Bars, Restaurants, & Taverns
FOX & HOUNDS
MORE HISTORY COMING SOON
217 NW 2nd Ave 2nd between Davis and Everett [backs Darcelle XV] (503)243-5530
Years: opened in 1978* gay from 1993 – 2018/2019
*Believed to be a bar named Dobie’s before.
Ad in the Alternative Connection, February 1993 citing new owners – David & Mr. B
Gay Portland 1998 program
Exterior
Street Sign with logo
The Alco-Frolic's Guide to PDX Bars April 4, 2012 It's almost as if they wanted a gay restaurant, but to do that they added a bar so they could make straight people too uncomfortable to eat there. Well played, Fox and Hounds, well played.
![Last reviews on various websites say 2017 -unconfirmed 2018/2019 closing
Per https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portlands-best-queer-bars-lgbtq [2021]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6324fa1d5d2c5f1d7acfce0f/b3aa5551-f323-490d-8c89-bc90870a1191/f+info_Page_137_Image_0002.jpg)
Last reviews on various websites say 2017 -unconfirmed 2018/2019 closing Per https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portlands-best-queer-bars-lgbtq [2021]
citations & references:
• Cited in Damron’s Address Book, 1998, page 561 Under Bars (M, F,WC) 7 AM – 2 AM
• Cited in Damron’s Address Book, 1999, page 601 Under Bars (M, F,WC) 7 AM – 2 AM
• Listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the USA 1996 Under: Bars and Clubs
• Listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the Pacific Northwest 1997 Under: Neighborhood Haunts
• Listed in Ferrari Guides Men’s Travel 1999 Under: Restaurants
• Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2000 Under: Bars
• As cited in Portland’s 2005 Columbia FunMap, Page 20, “Bars/Dance Clubs/Lounges/Piano.”
• Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2007 Under: Bars
• Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2010 Under: Bars