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Fathoms bartenderTy Burns takes orders Thursday night in the basement bar underneath Pegasus Pizza.
Fathoms’ discreet location makes bar
perfect for intimate gatherings
Fathoms, located in the basement of Pegasus Pizza,
offers pool, a friendly environment and free pies
BY NATASHA CHILINGERIAN
SENIOR PULSE REPORTER
One campus bar often overlooked
by students is Fathoms, a small wa
tering hole in the basement of Pega
sus Pizza. Humbly hidden away and
lacking blatant signs of identifica
tion, it is the type of place that wel
comes intimate gatherings instead
of giant crowds.
To get inside Fathoms, you have to
go in the back through the parking lot,
then sneak down a flight of stairs. The
bar consists of one room filled with
black tables and chairs, a big screen
TV, a pool table and several posters
on the walls. A long bar sits to the left
of the entrance and is backed by aes
thetically pleasing rows of hard alco
hol bottles. Only two bartenders tend
to taking orders and concocting
drinks. To find the restroom, you are
required to climb the stairs and wan
der through an empty (if it's past din
ing hours) Pegasus Pizza.
One big perk of Fathoms is the free
pizza that staff members usually bring
down from the restaurant during the
night. They also offer several drink
special—$1 well drinks and
$2.75 microbrews are available with
free pool on Mondays. Tuesday is piz
za and brew night, when you can get
an 8-inch two- topping pizza with a
pint of domestic beerfor$5ora mi
crobrew pint for $6. A DJ from NRG
Entertainment plays tunes on Thurs
days from 10p.m. to 1 a.m.
The people who gather at Fathoms
seemed very friendly during my visit,
and because it's not mobbed, it does
n'ttake foreverto order your drink.
Locals who sit up at the bar seemed
open to conversation with just about
anyone. It's also a great place to gath
er with 20 to 30 friends for a special
party—if it's not too crowded, it will
feel like you've rented out a room for
the night without the cost. As part of
the well-known Pegasus Pizza
restaurant, it has an air of familiarity.
Pegasus Pizza often hosts events re
lated to University academics and
clubs, such as the French depart
ment's Circle de Francais and Oregon
Hillel's "welcome back" pizza night,
and Fathoms would be a perfect stop
after one of these activities.
Pegasus Pizza has been around
since 1989, and its owners opened
Fathoms as an extension of the
restaurant during spring break of
2001. Owner Lori Reader, who owns
the pizzeria and bar with her husband,
said Fathoms has attracted its share
of guests so far.
"There's a good vibe going on
down there," she said. "It's like being
in someone's living room and they're
throwing a party."
There's really nothing spectacular
or unusual about Fathoms; it's simply
a room to drink, socialize or play pool
in. But the free pizza, friendly am
biance and convenient campus prox
imity make it worth stopping by.
Fathoms is at 790 E. 14th Ave.
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