Bar Maven

I hate that I live so far away from Maven!As a NW boy with no car, spending time here recently with friends who are strong advocates for this neighborhood was a treat. We were lucky to get a patio table when the Foster Powell Soirée was in full force, and we made it just in time for happy hour, too. Upon entering the space, I felt taken back to early 2000s comfort food. The team does a great job to create an ambience mixing nostalgia with interesting design, and I especially loved the stamped tin works around the ample bar.Drinks are easy to come by, and the unique takes on classics like their Aperol Spritz are bound to bring people back here. The food menu is stunning, with great options for both vegans and meat lovers. I chose to enjoy the vegan chips and tenders, while others in the group went for burgers, cauliflower wings, and more. The burger looked like one of the best that I'd seen for a while. My tenders could have been better, since they seemed like an average frozen grocery store pack, but, it was happy hour and I was not here for a supreme experience.There are three different patio options, with the tented patio being quite humid - the team could absolutely drop the side panels to allow breezes to come in - since it gives the beer garden vibe many of us like. We ended up moving to the streetside patio when we had a chance.I look forward to returning to such an ideal spot!

Waited a full hour for fries and gyro nachos and both came out with no apology for the wait. Wtf?! Drinks were the only saving grace and we know our bad experience had nothing to do with the bartender so he was the only one we tipped tonight.Do better Bar Maven, this was absolutely appalling service. How do you have so many 5 star reviews? Bots?

Great food, local neighborhood joint, could use some cleaning up but the service is amazing and the bartender whips up great drinks! Very much a dive bar but the patio has a lot of potential for summer! Will 100% be back to try more menu items! Get the fried cauliflower- it's top of the line!

We are here every other week for great service, tasty burgers and gyros. The back patio is really inviting. Thank you Maven - you are great! See you again real soon.

My FAVORITE spot! Hands down the best place for a drink and SMASH BURGER! Personally Bernard is my favorite bartender! He's the most approachable easy going bartender that works there always makes me feel welcomed and GREAT VIBES. It's Always busy in there when he's working!! You HAVE to try the smash burgers!!

Love coming here. Friendly staff and consistently solid food - my go-to neighbor bar. Some complain about the volume of the music, but I enjoy it! Decent selection of games and plenty of seating in the heated outdoor area.

Reallly good burgers! I love the extended outside patio and the fire places outside. Honestly a really chill place to go and the bar tenders are always nice

Favorite bar in Portland. The food is always great, friendly people, and it's nice and cozy inside. The smash burger is pretty decadent in my opinion; really good if you want something that will fill you up and then some. Recently had the Parmesan garlic fries - they were really good but you are going to want to drink to help wash these down.

Bar Maven is a neighborhood bar in Foster Powell. They're a little dive-y, with a lot of beer options, cocktails, and in-house made food. They participate in a lot of the "weeks" that Portland does, like sandwich week, nacho week, etc.It's a cool spot. I visited for the first time recently during sandwich week. I appreciate that they offered a vegetarian option. Bartenders were friendly but not over-the-top, food was pretty good, the cocktail was good if a little sweet. The table we sat at inside was a little grungy, but this place offers two outdoor patios which is a huge bonus. While we were there it was a lovely day so the garage doors and windows were wide open for a nice breeze. Just a low-key, chill spot with decent food.

Bar staff over charged, filled in their own tip then foraged my signature on the receipt.When I went to them to try and resolve it, I was met with hostility and rudeness from the staff..(see photos attached). After many attempts to call them and never receiving any kind of follow ups or call back I messaged them only for them to accuse me of lying.Was told to go ahead and file complaints because they're friends with the olcc and it won't matter.