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Claire
01-31-2005, 12:42 AM
Doug Fir:

http://a804.g.akamaitech.net/7/804/33/ae5ddd0a62112c/images.citysearch.com/mw/images/ec/a2/66818p1.jpg

Got the chance to go for a quick drinkie (pink lady martini) here tonight and I freaking loved it!! There's an old school motor hotel, the Jupiter, wrapped around this two level bar/restaurant. You get a discount at the Jup (wink, wink) if you save a receipt. What was cool was that the balconies of the Jupiter were teeming with hot people dancing. So weird for a Sunday night in Portland.

The bar itself is soooo cool.
http://a1916.g.akamaitech.net/7/1916/33/730894edf54a7b/images.citysearch.com/profile/03/cb/41453486p1.jpg

It's like being in a Twin Peaks ski lodge in the 50's.

Here's a review I found:

This combo of slick '50s lounge and rustic mead hall draws a diverse crowd for live tunes and late-night noshes.http://a808.g.akamaitech.net/7/808/33/5364c6467cb961/images.citysearch.com/t.gif
The Scene
Exposed fir beams and a winding wooden bar are illuminated by chrome light fixtures in otherwise retro-mod decor. Rough-edged rockers huddle in vinyl booths, while a swanky Eastside cohort indulges at the blond-wood counter. Everyone is cast in flattering indirect light, amid brassy beads and gold-tinted mirrors.

The Draw
Downstairs, a 300-person music venue conjures music hounds seven nights a week. Upstairs, a huge menu of Northwest comfort cuisine and knockout libations satiate pre-show partiers and after-hours clubhoppers. Tasty eats like flaky halibut fish and chips, meltingly delish crab cakes and fire-grilled artichokes are great to share over saucy blackberry cosmos. Heavier faves like the meat loaf or biscuits and gravy will help bring you down after a long night of cocktails and clubbing. The best part: The menu is served 21 hours a day.

We're going back on a Friday or Sunday SOON!!! :snap: I can't wait!!

€uroMeinke
01-31-2005, 12:48 AM
ooo swanky - thanks for the tip

Not Afraid
01-31-2005, 12:50 AM
This look like a fun place! And the menu is served 21 hours a day!

Take some more pics. We'll have to compile all of the bar reviews in one place on LoT (at some point).

Claire
01-31-2005, 01:13 AM
http://dougfirlounge.com/view/images/imagselector_02.gif
See the beads???

Claire
01-31-2005, 01:29 AM
OMG. We're doing my sister's bachelorette weekend there!!! Hahaha!!! I just called her.....we're getting two connecting rooms at the Jupiter to pre-func and sleep. She loved it there tonight.....we're so doing it! I've been trying to think of a place....this is IT.

Yay!!! :snap: I've got an email in to the lounge to see if they can help us out with a table/room in the lounge for dinner.

cirquelover
01-31-2005, 12:28 PM
Thanks for the heads up! That looks like an interesting place. I've never even heard of it, is it new? You can't go wrong with 21 hours of food!
Have a great bachlorrette party there!

UvaGirl
01-31-2005, 12:57 PM
Blackberry Cosmos!!! Say no more....:D

MickeyD
01-31-2005, 03:33 PM
We'll have to compile all of the bar reviews in one place on LoT (at some point).

Bar reviews! Now there's something I can do! ;)

That looks like a Suh-wanky place Claire! I can totally picture myself drunk off my ass at 1:30am ordering meatloaf & gravy.