Bars, Restaurants, & Taverns

BENSON & PICCADILLY ROOM

Benson’s Hotel Bar

SW Broadway and SW Stark [located in the “Benson Annex”. The Benson Annex is whre the Oregon Hotel once stood on the corner of Broadway and Stark Street [now known as Harvey Milk]. Note per Benson Hotel (oregonencyclopedia.org): Across the street from the downtown main branch of the US Bank.

SW Broadway and SW Stark
Years: 1965 (?) – 1977 (?)

citations & references:

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1965 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie.

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1966 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie.

  • Listed in Volume One, Number One – Around The World with Kenneth Marlowe, page 37 Kenneth Marlowe’s Personal Tour guide. Year 1966.

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1968 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie.

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1969 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie.

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1970 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1971 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1972 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1973 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour only)

  • Listed in Guild Guide 1973 USA & International Benson Hotel Bar (M)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1974 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour only)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1975 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour only)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1976 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour only)

  • Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1977 under Bars/Clubs/Hotels with M – Mixed and PE – Pretty Elegant often coat and tie with note (cocktail hour only)

Picadilly Room

“The Piccadilly Room at the Benson Hotel was a popular spot for gay professionals during the 1960s.” Per statement in the Public Policy and Sexual Geography in Portland, Oregon, 1970-2010 Elizabeth Morehead Portland State University also mentioned by Larry Wormington mentioned that the Piccadilly Room was home to the gay “cufflink” crowd.