"The hotel bar and restaurant at the Kex in Northeast Portland will be open on Christmas Eve, with its full menu of oysters on the half-shell, French onion dip with caviar, hot sauce deviled eggs, and prawn cocktail. Drinks, of course, are strong here, with lauded bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler shaking and stirring; festive options include an eggnog spiked with tequila and sherry. Christmas movies will play on the bar’s projector." - Thom Hilton, Brooke Jackson-Glidden