Downtown Romantic Bar with music

Can anyone suggest a smaller romantic type place with maybe a paino player that doesn%26#39;t get to crowded on the weekends in the downtown area?

Downtown Romantic Bar with music

There is a little bar on NW 21st, between Flanders and Glisan called the M Bar. Candlelight and music, not a piano player ( which I prefer) and very romantic.

The Heathman Hotel has a piano player but then you get the big hotel crowd and it is not that cozy or romantic.

One of my favorite restuarants in town is Fenouil on Jamison Park , with 2 double sided fireplaces and 2 story high windows..they have live jazz on weekends. And wonderful food :)

Downtown Romantic Bar with music

Oh, for just drinks and moody atmosphere with a nice fire to sit by or just gaze in to , is Vault on NW 12th.

We were there the other night, the lights are low, there are candles and the fire, really nice place to have a drink..music but not live.

Check out Wilf%26#39;s Piano Bar next to the train station. The guy who used to play piano at Alexander%26#39;s plays there now, or at least did last time we were there - he%26#39;s very good, and it wasn%26#39;t too crowded.

Alexander%26#39;s on the top floor of the Hilton now has a live jazz trio, it%26#39;s a small place, very cozy, but not as good as it used to be when it had piano and a dance floor.

London Grill has live piano.

Portland City Grill has live piano music, and is a great place to have a drink and enjoy the view, but most certainly doesn%26#39;t fit the bill of not being crowded.

Karam Lebanese Restaurant has live music - when we were there it was very cozy, and was a single lady crooning jazz.

Jimmy Mac%26#39;s has live jazz, but is often crowded.

The Blue Monk has the best jazz in town, but it%26#39;s on SE Belmont, a hop over the river from downtown.

The Candlelight Room near PSU has, or had, live blues but I haven%26#39;t been there in a while - used to be smoky, don%26#39;t know about now.

Brasserie Montmartre has live jazz, and is open late - it%26#39;s a restaurant, not really a club, so there is normal booth and table seating - not a standing-room-only type club.

H20 has smooth jazz during the week, but is more crazy during the weekends.

That%26#39;s all I can come up with off the top of my head, but hopefully it will get you started. Have fun!

Johann %26amp; Sandra,

Brasserie Montmarte has been closed since we moved here, over a year ago..if you are speaking of the one on SW Park.

That%26#39;s the one - really? I didn%26#39;t know that - I knew they closed for renovations for a while, but I thought they had re-opened by now.

Thanks for the info.

No, they have been gone for almost 2 years.

We ate there in 2005 right before they closed. The building has not been renovated either.

FYI - Alexanders at the Hilton has closed too.

We need to start remembering how fast things can change here in town and try to recommend places that we have been to in maybe 6 months rather than years..since I have lived here ( almost 2 years) , maybe about a dozen restaurants have closed and who knows how many new ones have opened!

We had lunch today at Serrato on NW21st...I love this place.

We alway go for dinner, haven%26#39;t been in a while, lunch is very good.

The rooms are so pretty and on a chilly grey afternoon, the warm Tuscan colors and all the windows, made it cheerful, my husband had one of their individual pizzas ( great) and I had a cup of Mussel Bisque ( I will go back for more!!) and a Grilled chicken %26amp; avacado sandwich..a perfect (very) filling lunch.

The wine was nice too :)

Wow - I was just there during the Christmas Season - if Alexander%26#39;s is closed, it just closed sometime within the past 2 months or so. The virtual tour of the restaurant is still even featured on Hilton%26#39;s website, so it must be very recent.

Too bad, we always liked that place. Best bathroom views in town. Thanks for the info, though.

If nobody ever mentioned anywhere they hadn%26#39;t been within the past 60-90 days, this board wouldn%26#39;t be very useful. Heck, go out of town on a good vacation, come back and you can never take part in the board again for fear something might have closed while you were gone. You can%26#39;t be everywhere all the time...

My brother works at the Hilton and Alexanders is indeed closed. I believe it closed right after the holidays, as did their Porto Terra restaurant across the street. Bistro 921, however, is still open and I always very much enjoy it there :)