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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Portland
Food
Feel
Price
5.3
9.0
$20
Modern, Pan-Asian
Bar

Hours
Mon–Fri 4:00pm–2:00am
Sat 9:00am–2:00am
Sun 9:00am–midnight

Features Date-friendly, live music, outdoor dining, veg-friendly, Wi-Fi
Bar Beer, wine, liquor
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx

www.thesapphirehotel.com

Hawthorne
5008 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR
(503) 232-6333
Sapphire Hotel
Even the dismal hotel menu and sugary cocktails can’t kill this cathouse vibe

We love a good brothel-turned-bar. There’s always this faithful recreating of sexy vibes and mystery, or at least the romanticizing of what was more likely a very sad, dangerous life (former brothels and ghost tours tend to go hand-in-hand). We love our fantasies—however off the mark—about red-scarf-draped lamps and sultry…

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