Bluehour
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Established | September 2000 |
Closed | June 2020 |
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Chef |
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Food type | Mediterranean |
Street address | 250 Northwest 13th Avenue |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97209 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′30″N122°41′10″W/ 45.5248719°N 122.6862279°W |
Bluehour(sometimes erroneously calledBlue Hour)[1]was aMediterraneanrestaurant and bar located in thePearl DistrictofPortland, Oregon,United States.[2][3]The business began operating in September 2000. Bruce Carey and Joe Rogers co-owned the business with Kenny Giambalvo, who also served as an executive chef until 2011.
The changing menu includedFrenchandItalian cuisine,as well as food withAsianandLatin-Americaninfluences. Bluehour garnered a positive reception;Michael J. Rosendescribed it as "nationally acclaimed". The restaurant was considered a place "to see and be seen", and was recommended in many regionalguide books.Bluehour hosted many notable people and was included inCNN's 2015 list of the "best places to eat with celebrities" in the United States. The restaurant closed in 2020 during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Description
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Bluehour operated in thePearl DistrictofNorthwest Portland, Oregon;it was located in a five-story structure that was built in 1910 and known as the Ice House, and later as the Wieden+Kennedy Building because of tenantWieden+Kennedy.[4][5]The business had been described as afine dining[6][7]and upscale[8][9]Mediterraneanrestaurant[10][11]with dim lighting and "dramatic" curtains.[12]The restaurant's event room L'Heure Bleue accommodated approximately 64 people.[13]
Food & Wineand Michael Russell ofThe Oregoniandescribed Bluehour as "hip" and "swank", respectively.[14][15]Food writerLaurie Wolfcalled the restaurant "sophisticated".[16]Portland Monthlydescribed Bluehour as "a Portland institution" and said its "loading-dock seats offer prime people-watching and a perch for one of Portland's best happy hours".[17]InFodor's Gay Guide to the USA(2001), Andrew Collins said Bluehour offered a changing menu "to an arty and urbane crowd".[18]The restaurant sometimes hostedjazzon weekends.[19]
Bluehour employed a fromager using a rolling cheese cart,[20]and served brunch on weekends until 2011.[21][22]
Menu
[edit]TheFrenchandItalianmenu[23]offered fare "as American as European", includinggnocchiwithblack truffles,[24]octopusterrine,[25]risottowithsturgeon,red peppers, and basil; as well assea scallopswith bacon.[26][27]The restaurant also servedcharcuteries,pasta, duck breast with root vegetables andhuckleberries,[20]salmon tartare,aCaesar salad,[3]veal sweetbreads, caramelpot de crème,and options with "Asian and Latin influences".[28]
Thehappy hourmenu included friedpicholineolives, Italian white beanpurée,pork bellysliders,[29]bruschetta,a burger onciabatta,and vegetable sandwiches.[30]On the drink menu, the Bluehour Breeze cocktail had grapefruit-infused vodka with cranberry,[31]and the Chocolate Chai Old Fashioned hadchai-infused whiskey, simple syrup, and chocolate bitters with an orange twist.[32]The dessert menu included hazelnut buttermilk cake with peaches, served with candied hazelnuts, apricotgeléeand milksherbet.[3]
Protestors picketed outside Bluehour because the restaurant servedfoie gras.[33][34]
History
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Bluehour opened in September 2000.[35]Bruce Carey and Joe Rogers were co-owners with Kenny Giambalvo, who also served as executive chef.[36][37][38]The architect wasBrad Cloepfil,whose first restaurant project was Bluehour.[39]
In 2004, Bluehour hosted the first Chef's Invitational Dinner, whichWillamette Weekdescribed as "a cooking-school contest à la Donald Trump's TV hit" with menus submitted by 38Western Culinary Institutestudents.[40]
Giambalvo resigned as executive chef in 2011.[41][42]He continued to serve as a member of thelimited liability company(LLC) that owned the restaurant.[43]The same year, Thomas Boyce became head chef,[44]and Dolan Lane ofClarklewisreplaced him in January 2013.[45][46][47]Chefs Kyo Koo and Manuel Lopez also worked at Bluehour.[48][49]
The restaurant served amorel-and-fromage blanc pizza duringEater Portland'sPizza Week in 2013.[50]The same year, a bartender suffered first-degree and second-degree burns while making a cocktail.[51][52]Funds were raised to help pay for his recovery.[53][54]The bartender later sued Carey and Giambalvo, seeking $600,000 "for pain, permanent disfigurement despite skin-graft surgeries and physical limitations", according toThe Oregonian.[43]
Notable people who dined at Bluehour includeFred Armisen,Carrie Brownstein,John Kitzhaber,Robin Lopez,Wesley Matthews,andGus Van Sant,according toCNN's Jordan Burchette, who included Bluehour in a 2015 list of the "best places to eat with celebrities" in the United States.[55]John Legendhosted an after-party at Bluehour in 2005.[56]In 2016, Bluehour was ranked thirteenth inThe Oregonian'slist of Portland's most expensive restaurants.[57]
COVID-19 pandemic and closure
[edit]In March 2020, after many restaurants were closed because of theCOVID-19 pandemic,some Bluehour staff received letters from Carey's restaurant group stating 25 percent of their final paycheck would be deferred. Jenny Smith, communication director for theOregon Bureau of Labor and Industries,said, "Paying only part of what workers are owed when they are laid off is a violation of Oregon law".[58]
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Bluehour permanently closed in June 2020.[59][60][61]On social media, Carey thanked patrons and staff, and wrote: "With great sadness and regret, I must announce today that Bluehour will not reopen. The prospects for a profitable relaunch have dimmed considerably in the context of a far-off, post-COVID future where casual service, social-distancing, to-go service and delivery are all key to any viable restaurant business plan."[19]
A new restaurant named Janken began operating in the space in 2022.[62]
Reception
[edit]In 2002,Gourmetsaid Bluehour is "the place for some to be seen and for others to eat seriously well".[63]Outmagazine recommend the "succulent" seafood at the "very gay, very hip Mediterranean eatery" in 2002.[64]Michael J. Rosencalled the restaurant "nationally acclaimed" in his book "Baking from the Heart" (2004),[65]and public policy analystRandal O'Toolecalled Bluehour the "ritziest" restaurant in the Pearl District in "The Best-Laid Plan" (2007).[66]In 2007, Laura Barton included the restaurant inThe Guardian'slist of Portland's top-ten diners, saying it offered "one of the canniest ways" to enjoy happy hour,[67]and Robert Sullivan ofThe New York Times Magazinecalled Bluehour "a bright star in the Portland food constellation".[68]
In 2004,Byron BeckofWillamette Weekcalled Bluehour "one of the city's most beloved restaurants".[69]Bluehour won the Best Restaurant to Take Advantage of Your Expense Account category of the newspaper's annual Best of Portland readers' poll in 2004.[70]In the 2007 poll, the restaurant tied in the category Best Restaurant for Blowing Someone Else's Dough and was a runner-up in the category Best Place to Rub Shoulders with the Beautiful People.[71]Willamette Week's Kevin Allman wrote in 2007: "Bluehour is still perfect for the pretty Pearl District: pretty décor, pretty dishes, pretty servers—and pretty expensive. Actually, it's two restaurants. By day it's a sunny power-lunch lair. By night, it's one of the few Portland settings where Paris (or Perez) Hilton would fit right in."[72]
In 2015, Chad Walsh ofEater Portlandrecommended Bluehour's private event room, saying, "if you're looking to put a little bit of sexy L.A.-style zing into your holiday party".[13]Janelle Lassalle included the restaurant inThrillist's 2018 list of Portland's "most romantic restaurants right now".[73]In 2020, Suzette Smith ofPortland Mercurydescribed Bluehour as a "classy spot" and a "staple of NW Portland drinking and dining for almost 20 years".[74]
Guide books
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According to "Insiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon" (2003), Bluehour was "routinely noted as the place to see and be seen in Portland".[75]The 2004 edition of "Best Places Northwest" (2004) awarded Bluehour its maximum rating of three stars.[76]The 2010 edition of the book rates the restaurant four stars out of four.[77]
Bluehour was called one of Portland's most romantic restaurants byFodor'sin 2010 and 2011.[78][79]Fodor's Pacific Northwest(2015) and the 2017 edition ofFodor's Oregonsaid the restaurant was "especially notable for sipping and socializing".[80][81]
Moon Oregon(2004) says Bluehour:
has been Portland's restaurant of the moment for several years now, garnering raves from the national press, and with good reason. Though the prices pack a wallop, the Italian-by-Northwest cuisine here is equal parts inventive and traditional, which suits the tastes of the local Beautiful People who haunt this Pearl District ex-warehouse. On busy nights, the artfully spare dining room doubles as an echo chamber.[82]
The 2020 edition ofMoon Oregonsays Bluehour:
is one of Portland's few really swanky restaurants. The cooking is nominally Italian, though the kitchen is fluent in many cuisines, resulting in sophisticated dishes that are flavor-focused, revelatory, and fun all at the same time. If you don't feel like getting dressed up for the dining room, the bar has its own menu and a more relaxed vibe.[83]
Laurie Wolf recommended Bluehour for breakfast and brunch in "Food Lovers' Guide to Portland, Oregon" (2014).[84]
See also
[edit]- COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States
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External links
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- Portland's Bluehour is Back in the SpotlightonYouTube(The Oregonian,June 21, 2012)
- BluehouratZomato
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- 2020 disestablishments in Oregon
- Defunct Mediterranean restaurants
- Defunct restaurants in Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
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- Restaurants established in 2000