Multnomah Whiskey Library Set to Open The Green Room

Monday, April 20, 2015

Byron Beck, GoLocalPDX Features Editor

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Multnomah Whiskey Library will soon welcome The Green Room. Photo by Dina Avila.

Multnomah Whiskey Library is set to open an extension of their popular boîte spot early this summer. The Green Room will be located in the storefront next to the soon-to-be-former entrance to the Library.

MWL’s Jordan Felix, Bar Manager, and Jennifer Quist, General Manager, see the extension as the “start of the experience” of the much buzzed-about spirits space. “It will be a starting point to an evening at the Library,” says Jordan. To that end Felix says that The Green Room will focus on such low-proof alcohols like sherry and wine. Felix says there will be at least five cocktails to choose from—“to open the palate” he says—as well as a punch bowl.

The 30-seat space will help alleviate one of the biggest concerns at the Library: the wait. “Waiting to get a seat in the Library was always the hardest part of providing great service,” says Jennifer. “Now, with this expansion, we are able to take care of our guests while they are waiting for their table in the main room.”

And there will be light: Being located on the street will allow for more light to filter in the space and it also provides the added opportunity of being able to locate what seems to have become not only one of the hardest places to get into but also sometimes to find in the city.

In other related MWL news, “Sports Day” is coming to the Library on May 2. Join MWL for the “141st Run for the Roses,” aka The Kentucky Derby beginning at noon. That same evening MWL will be the site to watch the “Fight of the Century” between Mayweather and Pacquiao. That event kicks off at 6 pm. Visit multnomahwhiskeylibrary.com for complete details.

Multnomah Whiskey Library and The Green Room are located at 1124 SW Alder St., 503-954-1381.

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