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The Liquor Store

The Liquor Store was a bar, restaurant, and music venue in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2015, the business operated in a space previously occupied by the Blue Monk, a jazz club and restaurant, in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. It was named the city's best new bar in Willamette Week's annual readers' poll in 2015 and 2016. The Liquor Store's upstairs had a bar and the owner's large vinyl record collection on display. The downstairs venue hosted live music and disc jockeys, playing a variety of genres, especially electronic music. The Liquor Store closed temporarily in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and two former employees filed a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment one month later. Sometimes confused for an actual liquor store, The Liquor Store closed permanently in September 2020.

The Liquor Store
Venue exterior in 2021, after its closure
Address3341 SE Belmont Street
Portland, Oregon
United States
Coordinates45°31′00″N 122°37′23″W / 45.5166°N 122.6230°W / 45.5166; -122.6230
OwnerRay Morrone
Type
OpenedFebruary 2015 (2015-02)
ClosedSeptember 2020 (2020-09)
Website
theliquorstorepdx.com

Description Edit

The Liquor Store was a bar, restaurant, and music venue in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. Upstairs was a horseshoe-shaped bar and shelves displaying the owner's extensive personal vinyl record collection, numbering in the hundreds.[1] The downstairs space had a sound reinforcement system by Funktion-One.[2] The Liquor Store hosted disc jockeys (DJs) and live music regularly,[3] often for $10 or less. Google Maps labeled the venue a liquor store, prompting the business to add "not a real liquor store" to its website.[4]

Willamette Week's Martin Cizmar said the "shiny" bar had a music collection ranging from David Bowie to Bob Dylan and displayed "yellowed" newspapers covering the murder of John Lennon, Richard Nixon's resignation, and Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon.[5] The newspaper's Jay Horton and AP Kryza said frequent patrons "are drawn in for enlightened takes on bar-food staples, while the nightly invasion of dressed-to-impress concertgoers depends more on the venue's top-shelf sound system and eclectic booking".[6][7] Horton described the venue as a "temporary pied-à-terre that attracts the cream of like-minded drinking partners", with "silent-screen classic" films projected on a back wall and "up-and-coming" bands downstairs. He wrote, "With interiors showcasing an embarrassment of purposeless signifiers (vintage newspapers, stacks of vinyl, clarinet, pot-bellied stove), the space can seem like a satire of a grad-student Tinder profile."[6]

The Portland Mercury called the venue "another one of these subterranean joints ... that often hosts DJ nights and a cavernous, low-lit venue downstairs where you're likely to find local psych-rock or dance parties on any given night".[8] Willamette Week said the main floor had "flickering candlelight, walls filled with vinyl and a steady stream of DJs who create the vibe of a hip after-hours party at a rich friend's parents' house... In the low-ceilinged basement, you'll find touring house, bass and EDM producers alongside locals spinning everything from art rock to Zouglou, as well as indie bands who missed the actual basement show scene by a few years."[9] The newspaper also said, "Most nights feature a DJ on the main level, where craft cocktails and shelves of pulp fiction books and vinyl set a comfortably cool vibe. To bust a move, head downstairs during a live show for an intimate, sweaty basement party every time the hip-hop, indie-rock or dance act takes the stage."[10] Eater Portland's Cooper Green described the bar as an "ultra-hip spot" with happy hour from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.[4]

The bar served a cocktail with blue curaçao and lime called the Blue Monk, named after the defunct jazz club of the same name which occupied the space previously.[5] The menu included cornbread macaroni and cheese, nachos, and the Really Good Gin and Tonic made with Beefeater Gin and house-made tonic.[11] The handcrafted candied lemon wedges served in Slane Irish Whiskeys take approximately three hours to make.[12] Pizza was featured during happy hour on Mondays, as of 2016. The Seelbach was made of whisky, bitters, cava float, and Créole Shrubb liqueur.[6]

History Edit

Owner Ray Morrone opened The Liquor Store in February 2015,[11] following the closing of the Blue Monk in 2014. Cooper DuBois was one of the bar's investors.[13]

In November 2015, Morrone confirmed the installation of new sprinklers and emergency exits. He also told The Oregonian that many records from his collection had been stolen and said of electronic music: "That's what I grew up listening to, so that's important to me. Going all the way back to (the) Hacienda nightclub in Manchester being a big influence."[2] Actor Sam Elliott visited the bar frequently during happy hour.[11]

Events Edit

In 2016, the venue hosted an acoustic show by Fred and Toody Cole,[14] electronic artists Copy and Symbion Project,[15] and a sixtieth birthday celebration for Wipers drummer Sam Henry.[16] The venue also began hosting the weekly comedy show Earthquake Hurricane.[17] A variety of DJs performed at the bar, as of 2016–2018.[18][19][20] In 2017, the bar hosted 1984: New Wave Night on the night before Thanksgiving,[21] and Mothers and Mega Bog performed there in 2018.[22] The venue hosted the monthly hip hop event Thirsty City, as of 2018,[23] and the techno series SubSensory, as of 2019. The latter, according to Mixmag's Kelly Cramer, showcased "an impressive array of first time PDX appearances and continues to push the techno envelope".[24]

The bar hosted the monthly jazz series Daniel Rossi Presents, as of 2019. Willamette Week's Donovan Farley described the series as "boundary-pushing" and "affordable", successfully accomplishing the goals of local jazz and rock musician Daniel Rossi, who began organizing accessible performances showcasing jazz fusion. Rossi said of the series, "I approached the Liq, which was in my mind because they have a great live music program and it used to be the Blue Monk, which was a jazz club I used to go to back in the day. The idea is to get young people that would usually go to, or even play, indie-rock shows or psych-rock shows at a place where they're comfortable like the Liquor Store and expose them to this cool music they might not otherwise seek out."[25] Other recurring events, as of 2019, included the Andaz Bhangra Bollywood Dance Party featuring urban desi and Indian dance pop and Spend the Night with "buzzy" European industrial music.[26][27]

Closure Edit

 
Exterior of the building which housed The Liquor Store in January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic

The bar closed temporarily on March 17, 2020, in response to indoor dining restrictions enforced because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] DuBois pledged to contribute "a large sum" to a relief fund for furloughed workers created by Morrone.[13] In April, two former employees filed separate lawsuits in Multnomah County Circuit Court alleging misconduct by DuBois was tolerated by management. One sought $750,000 in damages, citing a "hostile" work environment, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination. The other sued for $1 in nominal damages and accused DuBois of assault, battery, and infliction of emotional distress for allegedly sexually assaulting her" at work,[28] and said he "intentionally and forcefully grabbed an intimate part of her body below the waist, with no warning, against her will and without her permission" in 2019.[13] Reporting on the lawsuits, Eater Portland and the Portland Mercury described complaints by other former employees as well, and said DuBois's planned donation to the COVID-19 relief fund would instead be used for legal fees.[13][28] DuBois had denied all of the accusations of harassment.[28] Morrone told Willamette Week that the bar "always worked very hard to provide a welcoming and safe place for all of our employees and guests" but declined to provide further commentary.[29]

Plans to end the Belmont operation were confirmed in September 2020. Morrone confirmed he was "looking at other locations and opportunities" and said, "I don't foresee a large demand for an underground, basement nightclub anytime soon. But we have a great relationship with the landlord. Who knows what will happen in these strange times."[3] In January 2021, Bar Midnight confirmed plans to move into the space.[1]

Reception Edit

 
The intersection of Southeast 34th Avenue and Belmont Street in 2021, showing the building which housed The Liquor Store and neighboring Belmont Inn across the street from the Aalto Lounge and Circa 33.

In 2015, Cizmar wrote, "On Saturday nights, the basement is a cramped dance club. But on weeknights, the homey upstairs bar joins with Aalto Lounge across the street to create the best living room/den combination you'll find outside a Hillsdale split level." He said the Blue Monk cocktail was "just a little on the sweet side, but with an acidic bite from lime juice".[5] Portland Business Journal readers said The Liquor Store was among the city's best-named bars.[30]

The Liquor Store won in the Best New Bar category in Willamette Week's annual readers' poll in 2015 and 2016.[31] Readers ranked the venue third in the Best Bar category in 2016.[32] In 2017, the newspaper's Walker MacMurdo recommended the cornbread macaroni and cheese and wrote:

On weekend nights, ... Liquor Store may be so packed that a wall of young, hip revelers actually calcify into an impenetrable shield around the bar, glued together by cigarette smoke. The place is actually too cool for you to get a drink, sometimes. Maybe it's the upstairs DJ spinning selections from the hundreds-deep wall of vinyl ... or the house gig eternally raging in the basement venue, but something at the heart of this cozy-but-not-too-cozy everyman bar and sometime-nightclub encourages debauchery. It's like partying at the parental home of a rich friend who doesn't give a shit.[11]

The Portland Mercury included The Liquor Store in a 2019 list of the "best places to check out Portland's music scene".[33] Fodor's Inside Portland (2020) said, "To be clear, this darkly lit drinking and live music venue ... is not an actual liquor store. But it does stock one of the more impressive selections of booze along this youthful stretch of Belmont bars and eateries, and there's a reliably good selection of bar food."[34]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b Frane, Alex (January 5, 2021). "A Sultry, Wine-Centric Cocktail Bar Will Open on SE Belmont This Year". Eater Portland. Vox Media. from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Greenwald, David (November 6, 2015). "5 Portland venues you didn't know had music". The Oregonian. p. 23. ISSN 8750-1317.
  3. ^ a b c Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (September 25, 2020). "SE Belmont Bar the Liquor Store Is Leaving Its Current Location". Eater Portland. from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Green, Cooper (January 17, 2020). "16 Portland Restaurants and Bars With Live Music". Eater Portland. from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Cizmar, Martin (February 17, 2015). "The Liquor Store: House of Blue". Willamette Week. from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Horton, Jay (May 10, 2016). "The Liquor Store". Willamette Week. from the original on May 20, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Kryza, AP (August 22, 2016). "Buckman & Sunnyside". Willamette Week. from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "A Newcomer's Guide to Portland's Best Music Venues". Portland Mercury. September 13, 2017. from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Six Portland Bars Where You Can Shake Your Booty". Willamette Week. May 23, 2018. from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Liquor Store". Willamette Week. August 20, 2019. from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d MacMurdo, Walker (May 23, 2017). "Get Lit With Sam Elliott at the Liquor Store". Willamette Week. from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  12. ^ Brennan, Casey (October 18, 2018). "Where to Drink Slane Irish Whiskey in Portland". Thirsty. from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d Frane, Alex; Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (May 14, 2020). "A Former Employee Is Suing the Liquor Store for Sexual Harassment". Eater Portland. from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "Music". The Oregonian. September 2, 2016. p. 06.
  15. ^ Stock, Mark (November 29, 2016). "Copy's Shapeshifting Electronica Continues to Evolve on "Chosen Atmospheric Pieces"". Willamette Week. from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  16. ^ Carson, Nathan (December 27, 2016). "Portland Punk Lifer Sam Henry Looks at 60". Willamette Week. from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  17. ^ Gormley, Shannon (December 22, 2016). "Earthquake Hurricane Host Its 100th Show Tonight". Willamette Week. from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with The Perfect Cyn". June 22, 2016. from the original on October 29, 2016.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Ben Tactic". August 9, 2016. from the original on August 27, 2016.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Laura Lynn". August 30, 2016. from the original on August 6, 2018.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Nutritious". October 11, 2016. from the original on August 10, 2017.
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    • "Needle Exchange, Out-of-Towner Edition: A DJ Questionnaire with Jacob Pena of Sweater Funk (San Francisco)". May 23, 2017. from the original on May 24, 2017.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Drexler". July 27, 2017. from the original on July 28, 2017.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with J-Prez". September 8, 2017. from the original on September 13, 2017.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Timothy Bee". October 17, 2017. from the original on October 20, 2020.
  20. ^ Singer, Matthew. Willamette Week. Retrieved January 10, 2021:
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Dirty Deeds". January 3, 2018. from the original on September 23, 2020.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Tyler Tastemaker". March 7, 2018. from the original on September 19, 2020.
    • "Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Brother Charlie". April 19, 2018. from the original on September 19, 2020.
  21. ^ Singer, Matthew (November 21, 2017). "Where to Spend Thanksgiving Eve in Portland". Willamette Week. from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  22. ^ "Things to Do Tuesday!". Portland Mercury. October 15, 2018. from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  23. ^ "The 38 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: Oct 26–28". Portland Mercury. October 25, 2018. from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  24. ^ Cramer, Kelly (August 20, 2019). "8 of the Best Parties Happening in Portland". Mixmag. ISSN 0957-6622. OCLC 780074556. from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  25. ^ Farley, Donovan (March 28, 2019). "Jazz Has a High Point of Entry, Both Culturally and Financially. A New Showcase Wants to Change That". Willamette Week. from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  26. ^ Gormley, Shannon (February 12, 2019). "You Can Dance to Just About Anything You Want to in Portland". Willamette Week. from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  27. ^ "The 40 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: Feb 21–23". Portland Mercury. February 19, 2020. from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  28. ^ a b c Zielinski, Alex (May 13, 2020). "Lawsuit Accuses SE Portland Bar of Tolerating Investor's Persistent Sexual Harassment of Staff". Portland Mercury. from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  29. ^ Singer, Matthew (May 11, 2020). "Former Employees Sue Southeast Portland Bar the Liquor Store, Alleging Sexual Misconduct by an Investor". Willamette Week. from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  30. ^ Giegerich, Andy (June 19, 2015). "Eat It Up: Portland's top bar names, celebrating the best pub appetizer, 'Restaurant of the Year' brouhaha". Portland Business Journal. from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
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External links Edit

  • Official website
  • "Here, Drink This: Five Restaurant-Quality Cocktails You Can Make at Home". Willamette Week. March 26, 2020.

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Not to be confused with Liquor store The Liquor Store was a bar restaurant and music venue in Portland Oregon Established in 2015 the business operated in a space previously occupied by the Blue Monk a jazz club and restaurant in southeast Portland s Sunnyside neighborhood It was named the city s best new bar in Willamette Week s annual readers poll in 2015 and 2016 The Liquor Store s upstairs had a bar and the owner s large vinyl record collection on display The downstairs venue hosted live music and disc jockeys playing a variety of genres especially electronic music The Liquor Store closed temporarily in March 2020 because of the COVID 19 pandemic and two former employees filed a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment one month later Sometimes confused for an actual liquor store The Liquor Store closed permanently in September 2020 The Liquor StoreVenue exterior in 2021 after its closureAddress3341 SE Belmont StreetPortland OregonUnited StatesCoordinates45 31 00 N 122 37 23 W 45 5166 N 122 6230 W 45 5166 122 6230OwnerRay MorroneTypeBar restaurant music venueOpenedFebruary 2015 2015 02 ClosedSeptember 2020 2020 09 Websitetheliquorstorepdx wbr com Contents 1 Description 2 History 2 1 Events 2 2 Closure 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDescription EditThe Liquor Store was a bar restaurant and music venue in southeast Portland s Sunnyside neighborhood Upstairs was a horseshoe shaped bar and shelves displaying the owner s extensive personal vinyl record collection numbering in the hundreds 1 The downstairs space had a sound reinforcement system by Funktion One 2 The Liquor Store hosted disc jockeys DJs and live music regularly 3 often for 10 or less Google Maps labeled the venue a liquor store prompting the business to add not a real liquor store to its website 4 Willamette Week s Martin Cizmar said the shiny bar had a music collection ranging from David Bowie to Bob Dylan and displayed yellowed newspapers covering the murder of John Lennon Richard Nixon s resignation and Neil Armstrong s walk on the Moon 5 The newspaper s Jay Horton and AP Kryza said frequent patrons are drawn in for enlightened takes on bar food staples while the nightly invasion of dressed to impress concertgoers depends more on the venue s top shelf sound system and eclectic booking 6 7 Horton described the venue as a temporary pied a terre that attracts the cream of like minded drinking partners with silent screen classic films projected on a back wall and up and coming bands downstairs He wrote With interiors showcasing an embarrassment of purposeless signifiers vintage newspapers stacks of vinyl clarinet pot bellied stove the space can seem like a satire of a grad student Tinder profile 6 The Portland Mercury called the venue another one of these subterranean joints that often hosts DJ nights and a cavernous low lit venue downstairs where you re likely to find local psych rock or dance parties on any given night 8 Willamette Week said the main floor had flickering candlelight walls filled with vinyl and a steady stream of DJs who create the vibe of a hip after hours party at a rich friend s parents house In the low ceilinged basement you ll find touring house bass and EDM producers alongside locals spinning everything from art rock to Zouglou as well as indie bands who missed the actual basement show scene by a few years 9 The newspaper also said Most nights feature a DJ on the main level where craft cocktails and shelves of pulp fiction books and vinyl set a comfortably cool vibe To bust a move head downstairs during a live show for an intimate sweaty basement party every time the hip hop indie rock or dance act takes the stage 10 Eater Portland s Cooper Green described the bar as an ultra hip spot with happy hour from 5 00 to 7 00 pm 4 The bar served a cocktail with blue curacao and lime called the Blue Monk named after the defunct jazz club of the same name which occupied the space previously 5 The menu included cornbread macaroni and cheese nachos and the Really Good Gin and Tonic made with Beefeater Gin and house made tonic 11 The handcrafted candied lemon wedges served in Slane Irish Whiskeys take approximately three hours to make 12 Pizza was featured during happy hour on Mondays as of 2016 The Seelbach was made of whisky bitters cava float and Creole Shrubb liqueur 6 History EditOwner Ray Morrone opened The Liquor Store in February 2015 11 following the closing of the Blue Monk in 2014 Cooper DuBois was one of the bar s investors 13 In November 2015 Morrone confirmed the installation of new sprinklers and emergency exits He also told The Oregonian that many records from his collection had been stolen and said of electronic music That s what I grew up listening to so that s important to me Going all the way back to the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester being a big influence 2 Actor Sam Elliott visited the bar frequently during happy hour 11 Events Edit In 2016 the venue hosted an acoustic show by Fred and Toody Cole 14 electronic artists Copy and Symbion Project 15 and a sixtieth birthday celebration for Wipers drummer Sam Henry 16 The venue also began hosting the weekly comedy show Earthquake Hurricane 17 A variety of DJs performed at the bar as of 2016 2018 18 19 20 In 2017 the bar hosted 1984 New Wave Night on the night before Thanksgiving 21 and Mothers and Mega Bog performed there in 2018 22 The venue hosted the monthly hip hop event Thirsty City as of 2018 23 and the techno series SubSensory as of 2019 The latter according to Mixmag s Kelly Cramer showcased an impressive array of first time PDX appearances and continues to push the techno envelope 24 The bar hosted the monthly jazz series Daniel Rossi Presents as of 2019 Willamette Week s Donovan Farley described the series as boundary pushing and affordable successfully accomplishing the goals of local jazz and rock musician Daniel Rossi who began organizing accessible performances showcasing jazz fusion Rossi said of the series I approached the Liq which was in my mind because they have a great live music program and it used to be the Blue Monk which was a jazz club I used to go to back in the day The idea is to get young people that would usually go to or even play indie rock shows or psych rock shows at a place where they re comfortable like the Liquor Store and expose them to this cool music they might not otherwise seek out 25 Other recurring events as of 2019 included the Andaz Bhangra Bollywood Dance Party featuring urban desi and Indian dance pop and Spend the Night with buzzy European industrial music 26 27 Closure Edit Exterior of the building which housed The Liquor Store in January 2021 during the COVID 19 pandemicThe bar closed temporarily on March 17 2020 in response to indoor dining restrictions enforced because of the COVID 19 pandemic 3 DuBois pledged to contribute a large sum to a relief fund for furloughed workers created by Morrone 13 In April two former employees filed separate lawsuits in Multnomah County Circuit Court alleging misconduct by DuBois was tolerated by management One sought 750 000 in damages citing a hostile work environment sexual harassment and gender discrimination The other sued for 1 in nominal damages and accused DuBois of assault battery and infliction of emotional distress for allegedly sexually assaulting her at work 28 and said he intentionally and forcefully grabbed an intimate part of her body below the waist with no warning against her will and without her permission in 2019 13 Reporting on the lawsuits Eater Portland and the Portland Mercury described complaints by other former employees as well and said DuBois s planned donation to the COVID 19 relief fund would instead be used for legal fees 13 28 DuBois had denied all of the accusations of harassment 28 Morrone told Willamette Week that the bar always worked very hard to provide a welcoming and safe place for all of our employees and guests but declined to provide further commentary 29 Plans to end the Belmont operation were confirmed in September 2020 Morrone confirmed he was looking at other locations and opportunities and said I don t foresee a large demand for an underground basement nightclub anytime soon But we have a great relationship with the landlord Who knows what will happen in these strange times 3 In January 2021 Bar Midnight confirmed plans to move into the space 1 Reception Edit The intersection of Southeast 34th Avenue and Belmont Street in 2021 showing the building which housed The Liquor Store and neighboring Belmont Inn across the street from the Aalto Lounge and Circa 33 In 2015 Cizmar wrote On Saturday nights the basement is a cramped dance club But on weeknights the homey upstairs bar joins with Aalto Lounge across the street to create the best living room den combination you ll find outside a Hillsdale split level He said the Blue Monk cocktail was just a little on the sweet side but with an acidic bite from lime juice 5 Portland Business Journal readers said The Liquor Store was among the city s best named bars 30 The Liquor Store won in the Best New Bar category in Willamette Week s annual readers poll in 2015 and 2016 31 Readers ranked the venue third in the Best Bar category in 2016 32 In 2017 the newspaper s Walker MacMurdo recommended the cornbread macaroni and cheese and wrote On weekend nights Liquor Store may be so packed that a wall of young hip revelers actually calcify into an impenetrable shield around the bar glued together by cigarette smoke The place is actually too cool for you to get a drink sometimes Maybe it s the upstairs DJ spinning selections from the hundreds deep wall of vinyl or the house gig eternally raging in the basement venue but something at the heart of this cozy but not too cozy everyman bar and sometime nightclub encourages debauchery It s like partying at the parental home of a rich friend who doesn t give a shit 11 The Portland Mercury included The Liquor Store in a 2019 list of the best places to check out Portland s music scene 33 Fodor s Inside Portland 2020 said To be clear this darkly lit drinking and live music venue is not an actual liquor store But it does stock one of the more impressive selections of booze along this youthful stretch of Belmont bars and eateries and there s a reliably good selection of bar food 34 See also EditImpact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the music industry Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States List of defunct restaurants of the United StatesReferences Edit a b Frane Alex January 5 2021 A Sultry Wine Centric Cocktail Bar Will Open on SE Belmont This Year Eater Portland Vox Media Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved January 10 2021 a b Greenwald David November 6 2015 5 Portland venues you didn t know had music The Oregonian p 23 ISSN 8750 1317 a b c Jackson Glidden Brooke September 25 2020 SE Belmont Bar the Liquor Store Is Leaving Its Current Location Eater Portland 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