Back Stage Bar
{{Short description|Bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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Back Stage Bar is a bar and restaurant operated by McMenamins in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
Back Stage Bar is located behind Bagdad Theatre in Southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood. The interior has billiard tables,{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |title=New life in hipster Portland |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/new-life-in-hipster-portland/ |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=The Seattle Times |date=April 5, 2014 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002701/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/new-life-in-hipster-portland/ |url-status=live }} vaulted ceilings,{{cite news |last1=Frane |first1=Alex |title=See The Lotus Cardroom's 130-Year-Old Bar in New Home at McMenamins |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2017/10/13/16462238/lotus-cardroom-bar-mcmenamins-photos-pdx |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=Eater Portland |date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921110642/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/10/13/16462238/lotus-cardroom-bar-mcmenamins-photos-pdx |url-status=live }} three-story oriental rugs, and a sign from the Jockey Club, a defunct dive bar along North Killingsworth.{{cite news |last1=Korfhage |first1=Matthew |title=Starting Next Week, You Can Again Drink at the Lotus Cardroom's 130-Year-Old Cherrywood Bar |url=https://www.wweek.com/bars/2017/10/03/starting-next-week-you-can-again-drink-at-the-lotus-card-rooms-130-year-old-cherrywood-bar/ |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=October 3, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921094429/https://www.wweek.com/bars/2017/10/03/starting-next-week-you-can-again-drink-at-the-lotus-card-rooms-130-year-old-cherrywood-bar/ |url-status=live }} Portland Monthly says, "If you're not quite ready to run the table, odds are you'll dig the mellow scene at Back Stage Bar, where clusters of cue-wielding Hawthorne hipsters are all in good, groovy moods."{{cite journal |title=Back Stage Bar |journal=Portland Monthly |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/bars/back-stage-bar |access-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921111626/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/bars/back-stage-bar |url-status=live }}
History
In 2017, the {{Convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} long,{{cite news |last1=Giegerich |first1=Andy |title=How McMenamins is saving a beloved piece of 'Old Portland' |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/10/03/how-mcmenamins-is-saving-a-beloved-piece-of-old.html |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=Portland Business Journal |date=October 3, 2017 |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322014700/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/10/03/how-mcmenamins-is-saving-a-beloved-piece-of-old.html |url-status=live }} 19th-century bar previously used at the Lotus Cafe was installed at Back Stage.{{cite news |last1=Hewitt |first1=Lyndsey |title=McMenamins artifacts tap into history |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/119-hillsboro-tribune-features/377679-261974-mcmenamins-artifacts-tap-into-history?wallit_nosession=1 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=Hillsboro News Times |date=November 6, 2017 |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213401/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/119-hillsboro-tribune-features/377679-261974-mcmenamins-artifacts-tap-into-history?wallit_nosession=1 |url-status=live }}
Reception
In 2014, Samantha Bakall included Back Stage Bar in The Oregonian{{'s}} list of "Portland's 10 best bars for games".{{cite news |last1=Bakall |first1=Samantha |title=Portland's 10 best bars for games: Bar Tab |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/10/portlands_10_best_bars_for_gam.html |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=The Oregonian |date=October 14, 2014 |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516045158/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/10/portlands_10_best_bars_for_gam.html |url-status=live }} The newspaper also included Back Stage Bar in a list of the city's 100 best bars.{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Michael |title=Portland's 100 best bars |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/10/portlands_100_best_bars_bar_ta.html |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=The Oregonian |date=October 28, 2014 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515170231/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/10/portlands_100_best_bars_bar_ta.html |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
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- {{Commons category-inline|Back Stage Bar}}
- [https://gallery.multcolib.org/image/mcmenamins-back-stage-bar-mural McMenamins Back Stage Bar mural], The Gallery, Multnomah County Library
{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon}}
{{Richmond, Portland, Oregon}}
Category:Drinking establishments in Oregon
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