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Bailey’s Taproom Has Permanently Closed Its Doors Following a Temporary Closure There was hope the taproom would resume operations sometime this year, but the owner has sold the property. (Bailey s Taproom) Updated February 5 One of Portland s most beloved beer bars and an iconic downtown hang, Bailey s Taproom, is gone for good. News of the closure, first reported by Brewpublic, has dashed the hopes of every beer lover in town for a potential 2021 relaunch. When owner Geoff Phillips shut the doors on the Southwest Broadway business last September, it was possible the closure would be temporary and that we d see taps flowing once again sometime this year, when either the temperatures warmed enough to draw patio guests or the pandemic eased up.
Portland’s confidence crisis: Steve Duin column
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
The over/under is five years.
And of all the speculators I spoke to this week, the most incisive message arrived from Warren Rosenfeld, the president of Calbag Metals.
“The comeback,” Rosenfeld wrote in an email, “is dependent on when folks have confidence (the city) is safe and clean.
“Seems democracy’s oxygen is confidence. Confidence someone won’t run a red light. Confidence that currency is backed by the full faith and credit of the government. Confidence that our officials will faithfully carry out their duties.”
That is the crisis at hand in the city, and it is personal and disabling.
Broken glass, unlawful assembly in Portland follows DC unrest January 07 2021
Portland Police Bureau officers report damage to new Multnomah County Courthouse, and at least five downtown businesses.
Spurred by a never-before-seen mob rush into the U.S. Capitol, Portland activists returned to the streets on Wednesday evening, Jan. 6 for a much more familiar activity: breaking windows and spraying graffiti.
Portland Police Bureau officers say the group gathered at Chapman Square Park in the central city around 9:15 p.m., marching to the Central Precinct on Southwest 2nd Avenue, where they began painting slogans.
At some point, marchers arrived at the newly-constructed Multnomah County Courthouse on Southwest 1st Avenue at Madison Street, where demonstrators attempted to gain entry to the security fencing and then failed to pry open the doors to the courthouse while others used umbrellas to shield the unlawful activity, according to a news release.