| Bar Casa Vale | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Food type | Spanish |
| Street address | 215 Southeast 9th Avenue, Suite 109 |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97214 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′17″N122°39′24″W / 45.5213°N 122.6568°W |
Bar Casa Vale is a Spanish restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] [2]
The Spanish-inspired Bar Casa Vale (BCV) operates on Pine Street in southeast Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood. [3] [4] [5] Matthew Singer of Willamette Week has described the bar as "a cozy, sultry hallway of a bar composed of odd little nooks—lit dimly by hurricane lights, southern sun and the flicker of fire". [6] Samantha Bakall of The Oregonian has called BCV "Barcelona- and San Sebastian-inspired pintxos bar serving stand-up snacks and meat and seafood seared to a smoky char in a custom hearth alongside a lush turquoise tile-backed bar specializing in sherry". [7]
BCV has served tapas such as jamón Serrano and patatas bravas, as well as larger entrees like pork shoulder. [8] [9] [10] The brunch menu included fried chicken and churros with honey and manchego, salt cod fritters, and chocolate toast with olive oil and pistachio. Drink options include cider, [11] cava-brandy sangria and other cocktails with brandy and sherry. [12] [13] [14] [15]
BCV has offered happy hour specials. [16]
Plans about the business were made public in February 2016. [17] [18] [19] Staff included Nate Tilden, Elias Cairo, Louis Martinez, and Martin Schwartz. [20] The bar opened in September, [3] in a space that previously housed the music venue La Luna and in the same building as Biwa. [21] [22] In 2017, BCV was among local Spanish restaurants participating in the food festival organized by the Tourist Office of Spain as part of United States for World Tapas Day. [23]
The menu was expanded in 2017. [24] Brunch service started in February 2018, [12] but ended in September. [25]
Jacob Harth was the executive chef as of 2018. [26] [27] [28] [29] Erik Van Kley became the executive chef in 2019. [30] [31]
Like many restaurants, BCV closed temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, at times operating via take-out and outdoor service on the patio. [9] BCV shared the patio space with Scotch Lodge. [32]
Michael Russell included BCV in The Oregonian 's 2017 list of Portland's ten best Spanish restaurants. [33] Samantha Bakall included the business in the newspaper's 2017 list of the city's best new happy hours. [15] Russell later ranked BCV number 38 in a 2024 list of the forty "best restaurants in Portland you need to try". [34] Lindsay D. Mattison included the business in Tasting Table's 2023 list of Portland's forty best restaurants. [35]
