Front cover of June 17, 1983, Cascade Voice with an article inside, The cover for this issue is the result of a community effort. As a way of fundraising and to finance Lesbian & Gay Pride ’83, Neil Hutchins offered the cover of the Cascade Voice. The winner of the contest was Bob Baro. Bob’s friends, Steve Manion and Curt Burges have recently opened a new restaurant, Manion’s located in the old Commodore Hotel at SW 16th and Morrison. Bob said he’d like to use his price as a way to help friends get their business established.

Longtime Portland residents, Steve and Curt, are specializing in Mexican food at Manion’s Steve’s family has been purveying Mexican food for three generations in the Rose City; his grandmother is the proprietor of La Casa de Rios and his parents owned the Bull Ring in the ’60s.  [portion of the article]

Per the National Register of Historic Places for the Commodore Hotel # 84003076

 Interior Spaces Originally, two storefronts appeared on either side of the central lobby space and extended three bays in depth on the east and west elevations. The fine lobby space, extending the full height of the base, consisted of a huge vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal columns. This space was diminished by 1/3 when, in 1957, the firm of Dougan and Heims created a restaurant in the southeast corner which obliterated the storefronts and added a north/south wall in the lobby to provide extra space for the restaurant. A ramp and large opening led to this new space from the old. The vault in the new space was destroyed and all historic fabric removed. No alterations occurred to the lobby space, and the ceramic tile floors, detailing and original woodwork are intact. Entrances to the rooms from this space are from stairs located off the lobby. The upper-level rooms, in basically a U-shaped plan, are small spaces with minimal or no plumbing and are sheathed in lath and plaster. Paneled doors with transoms (now sealed-off due to city codes) lead to the rooms from the hallway. All rooms have windows and there are a few "suites" located at the corners.

 Not much more is known about this business - more research is needed.