Doc Marie's

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Doc Marie's
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The bar's exterior, 2022
Doc Marie's
Restaurant information
Owner(s)
  • Olga Bichko
  • Nikki Ferry
Street address203 Southeast Grand Avenue
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′17″N122°39′40″W / 45.5214°N 122.6610°W / 45.5214; -122.6610
Website docmaries.com

Doc Marie's is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon. [1]

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Description and history

Doc Marie's is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in the Osborn Hotel building in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. [2] Owned by Olga Bichko and Nikki Ferry, the business is named after Marie Equi, a lesbian described by Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland as "one of Oregon's fiercest champions for labor and women's rights". The business operates as Portland's only lesbian bar, [3] [4] in a space which previously housed Elvis Room. [5]

In March 2022, Eater Portland mentioned plans for the bar to open in May. [5] The business began operating on July 1, but closed the following day after two managers resigned and other employees created a worker cooperative. According to Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of The Oregonian , the workers "demanded the bar's owners turn the business over to them, writing on Instagram that they felt 'misled about the space being safe and welcoming.'" [6] The conflict was picked up by Libs of TikTok, a popular conservative Twitter account, resulting in threats directed at the owners and former employees. The bar reopened on August 13, 2022. [7] [8] [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leon, Kat (2022-05-04). "Queer community reacts to Portland's new lesbian bar". Portland State Vanguard . Portland State University. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  2. ↑ Piccoli, Dana (2022-05-12). "Spaces for queer women experience a renaissance in Portland, Oregon". News Is Out. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  3. ↑ Jankowski, Andrew (2022-04-19). "New Portland LGBTQ Bar Stands Proud on Old Town's Bro-iest Block". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  4. ↑ Gallivan, Joseph (April 29, 2022). "The Sports Bra breaks down bar barrier". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2022-03-31). "Portland's Only Self-Defined Lesbian Bar Will Arrive This Spring". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  6. ↑ Shane Dixon, Kavanaugh (2022-08-10). "How a Portland 'lesbian bar for everyone' closed after one day". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  7. ↑ Wong, Janey (2022-08-12). "Lesbian Bar Doc Marie's Is Reopening Following Its Troubled Start". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  8. ↑ De Dios, Austin (2022-12-26). "Top 10 most-read news stories of 2022 from The Oregonian/OregonLive". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  9. ↑ "UPDATED: Here Are the Final 27 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S." Out Traveler. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
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