fresh, flavorful, and not typical pub food. The charcuterie plate is always solid. The drinks are just right to enjoy under the sun on a hot summer day. I’ve come to Parkside for a few different occasions, and it’s perfectly versatile: birthdays, meeting up with friends with kiddos, date, and etc!

This might be a bit biased because its at 3 minute walk from my doorstep to beer tap at this location. I truly wish the new owners all the success this place can give them.
The food is delicious, the service is beyond friendly and the beer selection is perfect.
I hope the neighborhood folks realize this gem has a new life to it. I look forward to spending afternoons there this summer and sitting by the fire when the temps drop.

With having been recently purchased, this place went from acceptable to awesome. Before, I went to support local business and grab a pint or something. Now it’s a place I’d like to come to more often.
They’ve changed up the atmosphere a bit. New artwork, paint, more seating, a more refined and local menu, and actual pint glasses (not mason jars).
I’m happy to have these two brothers doing business nearby, I’m excited to visit more often, and truly hope they succeed!

With the new ownership this place has gone from just a place close by to get a beer to one of my new favorite spots! Very friendly and eager to please, these guys are great. I highly recommend the pulled pork!

I first reviewed this place when it was pretty new April 2013. It’s been over a year now. The drinks are still good. The bartenders are still super nice and accommodating. The food is still tasty. The openness and view of the park remains the same. My partner and I used to love stopping here for a couple drinks and a $ 5 appetizer before heading to dinner. However, there are just a few things that have detoured me from going as often as I used to.
The menu has changed quite a bit (as expected with any new place). No more $ 5 cheese plate or other good inexpensive appetizers. I’m sure families are stoked on the kid-​friendliness of the place, but I prefer not to have loud kids around when I’m drinking. The hours are also pretty restrictive since they close at 10pm. I still like this place a lot, but I would really consider this place more of a café that serves alcohol… which is still fine.

Drove over to check out the new pub. Pub huh? Why was it full of screaming kids running around? Didn’t even go in because of that.

This is a great summertime spot. When you walk in the first thing that greets you are the plywood floors… I was skeptical at first, then I was greeted by a bartender that offered menu’s and informed us about the drinks. We ordered and had a great drink! The Pub sits right across from Kenton Park which is relaxing in the summertime.