by Janey Wong • May 10, 2021 at 10:00 am
Tiny bubbles in a glass Janey Wong
At face value, Tiny Bubble Room looks like a craft beer taproom verging on dive-y, but the painstakingly restored bar has so many more layers than that. The name was carried over from the lounge of the previous tenant of 50+ years, Lung Fung Chinese restaurant. The original signage and facade of the restaurant has also been preserved with some minor tweaks and a fresh coat of paint paying homage to the building’s history.
Co-owners Jeremy Lewis and Quyen Ly opened Tiny Bubble Room the new and improved version in October 2020. The pair also own the Montavilla gem Roscoe’s, and with Bubble Room, they’re wanting to provide the same kind of low key watering hole/beer nerd destination/community meeting point for the Kenton, Arbor Lodge, and Mock’s Crest neighborhoods. This summer, Ly plans to introduce his sushi bar Miyamoto in the adjacent space which house
Jeremy Lewis now owns a piece of his childhood. Growing up in Northeast Portland, Lewis remembers family dinners at the Lung Fung Chinese restaurant on North Lombard Street. Now, the place is his. His new bar, Tiny Bubble Room, is named for Lung Fung s adjoining old-school lounge. It is something like a NoPo version of Roscoe s, the Montavilla craft beer bar Lewis and co-owner Quyen Ly opened in 2006. I have a cousin that lives like three or four blocks away who s been saying repeatedly, We need a Roscoe s in that neighborhood, says Lewis. And I agreed. It s a great neighborhood already, with a lot of amazing spots. Our goal is to give it our own twist.