Kay's Bar

Kay's Bar is a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Kay's Bar
The restaurant's exterior in February 2021
Restaurant information
Established1934 (1934)
Owner(s)Patrick Morton
Previous owner(s)Edward "Ed" H. MacGregor and Sharon Ruzicka MacGregor
Street address6903 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45.4739°N 122.6489°W / 45.4739; -122.6489

Description and history

Kay's Bar is located at the intersection of Milwaukie Avenue and Bybee Boulevard in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. The business was established in 1934. Spouses Edward "Ed" H. MacGregor and Sharon Ruzicka MacGregor purchased Kay's in 1963.[1] Patrick Morton became the owner in 2006. The interior features wood panelling and a mural painted by an employee. The restaurant is reportedly haunted. According to Morton, at least three people have died at Kay's.[2][3] Outside the bar is an 11 x 60 foot mural by Andrew Young.[4]

Reception
The bar's interior in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic

In his 2016 overview of "Where Portland's Best Bartenders Go on Their Rare Nights Off", Thrillist contributor Alex Frane said Kay's has a "surprisingly good cocktail program".[5] In Eater Portland's 2019 list of "Where to Imbibe and Dine in Sellwood and Westmoreland", Frane wrote, "Kay’s Bar, with its divey, diner-like atmosphere, is bustling most nights, with reliable food, affordable well drinks and pints, and a modest-but-creative cocktail menu. The kitchen puts out classic, well-made bar staples, including a variety of burgers, burritos, and mac and cheese, and offers many dishes on the happy hour menu from 3 to 6 p.m. Notably, the bar has been open in some form or another since 1934, making it significantly older than most of its guests."[6]

See also

References
  1. "Edward H. 'Ed' MacGregor". The Bee. Pamplin Media Group. May 28, 2018. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. Mayer, James (October 27, 2011). "Kay's Bar, a Southeast Portland haunt, seems to have more than one kind of spirit". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. Green, Jordan (August 22, 2016). "Sellwood: La Belle Époque". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. Leonard, Rita A. (April 3, 2021). "Hidden mural in Westmoreland tells Indian legends". The Bee. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  5. Frane, Alex (August 23, 2016). "Where Portland's Best Bartenders Go on Their Rare Nights Off". Thrillist. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. Frane, Alex (February 20, 2019). "Where to Imbibe and Dine in Sellwood and Westmoreland". Eater Portlland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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