Scandals (gay bar)

Gay bar in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Scandals

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The bar's exterior, 2015

Scandals

Location in Portland, Oregon

Address| 1125 Southwest Stark Street
Location| Portland, Oregon
Coordinates| 45°31′21″N 122°40′58″W﻿ / ﻿45.52261°N 122.68287°W﻿ / 45.52261; -122.68287
Type| Gay bar
Website
scandalspdx.com

Scandals, or sometimes Scandals PDX,[1] is a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

## Description and history

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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]

## References

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1. ^ "Where to go when you come out | Vanguard". psuvanguard.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
2. ^ "Scandals' Friendly Atmosphere Makes Its "Gay Cheers" Reputation Feel Accurate Instead of Eye Roll-Inducing". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
3. ^ "Man harasses patrons outside of Portland gay bar (video)". OregonLive.com. July 28, 2017. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
4. ^ Helmsworth, James; Korfhage, Matthew; Wolfe, Amy (June 9, 2015). "Near and Queer: Our favorite gay bars in Portland". Willamette Week. City of Roses Newspapers. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
5. ^ Jankowski, Andrew (June 6, 2019). "An Overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ Nightlife for the Newcomer". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
6. ^ "Bars + Nightlife: Congratulations to the winners + finalists of Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". Willamette Week. July 21, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

## External links

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* LGBTQ portal
* Oregon portal

* Media related to Scandals (Portland, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

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