The Love Shack
Bar · Northwest District
1645 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Highlights
Cocktail bar with carts serving creative small bites & drinks
Cocktail bar with carts serving creative small bites & drinks
"What if Mad Men were primarily a show about friends who liked hanging out together and all of them, not just Roger, were on acid? Well, then the gang would hang out at the Love Shack, the cocktail bar next to big sister restaurant G-Love. The Love Shack specializes both in classic drinks like martinis and tropical-inspired innovations. The food menu is giving seaside steakhouse, with fun options like a seafood tower, a “flight of fries,” or — if you have that Sterling Cooper Draper Price money — caviar service. Best of all, drinks and food arrive on bar carts stacked high with mini ‘tinis and oysters. It’s the kind of place where the prime rib comes garnished with a lit sparkler." - Katherine Chew Hamilton
"Located in Portland, this place lists a mezze platter under 'bigger' and a charcuterie board under 'primo supreme.'" - Jaya Saxena
"The Love Shack in Slabtown provides an interactive dining and drinking experience, thanks to the brass carts that get wheeled around the tables dim sum-style. Pick out a crab roll bao or Yuzu Drop Shot and get a stamp on the menu just like a traditional dim sum parlor. Drinkers aren’t limited to what’s rolling around, though. Order The Badfish; a pleasant drink that uses Westward Whiskey Original as a foundation, balanced by bright grapefruit and lemon, then rounded out with bittersweet Cynar and a touch of warming cinnamon, all served in an adorable mug that resembles a blowfish." - Krista Garcia
"Bar carts weave around tables at G-Love’s sister bar the Love Shack, delivering small bites like croissant banh mi and celery root falafel in addition to mini cocktails like yuzu drop shots. The bar’s play on milk and cookies is a fun nod to the nighttime snack; here, the grown-up version includes boozy banana milk. Sipping on standard-sized cocktails like There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand — in which hot honey and yuzu are fortified by banana-infused tequila — give customers a vacation feel under the indoor palapa." - Rebecca Roland, Janey Wong, Eater Staff
"At this new cocktail bar adjacent to companion restaurant G-Love, servers deliver sparkling wine in coupe glasses soon after visitors sit down, whether that’s in one of the booths under the giant palapa at the center of the room or at the brightly backlit bar. Owner Garrett Benedict soon rolls by with the cart he designed himself, introducing diners to the various treats he has to offer. Maybe that’s a fat crab bao bun, light with a toasty chile crisp; or, it could be a brioche waffle topped with lox and horseradish creme fraiche, fried capers and dill like flowers. Must-grabs include the adorably tiny croissant banh mi and the ahi tuna “tacos” in a hard wonton shell, the salt and heat of nam jim jaew cooled with avocado whip." - Eater Staff
