Lovely Rita is your go-to spot for date nights and celebratory bites. Enjoy a seasonally driven menu featuring local ingredients from land and sea. For those with a more adventurous palette, tuck into the Chef's Tasting Menu -- a family-style menu only Chef Joel Lui-Kwan has the inside scoop on. Opt-in for the natural Oregon wine pairing, you won't regret it.
"Located in the Hoxton Hotel, Lovely Rita will host a family-style feast on November 28 for Thanksgiving. The $80 ticket includes roasted duck, smoked turkey, porchetta, lobster mac and cheese, and more. Two seatings are available; one at 3 p.m. and one at 7 p.m. A next-day breakfast bag with a porchetta sandwich is also included. Tickets are available through Eventbrite." - Rebecca Roland, Eater Staff
"The Hoxton’s ground-floor restaurant is serving a family-style meal of hand-carved smoked turkey with demi-glace; porchetta with roasted fennel; mashed potatoes with turkey gravy; green beans; sweet potato topped with bruleed coffee marshmallows; coffee- and gochujang-roasted carrots; a butternut squash and brioche dressing; cranberry sauce; rolls with whipped butter; and an assortment of house-made sweet treats. Tickets for Thanksgiving dinner cost $65 per person and are inclusive of gratuity; optional wine or cocktail pairings will be available for $35 per person." - Thom Hilton, Janey Wong
"Lovely Rita, the ground floor restaurant in the Hoxton, is worth a stop for a morning latte or an after-work martini, even if not staying at the hotel. Currently, the rambling space, lit by big picture windows, serves as a cafe during the day (laptops welcome) then turns more bar-like during the evening, with live music and small bites like charcuterie plates and panini. The hotel is also home to a sneaky speakeasy-like bar and a rooftop taqueria." - Krista Garcia
"Lovely Rita will be hosting election night trivia starting at 6:30 p.m., with election results playing silently on the bar TV. Happy hour will run all night, with dishes like curry squash Hot Pockets. Plus, the bar will serve a mezcal cocktail called A More Perfect Union, donating all of the cocktail’s proceeds to the Independent Restaurant Alliance of Oregon." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Linda Addy of HR Annie Consulting, who works with restaurant groups like Kachka and Submarine (Ava Gene’s, Tusk, Lovely Rita) in Portland, Oregon, and previously was a server, general manager, and restaurant owner." - Naomi Tomky
