Lotus cardroom and cafe closed in august 2016 after 92 years of service and the fate of its massive beautiful antique cherrywood bar was ambiguous.
Lotus room portland.
After 92 years in southwest portland the lotus cardroom and cafe has announced they will close later this month the historic bar which is located at sw 3rd avenue and salmon.
See 37 unbiased reviews of lotus cardroom cafe rated 4 of 5 on tripadvisor and ranked 883 of 4 394 restaurants in portland.
When we heard the guys were selling the bar we jumped on it says mcmenamins co founder brian.
Lotus cardroom cafe portland.
The building opened in 1906 at the corner of southwest third avenue and salmon.
The lotus cardroom was the first legal gambling site in portland and rumors that it was once connected with a brothel have never quite gone away.
20 as a developer plans to demolish the bar and build a new 20 story boutique hotel.
Today the bar is divided into an old school family friendly cafe diner area and an epic drinking space with a 30 foot cherrywood bar.