Crown is the Utility Pizza and Cocktail Spot Downtown Portland Needed

Hotel restaurants are a funny thing. A couple of years ago, Doug Adams’ spectacular run at it Imperial earned it our Restaurant of the Year nod, and made us think maybe hotel restaurants could be the next great wave in Portland food. Hotels have plenty of money to invest in star chefs and opulent decor. While hotel eateries were traditionally rather conservative, it seemed like a new generation was willing to be more daring.