Victoria Bar is a bar and restaurant in

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Description

Named after cocktailer Lisa Hare (middle name), Victoria Bar is a 5,000 square foot bar in the

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part of the Humboldt neighborhood. The interior has backlit shelves, hobnail lamps, wooden benches, and a "hulking" painting of the RMS ''Lusitania''. Cocktail names are inspired by the film ''

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''. The bar's most popular cocktail is the Florin, which has gin, strawberry, basil, lime, and soda water.

History

Owned by the Lightning Bar Collective ( Bye and Bye,

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, Sweet Hereafter), Victoria Bar opened in 2015. Russell Van der Genugten was the chef, as of 2016. The bar hosted a Puppy Bowl watch party in 2020.

Reception

In 2015, Victoria Bar ranked second on ''

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'' list of the city's best new bars, and the bar was nominated in the Stone Cold Stunner category at ''

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'' Eater Awards. Victoria Bar ranked third in the Best New Bar category in ''

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'' annual readers' poll in 2016.

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's Alex Frane included Victoria Bar in a 2018 list of "The Best Bars to Drink with Your Dog in Portland". In 2021, '' Portland Monthly'' Katherine Chew Hamilton included the bar in a list of "Our Favorite Patios for Drinking & Soaking Up Sun", and ''Willamette Week'' included Victoria Bar in a list of "Our Favorite Portland Patios for Dates". ''Eater Portland'' Michelle DeVona and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Victoria Bar in a 2021 list of "13 Dynamite Dog-Friendly Bars and Restaurants in Portland".

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