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Ace Hotel Portland

Ace Hotel Portland in the West End section, a once-overlooked district now teeming with boutiques and eateries.

© Jeremy Pelley.
Progressive Portland, Oregon furnishes a flavorful romantic getaway. The hallmarks of its distinctive urban culture are many:
  • a populace strong on young adult “hipsters”
  • a color-blind and gay-friendly attitude
  • a keen green awareness and commitment
  • an obsession with dining and drinking
  • thriving independent retailers such as Powell Book’s and Burgerville
  • an informal dress code: thrift shop meets mountaineer
Portland’s hotels range from refined to raffish. But the un-corporate, unconventional Ace Hotel Portland may best embody Rose City’s passions.

Young in attitude and clientele, it feels more like a hostel than a hotel. It is devoted to food and drink, and is designed with a quirky postmodern aesthetic.

It was this reporter’s observation that Ace Hotel Portland engenders extreme reactions. Either you love it or you loathe it. And your own place in the continuum known as age has a lot to do with the way you respond.

Before booking at Ace Hotel Portland, pore through the hotel’s website and its photo galleries. Trust your first impressions about the hotel, be they “wow!” or “weird!”

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