Back Stage Bar is a bar and restaurant operated by McMenamins in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Back Stage Bar is located behind

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neighborhood. The interior has

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, vaulted ceilings, three-story oriental rugs, and a sign from the Jockey Club, a defunct dive bar along North Killingsworth. '' 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."

History

In 2017, the long, 19th-century bar previously used at the

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was installed at Back Stage.

Reception

In 2014, Samantha Bakall included Back Stage Bar in '' The Oregonian'' list of "Portland's 10 best bars for games". The newspaper also included Back Stage Bar in a list of the city's 100 best bars.

References

External links

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McMenamins Back Stage Bar mural
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