Updated: 9:52 a.m.

Near closing time at Lay Low Tavern early Friday morning, three masked robbers entered the popular dive bar on Southeast Powell Boulevard and 60th Avenue and, brandishing guns and a taser, ordered patrons to the floor and demanded money, according to police.

The thieves left with an undisclosed amount of cash and no one was injured in the incident, Portland Police Bureau said in a release.

Lay Low Tavern opened in 2017 and is a tribute to Portland's beloved and gone dive bars, featuring a cheeseburger ode to Club 21 and signs from places like The Matador.

Officers responded to a call at 2:35 a.m. and searched the neighborhood but were unable to locate the suspects.

"There were only three people in the bar, including the bartender," police spokesperson Sgt. Pete Simpson said Friday morning.

Simpson said in a general sense, armed robbery of a bar near closing time "is not particularly unusual."

"Not that there is a lot of them," he added, "but the style is not unique. Closing time is when less patrons are there, usually one or two employees, and cash from the night's sales."

"We encourage businesses that operate late at night to employ quality surveillance video, good exterior lighting, and to do regular cash drops into a safe so as not to keep money in the till," Simpson said.

Police are asking anyone with information about the robbery to contact Robbery Detail at 503-823-0412 or leave a tip at https://www.p3tips.com/823.

-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052

lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker