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  Scandals Location in Portland, Oregon | |
| Address | 1125 Southwest Stark Street |
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| Location | Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°31′21″N122°40′58″W / 45.52261°N 122.68287°W |
| Type | Gay bar |
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Scandals, or sometimes Scandals PDX, [1] is a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Scandals was established in 1979. [2] [3] In 2015, Willamette Week said of the bar:
Scandals touts itself as 'Gay Cheers,' and it more than lives up to it, full of years-long regulars and yet immediately welcoming to the red-headed stranger wandering through. It feels like the friendliest place in town, from its always-packed landing strip of a patio, to a bar lined with flirtatious singletons, to its tiny, Timbers-watching TV corner tucked away to one side. Expect every-damn-body to be at its weekend-long Pride block party, now a Portland institution. As everything around it goes retail and restaurant, Scandals is holding up the Stark Street legacy all by itself. And with the bar's near-stunning pyramidal collection of flavored vodkas and rums and Red Bulls, you can rest assured: You're going to stay awake here, and it's going to be sweet. [4]
In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the Portland Mercury wrote: "At 40 years young, Scandals is among Portland's longest-running LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vestige of downtown's long-gone Vaseline Alley gay district. Scandals features pool tables, a sidewalk patio, trivia, viewing parties, karaoke, and monthly live jazz. You can order food from neighboring dive restaurant the Roxy and bring it over. Every June during Pride, Scandals shuts down their section of street for an epic block party." [5]
Scandals was a runner-up in the "Best LGBTQ Bar" category of Willamette Week 's "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". [6]
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