Another landmark bites the dust

There aren't many places left in Portland that remind me of "the golden age" of the 70s and 80s. The Virginia Cafe is one of them, a dark downtown bar famous for its happy hour and stiff drinks, an institution during all the time I've lived in Portland. Well, it's on a block being leveled for another high rise, so its days are numbered.

I didn't hang out at VC all that often, my stomping grounds at the time being NW rather than downtown, but I'd stop by a time or two a month, usually in late afternoon to take advantage of their generous happy hour. When I was downtown, I usually preferred the Vat & Tonsur, another landmark long gone for redevelopment (which recently relocated but I heard it's not the same).

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  My Favorite Virginia Cafe stories from The Portland Freelancer Blog.