Hawthorne Strip

By Matthew Korfhage

Joining the illustrious ranks of Apizza Scholls and Belmont Station, Hawthorne Strip on Powell Boulevard has carried its historic name to a new location where it becomes delightful nonsense. It's now a red-lit box of a space three times as large as the famously "intimate" original, with a new-looking pool table and spacious stage. On Hawthorne Strip's brand-new rear smoking porch, one of the dancers—whose musical taste favors Eartha Kitt and Sarah Vaughan—declared the patrons were more respectful than at other clubs. Hawthorne Strip is indeed a perfectly friendly strip bar, with eight taps of beer, an easy familiarity and a somewhat confusing name that should never, ever change: Portland bar history is thin enough as it is.

Happy hour: 2-6 pm daily. $3.50 wells, $4 crafts, $2.50 PBR.

Entertainment: Live, nude women with good taste in music. Also billiards. Also a tiny rear patio. Wednesdays are burlesque.

3532 SE Powell Blvd., 503-232-9516, hawthornestrip.com. 2 pm-2:30 am daily.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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