bar closings

No Vacancy, WW’s 2018 Bar of the Year, Will Close Permanently This Week Following Legal Dispute with Its Landlord

According to a lawsuit filed by No Vacancy’s ownership group last July, the owners of the property, Lauren Louise LLC, attempted to terminate the club’s lease only two weeks after opening due to noise complaints from the building’s upstairs tenant, architecture firm Walker Macy.

Burnside Brewing Abruptly Closes After Being Locked Out by their Landlord

Not only did this blindside beer drinkers and longtime fans of the pub on East Burnside Street, who were notified via a Facebook post on the brewery’s page that the pub was closed Monday for a “snow day,” employees got notice the following day that they were out of a job.

Widmer Brothers Closes Its North Portland Pub After 23 Years

It’s the end of an era for one of the state’s oldest and largest breweries. Widmer Brothers has closed its pub and tasting room, effective today.

Southeast Portland Bar Chapel Hill Has Abruptly Closed

Less than a year after opening, parishioners of Chapel Hill will have to find a new watering hole at which to worship. The church-themed Southeast Portland bar has shut its doors.

One of Portland’s Only Country Bars Is Closing This Weekend

Co-owner Jeff Plew told his staff Tuesday night that the storied venue, which has acted as the local stomping grounds for country stars like Toby Keith and launching pad for Taylor Swift, had been sold to a medical office company for development. Plew, one of the partners behind Old Town’s urban cowgirl-themed Dixie Tavern, would not divulge any further details about the new owners’ plans for the structure at 14601 SE Division St., beyond stating his belief that they “will be good for the neighborhood.”

Chopsticks III Karaoke Bar Will Close After 12 Years

Chopsticks III will soon be no more. As the bar announced last night on its Facebook page, the How Can Be Lounge will cease to be on Saturday night.

Beloved 35-Year-Old Northeast Portland Dive Bar Closes Suddenly After Owner’s Death

Jan DeLorme’s Hollywood dive was half well-liquor watering hole, half family room complete with an unholy and mismatched wealth of holiday decor—it always felt like a holiday in there—and half curio cabinet of Portland history, with a grab bag of artifacts piled in the back room and walls full of photos taken with famous sports figures, not least of which Michael Jordan.

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