Not a lucky dining choice

I nodded my head in agreement to most of the predictable recommendations for where to go when visiting Portland in a recent Shelterrific post. Part of me thinks there would be a lot less for bloggers to write about if they were required to first Google whether the question had previously been asked and answered, as at ask.mefi. But whatever. Ask away! However, I shuddered a bit seeing Lucky Lab strongly recommended by a couple of posters. Their pizza is at best adequate, if you can tolerate 40+cloves of overroasted garlic on a pizza, and their beer…oh, don’t get me started. Metallic and bitter are the main descriptors that come to mind. I know the place has many loyal fans, but describing the pub as a good choice for beer fans is just plain silly.