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In the 1950s, the Republic Cafe was a magical place. The restaurant stayed open until 4 a.m. on weekends. When the nightclubs and other restaurants closed at 2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, their customers poured into the Republic. On Sundays, customers from the Jewish community would line up for a table or carryout.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and over one-fourth of those are found partially or wholly in Portland. While these sites are widely spread across all six of Portland's quadrants, heavy concentrations are found in the Downtown and Southwest Hills neighborhoods of the Southwest ...
The American [5] / New American restaurant Roost operated at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. [6] [7] It was described as having a "stark" decor and had a large "R" logo on one of its windows. [8] The eatery had a seating capacity of approximately 43 people. [9]
Skyline Restaurant (formerly The Speck and nicknamed "The Skyliner") [1] [2] is a diner in northwest Portland, Oregon, in the United States. [3] [4] Established in 1935, the restaurant initially sold fried chicken by a gas station. It gained popularity during the 1950s, and Skyline's menu of American cuisine has changed little
This 1911 library, designed by Portland architect A.E. Doyle and built with funding from the Carnegie Foundation, became one of the earliest public library branches outside downtown Portland. It has since been converted to an office building. [14] 24: East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District: East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District
Following are currently operating notable restaurants in Portland, Oregon: Amalfi's Italian Restaurant Bridge City Pizza Chin's Kitchen Fuller's Coffee Shop Habibi Restaurant Jam on Hawthorne Le Happy , 2008 Lúc Lắc Vietnamese Kitchen (2020) Nuestra Cocina , 2021 Ox Pambiche Cocina and Repostería Cubana , 2015 Papi Chulo's Shandong Skyline ...
Naito Parkway (ex-Front Avenue) is named after the late Bill Naito, a longtime Old Town-based businessman and developer, who with his brother Sam Naito in the 1960s helped to halt the decline of the area—then known as Portland's "Skid Road"—by opening a retail store, buying and restoring old buildings in the area, and convincing others to ...
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