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Taboo Video (MLK) Arcade

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237 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97214

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About this place Taboo Video (MLK) Arcade

Taboo Video on SE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard is a 24-hour adult store with a video arcade and buddy booths that appears in gay cruising directories as a long-standing, tolerated indoor cruising spot in inner Southeast Portland. As with any arcade, discretion and consent are the norm and staff enforce house rules.

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Gay After hours (after 4am) Gay (mostly men) Mixed LGBTQ+ Day venue Evening venue Late night (after midnight) Year-round Indoor Active daytime Active nighttime Anonymous / discreet

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3.7
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tracey wolfman
tracey wolfman Aug 2026
★★★★★

Never been but God damn I intend to now. I love whoever is managing the replies. Eloquent and honest. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. And to the ID shit - HAAA. Look up OLCC laws.

Andi Bakos
Andi Bakos Mar 2026
★★★★★

Every time I drive by this shop and see the logo i think - I want a t-shirt with that! Please make some merch - the logo is solid!

Jedi Ninja
Jedi Ninja Feb 2026
★★★★☆

Reading the negative reviews here almost made me hesitate to visit the store, but I'm really glad I did. The place is clean, well lit, and there's no feeling of oppressiveness or greedy purchase demands. I felt completely at ease and comfortable even though it was my first visit. I walked around the whole store picking items up, checking prices, checked out the back arcade, used the restroom, etc... NOT ONCE was I made to feel like I should hurry up or that I better buy something. The attendant there was great. I mean really. I can tell that he was paying attention to what was going on in the store but he wasn't staring at anybody or hovering. I observed some interactions with other customers that were helpful and left them satisfied. He was busy with his behind the counter duties, but that didn't stop him from answering questions and even some friendly small talk. It's unfortunate that a bunch of haters are making false claims and attacking the store image. Don't let it fool you. Check the place out yourself and upvote/like if you agree.

bunny b
bunny b Feb 2026
★☆☆☆☆

Came into the shop with some people and was immediately met with a rude worker at the front desk. He asked for IDs and me and two of my friends provided our state issued IDs. My friend who is from Egypt and does not have an American ID presented his government issued ID and offered to provide a picture of his passport, and was told this wouldn't be accepted, and to "go outside with your friend". Micro agressive and frankly racist towards my non white friend, and overall treated customers incredibly rudely. Disappointing service.

William Tyson
William Tyson Jan 2026
★★★☆☆

Nice staff but could be cleaned more. I brought my partner Lina in and she didn’t really want to stay

Ireta Purepecha
Ireta Purepecha Dec 2025
★☆☆☆☆

I went into the arcades few weeks ago everything was going ok. I put about 3O dollars into the machine and, I was gathering all of my things, when all of a sudden this very loud guy starts screaming and, banging really hard on my door, demanding me to put more money into the machine, or get out and very aggressive starts opening the door. When I came out, I said what was wrong? I was just putting on my coat because I was leaving and he's yelling at me in front of everyone that I'm not allowed in the store anymore and I keep asking what I did wrong? He then told the other lady to get a nice shot if his ugly and smiley face, when I wasn't. I was asking what was going on? I left very scared, I thought the guy was gonna follow me and beat me up. He sounded like it. I left very upset and disappointed, felt disrespected and verbally attacked. I can give you the exact date and time if you would like to check your security tapes. Remember people don't go on taboo on mlk unless you have plenty of bills, otherwise you might get yelled and screamed at.

Paul Smalley
Paul Smalley Dec 2025
★☆☆☆☆

Your biological male employee with no neck is causing a major liability for your company. Punching the doors so hard that it creates a resonant frequency on the inner walls of the stall. "private property" or not, this is menacing, intimidation, extortion and violence that is uncalled for and frankly extremely abusive towards the very people who pay into your paycheck and lifestyle. And believe me, I have paid more than my fair share into your company. Who in their right minds would allow or I'd hate to think, but instruct your employees to violently threaten customers and intimidate them to "DEPOSIT FUNDS!"? Your customers aren't prisoners, nor are we any lesser of humans than the people you hire or even you yourselves as the business owners. Degrading us in such a manner mixed with the menacing, threats, intimidation and violence could very easily put you in a legal battle and lawsuit over this treatment. If you think I'm exaggerating you can have your employer explain his motives to my attorney on Monday morning. Why gives us a pace to take our clothes off if you can't give us time to put them back on? Maybe the BBB can explain this one to me... I'm sure OSHA could have a better explanation...

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Last updated on 15 October 2026

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