Crush, the longest-running queer bar in East Portland, will close on New Year’s Eve with a final drag show, after more than 20 years serving the LGBTQ+ community craft cocktails and bar fare. Crush’s Meta social media pages announced the bar’s closure on December 2.
“We are hoping that with this announcement, people will come out to support and help us get through December so we can go out on a high note. Let’s make a few more memories before we go,” Crush’s statement reads in part, thanking guests for their patronage.
John “Woody” Clarke opened Crush in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood in 2001, more than a decade before
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