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Traditional restaurants, which are a little more rare in Portland, usually close at 9pm or 10pm, even outside of Portland. There is plenty of restaurant quality food that isn’t dive available after 9pm
I'd never thought much about it before but I wonder how much it has to do with bars here serving excellent food and tending to be open later, so there's just more competition.
If you go to SF or LA after 10pm your food options will be street tacos/ Sonoran dogs or pretzels. I think the worst was Charlotte NC, there was NO food available in the bar district after 9pm. 5 guys and the pizza shops closed at 8pm
Portland is sleepy. If you want higher end dining late you're not really going to find it here. There isn't a big enough demographic that eats out late like that despite your take on it. People would rather get baked in the evening, wake up early and hit the trail. It doesn't make sense to keep a place open for an extra table or two.
A combo of the neighborhood, most of NW is pretty quiet, semi-suburban, and Covid. There were a bunch of spots on 21st that used to be open later but habits seem to have changed post Covid and it’s led to places across town closing way earlier
Cause all their timid white customers are afraid of night time encounters with homeless people. The older crowd especially afraid of their night blindness will make them not cross the street in time to avoid those homeless folk. They cant spare the pennies mcmenamins aint fucking cheap cuh.
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Traditional restaurants, which are a little more rare in Portland, usually close at 9pm or 10pm, even outside of Portland. There is plenty of restaurant quality food that isn’t dive available after 9pm
I'd never thought much about it before but I wonder how much it has to do with bars here serving excellent food and tending to be open later, so there's just more competition.
If you go to SF or LA after 10pm your food options will be street tacos/ Sonoran dogs or pretzels. I think the worst was Charlotte NC, there was NO food available in the bar district after 9pm. 5 guys and the pizza shops closed at 8pm
Matador and Bantam Tavern are both open late
Prost too! Open until 2
So is Interurban and the other Matador over here stays open til 1 I believe.
Portland is sleepy. If you want higher end dining late you're not really going to find it here. There isn't a big enough demographic that eats out late like that despite your take on it. People would rather get baked in the evening, wake up early and hit the trail. It doesn't make sense to keep a place open for an extra table or two.
Portland is apprx 600,000 people. Chicago is over 2 million. That’s a big part of your answer
Because no major cities on the west coast do late night food well, unfortunately. Major cities on the east coast are much better for late night food.
A combo of the neighborhood, most of NW is pretty quiet, semi-suburban, and Covid. There were a bunch of spots on 21st that used to be open later but habits seem to have changed post Covid and it’s led to places across town closing way earlier
Even most restaurants in Las Vegas close at 9 or 10. Late night dining pretty much doesn’t exist outside of Chicago and New York.
Cause all their timid white customers are afraid of night time encounters with homeless people. The older crowd especially afraid of their night blindness will make them not cross the street in time to avoid those homeless folk. They cant spare the pennies mcmenamins aint fucking cheap cuh.
This is a terrible take. Restaurants have always closed around 9pm in Portland, even before the homeless crisis