The Lowdown on Solid State, the New Pinball Bar Going in the Know’s Former Space – Blogtown – Portland Mercuryhttps://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/05/18/19927623/the-lowdown-on-solid-state-the-new-pinball-bar-going-in-the-knows-former-spaceSolid State, a pinball bar from Chris Rhodes and Alan Robertson, is slated to open this summer at 3728 NE Sandy. It’s taking over the space—which has previously housed the Blackbird music venue and Tony Starlight’s Supper Club—from punk bar the Know, which officially closed a few weeks ago. Rhodes is a local pinball operator who has machines all across Portland, and Robertson, an avowed pinball enthusiast who says Rhodes helped with his conversion, has…