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| Address | 3356 Southeast Belmont St. Portland, Oregon United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°30′58.6″N122°37′47.2″W / 45.516278°N 122.629778°W |
Aalto Lounge is a bar in Portland, Oregon. Named after Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, the bar opened in 2000.
Aalto Lounge is a bar along Belmont Street in the district of the same name within southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. [1] Willamette Week has said the bar as a "sleek, midcentury modern vibe" with DJs, cocktails, and a secluded backroom. [2] The newspaper's Pete Cottell said the Aalto Lounge has a "sleek, cavernous atmosphere that makes everyone inside look 20 percent sexier". [3] Named after Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, the interior has mid-century Scandinavian furnishings. [4] Portland Monthly has described the bar as "on the border between dive bar and hipster hangout". [5]
Owned by Alex and Kate Wood, [6] the bar opened in 2000. [1] [7] Closed for several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, Aalto Lounge had socially distanced service inside and on the patio, as of September–October 2020. [8] [9]
Aalto Lounge was included in Willamette Week's 2016 list of "Portland's Best Patio Bars for Happy Hour". [10] Readers ranked Aalto Lounge second place in the Best Date Bar and Best Happy Hour categories in the newspaper's "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". [11] Eater Portland 's Alex Frane included the bar in his 2019 overview of the city's "most iconic" cocktails. [12] In 2020, the website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden recommended the bar for bachelorette parties. [13]
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