Stumptown Smokehouse & Brewery

April 13, 2008
April 2008 - Visited on a gorgeous California afternoon and enjoyed the drive to get here. The Stumptown back deck, overlooking the Russian river is worth the time to check out alone. They had a pretty good lineup of visiting brews in addition to a small number of house brews. We had hummus, which was excellent. The crowd was an interesting mix between bikers and what I’d call old-timer California farmer dudes. (Brewery #458, 4/10/2008)

July 10, 2006
I had a desire to rate this really highly due to Joe’s assessment and him tsill being willing to drag my ass in the place. Maybe it was good day, but the service was a degree above suck. They did seem to want to ignore us, but we got our beers and the simple deck looking over the river was nice. Guess if you’re an illicit smoker you might like this place also as they have a part of the patio marked "MaryJane Way" and evidence points to it being used for just that. Few taps, but having Bear Republic and Russian River did nothing to lower my opion. Some good fries, but didn’t check any other food.

April 17, 2006
This is the most hilarious place I’ve ever visited in America. I’ve gone four times and I don’t know why I went the lat three. Maybe to amuse myself with their policy. First, the beer is okay. A newish Rat Bastard is often a very nice companion to river watching out back but you’re lucky or patient to get it if you don’t look right. I’m not sure if the folks are racist or not. I honestly can’t tell. I go in there and whoever is bartending refuses to serve me. The walk around look busy and then when they’ve helped everyone eelse, they leave the bar and start doing chores. No matter if there are only 10 people at the whole place. If I stick around for longer than 10 minutes, they will serve me. Some say it’s if you wear a collared shirt or not. It’s true I was the only one there wearing a collared shirt. In any case, this is not a friendly place at all but it is pretty funny and totally harmless.