How Portland’s Most Prolific Pub Quiz Host Is Keeping Her Bar Trivia Empire Alive Without Any Bars

Virtual trivia is an idea Shannon Donaldson, known to regulars at Cruzroom, the Waypost and several other local bars as ShanRock, has toyed with over the years, but it took being displaced from her usual venues to finally figure out how to do it. She learned quickly: Two nights after the bars closed indefinitely, she held her first quiz over Zoom.

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Runners Can Exchange Miles for Beer at a Hybrid Running Store and Bar in Northwest Portland

Finally, a business is acknowledging the connection between exercise and alcoholic refreshment: In December, in its new Slabtown location, the 25-year-old retail shop Portland Running Company opened a small bar called the Run Pub.

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