Hey Love
Machetes cooks Mexico City street food in the kitchen here now. Tales of the Cocktail named it the best hotel bar in the United States in 2023. The happy hour runs all day Monday.
Why go
The bar sits in the lobby of the Jupiter NEXT on East Burnside, and it does not look like a lobby: the walls are lush with overgrown plants & local art
by the bar's own account, and the music is usually at least a few decades old.
2 The Tales of the Cocktail Foundation gave it Best U.S. Hotel Bar in 2023.1 Machetes runs the food, so the plates are Mexico City rather than hotel snacks.2
Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever Machetes has on. The bar's own line is
Mexico City street food,
and it is the current kitchen rather than the one the room opened with.2 - Avoid: arriving before 3pm. The doors do not open earlier on any day.2
What locals & experts say
- Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, Spirited Awards 2023: Best U.S. Hotel Bar, awarded to Hey Love at The Jupiter, Portland, OR.1
Good to know
- Hours: 3pm to 11pm Sunday to Wednesday, to midnight Thursday, to 1am Friday and Saturday.2
- Happy hour: 3pm to 5pm Sunday to Thursday, and all day Monday.2
- Booking: walk in.
Verdict
should-visit — Tales of the Cocktail gave this room Best U.S. Hotel Bar in 2023, and that is the awarding body's own archive rather than a repeated headline. The kitchen is worth the trip on its own terms now that Machetes cooks Mexico City street food in it, which is a real change from what the bar opened with. It does not go higher because nothing read here names a drink or the person who makes it, and a bar's case is finally made by what is in the glass. Go after three, and Monday is the day the happy hour runs all the way through.