Doc Marie's is an

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-friendly bar in

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Doc Marie's is an

-friendly bar in the

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building in

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's Buckman neighborhood. Owned by Olga Bichko and Nikki Ferry, the business is named after

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, a

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described by

Brooke Jackson-Glidden Brooke Jackson-Glidden is a food writer and the editor of '' Eater Portland''. In 2023, she received the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the James Beard Foundation in part for her essay about Either/Or. Jackson-Glidden has been the editor o ...

of '' Eater Portland'' as "one of Oregon's fiercest champions for labor and women's rights". The business operates as Portland's only

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, in a space which previously housed Elvis Room. In March 2022, ''Eater Portland'' mentioned plans for the bar to open in May. The business began operating on July 1, but closed the following day after two managers resigned and other employees created a

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. According to Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of ''

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'', the workers "demanded the bar's owners turn the business over to them, writing on Instagram that they felt 'misled about the space being safe and welcoming. The conflict was picked up by

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, a popular conservative Twitter account, resulting in threats directed at the owners and former employees. The bar reopened on August 13, 2022.

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