Meadowrue

What We Know About the Ritz-Carlton Portland’s Enchanted Forest of a Lobby Bar | Eater Portland

"Named for the buttercup-esque Western Meadowrue, the lobby bar draws on folk tales and enchanted-forest imagery and will serve chinook salmon rillettes and Old Fashioneds beneath a vertical ceiling garden and twinkling lights. Decked out in dark greens and sapphire blues with dark timber accents, it will open for morning coffee and breakfast before transitioning to cocktail service in the evenings; a Coava-developed exclusive blend will underpin several coffee drinks. Breakfast items lean on Oregon products — a quiche pairs spring onions and toasted pine nuts with Rogue Creamery cheese, and an oat-milk yogurt parfait features Oregon blueberries and toasted hazelnuts — while the simpler evening kitchen menu highlights a house salmon rillette using smoked Chinook from Josephson’s Smokehouse in Astoria and Olympia Provisions charcuterie. The cocktail program is adventurous (a margarita from a private Meadowrue barrel of Codigo 1530 Rosa Tequila with Grand Marnier, clarified orange juice, and lime treacle; an Aviation riff with brioche-infused Amontillado sherry), and the Old Fashioned is a particular stunner, built around Meadowrue barrel-aged Buffalo Trace with house-made bitters and a coffee syrup made from Coava’s Urban Forest Blend; the same attention applies to nonalcoholic drinks like the You Made Me Blush. The Ritz-Carlton team has yet to reveal Meadowrue’s food-and-beverage director or bar manager." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden