As of 2017, beer options include Hamm's Brewery, Olympia Brewing Company, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Rainier Brewing Company. The drink menu includes Bloody Marys with bacon, black pepper, cilantro, garlic, or habanero, as well as Spanish coffee and beer. Menu options include bacon, biscuits and gravy, chicken fried steak, eggs (including Eggs Benedict), french fries, hash browns, onion rings, pancakes, sandwiches, sausage, sliders (chicken and pulled pork), quesadillas, and toast. My Father's Place serves breakfast all day. Amoris Walker of Serious Eats noted the "giant collection of pretty much every board game that has ever existed" and wrote, "Antique knick-knacks and crusty old toys dangle precariously above your head: If a 1950's diner, a midwestern truck stop, and an antique store were to have a baby, it would look like this dive bar." Until 10:00 pm, minors are allowed in the bar part of My Father's Place, which hosts events such as comedy shows and game night on Wednesdays. In 2015, DeVona said, "Even on bright sunny days, the dark choice of coloring for the interior, coupled with modest lighting, give off a dusky ambiance." There is also a room with pool tables, lottery machines, and pinball. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. There are black-and-white photographs on the walls, a glass cabinet with antique liquor bottles, and a vending machine stocked with cigarettes, despite being a non-smoking establishment. The interior has "well-worn" booths, exposed brick walls, "vintage" ceiling lamps, a jukebox, and an "eclectic" collection of knickknacks.
The bar and restaurant had operated from 6:00 am–2:30 am, every day, since the late 1970s. In his book Unique Eats and Eateries of Portland, Oregon (2018), Adam Sawyer called My Father's Place an "old-school diner, knick-knack treasure trove, lounge, and game room". Thrillist describes My Father's Place as a "classic, old-school" dive bar with large booths and comfort food. Eater Portland 's Michelle DeVona described My Father's Place as an "old-school" diner with a bar, game room, and lounge, calling the bar a "quirky Portland watering hole" and the "diviest of dives". My Father's Place is a dive bar and restaurant in the New Logus Block, a building complex completed in 1892, included on the National Register of Historic Places, in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. The New Logus Block, which houses My Father's Place, in 2012 The reportedly haunted My Father's Place has received a generally positive reception. Known as a local favorite, it operates every day including holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Musicians Elliott Smith and Willy Vlautin frequented the bar, which hosts game nights and other events.
The game room and lounge have pool tables, lottery machines, pinball, and a jukebox. Remaining under the ownership of the Moles family, My Father's Place serves breakfast all day and offers happy hour options. The restaurant opened in 1978, and was later owned by Merrie Ann Dillon, who sold the business to her daughter Linda Moles in 2002. Housed in the New Logus Block, a building complex completed in 1872, included on the National Register of Historic Places, the diner has a game room and lounge and attracts a diverse clientele. My Father's Place is a restaurant and dive bar in the Buckman neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.