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Victoria Bar

Bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Victoria Bar is a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon.[1]

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Description

Named after cocktailer Lisa Hare (middle name), Victoria Bar is a 5,000 square foot bar in the north Portland part of the Humboldt neighborhood.[2] The interior has backlit shelves,[3] hobnail lamps, wooden benches, and a "hulking" painting of the RMS Lusitania.[4] Cocktail names are inspired by the film The Princess Bride.[5] The bar's most popular cocktail is the Florin, which has gin, strawberry, basil, lime, and soda water.[6]

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History

Owned by the Lightning Bar Collective (Bye and Bye, Jackknife Bar, Sweet Hereafter),[7] Victoria Bar opened in 2015.[8] Russell Van der Genugten was the chef, as of 2016.[2] The bar hosted a Puppy Bowl watch party in 2020.[9][10]

Reception

In 2015, Victoria Bar ranked second on The Oregonian's list of the city's best new bars,[11] and the bar was nominated in the Stone Cold Stunner category at Eater Portland's Eater Awards.[12] Victoria Bar ranked third in the Best New Bar category in Willamette Week's annual readers' poll in 2016.[13] Thrillist's Alex Frane included Victoria Bar in a 2018 list of "The Best Bars to Drink with Your Dog in Portland".[14]

In 2021, Portland Monthly's Katherine Chew Hamilton included the bar in a list of "Our Favorite Patios for Drinking & Soaking Up Sun",[15] and Willamette Week included Victoria Bar in a list of "Our Favorite Portland Patios for Dates".[16] Eater Portland's Michelle DeVona and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Victoria Bar in a 2021 list of "13 Dynamite Dog-Friendly Bars and Restaurants in Portland".[17]

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