Oregon’s piña colada king followed his dreams Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 07, 2021 Alfredo Climaco at his Northeast Portland bar, Tropicale. Climaco, who was 32, died on Jan. 27 of COVID-19 complications.Candace Molatore/Courtesy of Tropicale Facebook Share Courtney Acostagrates noticed Alfredo first. If you’ve been out dancing in Portland in the past decade, you might have noticed him too. Alfredo Climaco was hard to miss: energetic, expressive, always in motion, in dance as as he was in life, friends and family recalled. Acostagrates and others say Climaco, who died from COVID-19 complications last week, took that same propulsive approach to his budding Northeast Portland drinks business, Tropicale, which grew from a Portland Mercado stand to a thriving brick-and-mortar cocktail bar in less than five years.