Portland has a lot of bars that sell themselves as dives but a pitcher of PBR will cost you an arm and a leg.
At Bottomz Up you will pay at most $4 a pitcher and on select nights (Tues. and Thurs.) you pay $2.50. Any good sleazy bar needs some pool tables and Bottomz Up doesn’t dissapoint with a few 3/4 sized tables.
There is no smoking in any bar in Maine any longer but you can be damn sure this place would thick with smoke if those dicks in power let us do our thing! The clincher for me is no white hat f*ckers dare show up and the place is owned and operated by a Vietnamese family that serves kick ass cheap noodles and other Vietnamese specialties.
Unfortunately they host karaoke night once a week and that just sucks balls (sometimes it’s funny).
This place is closed. In 2007
This place is closed. In 2007 The North Star Music Cafe was opened, not really a sleazy bar, but was closed again in September 2010. Check:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/north-star-cafe-closing-after-final-show-sunday_2010-09-17.html
See other description for the same bar:
http://sleazybars.com/node/53