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Santé Bar
The venue's exterior in 2019
Restaurant information
Owner(s)	Veronique Lafont
Street address	411 Northwest Park Avenue
City	Portland
County	Multnomah
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97209
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°31′34″N 122°40′45″W / 45.5261°N 122.6793°W / 45.5261; -122.6793

Santé Bar is an LGBTQ-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Santé Bar is an LGBTQ-friendly bar along the North Park Blocks in northwest Portland's Pearl District. The business is owned by Veronique Lafont, a queer Black woman. Eater Portland's Brooke Jackson-Glidden said the bar is "known for its highballs and pretty cocktails served in coupes, ideal for a sunny day".

In a 2021 overview of the city's "wildest" gay bars, she and Conner Reed described Santé as a "narrow, elegant space" with "solid" drinks, and the website's Alex Frane called the bar "cozy and low-key" in his list of "essential Portland cocktail bars where you can sip something exceptional". In 2020, he described Santé as an LGBTQ bar with "elegant" cocktails.

In his 2019 overview of the city's "best in LGBTQ+ nightlife, bars, parties, comedy, and more", the Portland Mercury's Andrew Jankowski described Santé as a piano bar "serving cocktails, live jazz, TV musical viewing parties, and open mics with everything from storytelling and poetry to live, music".

History

The bar was burglarized in 2018. In 2021, Santé Bar hosted a beer garden during My People's Market.

Reception

In 2019, Willamette Week said, "This swanky cocktail bar might not look like much from the outside, but its vintage vibe, romantic lighting and fancy drinks are a welcome shift from the standard westside LGBTQ bar experience." Kara Stokes and Maya MacEvoy included Santé Bar in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of "Where to Eat and Drink in Portland’s Pearl District".

See also

• LGBT-owned business
• List of Black-owned restaurants

References

1. "Santé Bar Is a Swanky, Romantic Change of Pace from the Typical Portland Gay Bar Experience". Willamette Week. June 12, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
2. Gallivan, Joseph (August 5, 2021). "BIPOC market returns to Portland Park Blocks starting Friday". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
3. Pope, Cervante (February 26, 2019). "How Hard Is It to Live Exclusively in Portland's Black Economy?". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
4. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-08-03). "A Guide to the Food, Drink, and Desserts to Try at My People's Market". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
5. Reed, Conner (2017-04-21). "Portland's Wildest Gay Bars That Are Still Open and Ready for Pride". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
6. Frane, Alex (2018-03-23). "The Essential Portland Cocktail Bars Where You Can Sip Something Exceptional". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
7. Frane, Alex (2020-06-18). "A List of Portland Restaurants Reopening for Patio or Dine-In Service". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
8. Jankowski, Andrew (2019-05-21). "The Best in LGBTQ+ Nightlife, Bars, Parties, Comedy, and More". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
9. Sante Bar in Northeast Portland robbed in smash-and-grab on YouTube
10. "The Top Five Places to Drink in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
11. Stokes, Kara (2019-09-09). "Where to Eat and Drink in Portland's Pearl District". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2022-04-18.

External links

• Media related to Santé Bar at Wikimedia Commons
• Santé Bar at Twitter

• Black-owned restaurants in Oregon
• LGBTQ drinking establishments in Portland, Oregon
• LGBTQ-owned businesses in Oregon
• Restaurants in Pearl District, Portland, Oregon