‘Everybody knows who Jimmy is’: Beloved bartender at Portland’s RingSide Steakhouse retires after 3 decades

For RingSide guests, bartender Jimmy O’Boyle is as much an institution as the storied restaurant. His last “last call” for drinks is Saturday.

PORTLAND, Oregon — Since opening its doors 80 years ago, RingSide Steakhouse has earned a reputation for being one of Portland’s dining institutions. For the last 30 of those years, bartender Jimmy O’Boyle has earned a reputation for being an institution — within that institution. 

But after three decades, March 1 will mark O’Boyle’s last day behind the bar before he retires.

“It’s like we met yesterday,” mused O’Boyle to one of the many patrons who dropped by to wish him

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