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A Trio of New Restaurants Have Opened in Downtown Portland Hotels. We Went to All Three.

A trio of new hotel-bound concepts—one entirely new, the other two reboots—are making a strong case for the hotel lobby as the next great place to wine and dine when you’re downtown.

The Hoxton Hotel’s Ground Floor Restaurant Is Changing Concepts

Former Chalino chef and Momofuku alum Johnny Leach will remain in his executive position, but the menu has been redesigned—gone is much of the upscale Mexican fare in order to make way for Pacific Northwest-influenced bistro food, including grain bowls, a Dungeness crab sandwich and Kusshi oysters with melon mignonette.

The Hoxton’s Rooftop Bar Has Refreshing Cocktails, Great Views and Good Vibes. Just Skip the Tacos.

No one is doing anything like this just yet, and even if its recipe for success seems ripe for replication, we’re banking on this being one of the more popular early-evening hangs when the sun finally sticks around well into the evening hours.

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Hot Plates, coming through!

The Best Thing at the New Hoxton Hotel Is Hidden in the Basement

A few weeks ago, I left the much-hyped La Neta wondering where such an accomplished chef is hiding all the flavor. Turns out, the answer is right beneath the floorboards.

La Neta Has a Big-Name Pedigree and ’Grammable Plates, but the Flavor Isn’t There Yet

n theory, one could do a lot worse than spend an evening noshing on “Mexican-inspired” fare courtesy of the team behind two of Portland’s biggest openings of the past few years. In practice, La Neta’s take on upmarket Mexican food is, so far, a disappointment.

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