It’s been an unusually difficult last two years throughout the world of food and beverage, but perhaps no facet of hospitality culture has been more dramatically impacted than the hotel bar. Synonymous with travel, group gatherings, and urbane indulgence, Portland’s hotel bar scene has suffered mightily as the pandemic’s pall cast a dark shadow on such activities. Some of the city’s most renowned hotel bars have now closed forever, including Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s nationally famous program at Clyde Tavern inside the Ace Hotel, and Vitaly Paley’s multi-property hotel bar and restaurant empire.
We’re not out of the woods yet, but the city’s hotel bar scene is fighting back. There’s
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