KEX Hotel

{{Short description|Hotel in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| address = Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Couch Street

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The KEX Hotel is a hotel at the intersection of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Couch Street in Portland, Oregon, United States.{{Cite web|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2019/7/30/20747338/kex-portland-vivian-restaurant-dottir-rooftop-bar-alex-jackson|title=An Icelandic-Themed Restaurant and Rooftop Bar Will Open in Portland|last=Jackson-Glidden|first=Brooke|date=2019-07-30|website=Eater Portland|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=2019-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731153823/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/7/30/20747338/kex-portland-vivian-restaurant-dottir-rooftop-bar-alex-jackson|url-status=live}} Kex is based in Reykjavík, and the Portland location is the brand's first hotel outside Iceland.{{Cite web|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2018/9/10/17842754/portland-kex-michelin-star-hostel|title=Portland is Getting a Restaurant Run by Michelin-Starred Restaurant Alum|last=Frane|first=Alex|date=2018-09-10|website=Eater Portland|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=2019-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731153821/https://pdx.eater.com/2018/9/10/17842754/portland-kex-michelin-star-hostel|url-status=live}} The hotel is unconnected in any way to Portland radio station KEX (1190).

History

The hotel closed temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening in June 2021.{{Cite web|last=Prewitt|first=Andi|date=2021-05-11|title=Nordic-Themed Hotel Kex Will Reopen for Lodging and Dining in Early June|url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2021/05/11/nordic-themed-hotel-kex-will-reopen-for-lodging-and-dining-in-early-june/|access-date=2021-12-21|website=Willamette Week|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104200042/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2021/05/11/nordic-themed-hotel-kex-will-reopen-for-lodging-and-dining-in-early-june/|url-status=live}}

KEX Hotel featured Dóttir,{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Michael|date=2019-07-29|title=One of Iceland's top chefs will open Portland restaurant at upcoming KEX Hotel|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/07/vivian-restaurant-at-portland-kex-hostel-comes-from-top-iceland-chef.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731134712/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/07/vivian-restaurant-at-portland-kex-hostel-comes-from-top-iceland-chef.html|archive-date=2019-07-31|access-date=2019-07-31|website=The Oregonian|language=en-US|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Jackson-Glidden|first=Brooke|date=2019-07-30|title=The Icelandic-Themed Restaurant Within the Kex Hotel Finally Has an Opening Date [Updated]|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2019/7/30/20747338/kex-portland-vivian-restaurant-dottir-rooftop-bar-alex-jackson|access-date=2020-05-11|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2019-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731153823/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/7/30/20747338/kex-portland-vivian-restaurant-dottir-rooftop-bar-alex-jackson|url-status=live}} until the restaurant closed on January 1, 2022. It was replaced by Pacific Standard.{{Cite web |title=Portland’s Top 50 Bars from A to Z {{!}} 2022 |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-bars-portland |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825143311/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-bars-portland |url-status=live }}

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