Bars, Restaurants, & Taverns

PANARAMA

It was a large warehouse-style space for dancy on the east end of the building that connected the Fish Grotto, Boxx’s and The Brig. Though it was cited often in Damron’s, not much press was written about this space.

More information and research is needed on this business.

341 SW 10th 221-7262

Years: 1995- 2012 ?

citations & references:

  • listed in Damron Road Atlas 1994 Under Bars

  • listed in Damron Address Book 1995 Under Bars

  • First listed in Damron Address Book 1995 under Bars – (GF, D-Dancing, BW, WC)

  • listed in Damron Address Book 1996 under Bars – (GF, D-Dancing, BW, WC)

  • Cited in The Yellow Pages – through Nov 1996 page 1164 under Night Clubs

  • listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the USA 1996 Under Bars and Clubs Crowd: 50/50 gay/straight; mixed N/F; extremely young; serious dancers, posers; lots of spiked hair, shaved heads, body piercing. “Opened in 1994 with the aim of becoming Portland’s first same-sex Superclub, the crowd has always been at least 50% straight. It’s still a good place to dance, but the tension between straights and gays pretty much kills the cruise factor. The crowd is also unbelievably young – lots of rebellious kids from the burbs. If you’re comfortable with all this, you shouldn’t find the place menacing, but Panorama is not for everybody.”

  • listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the Pacific Northwest 1997 Under Bars and Clubs

  • listed in Out & About Gay Travel Guide 1997 Under Play/Meet

  • listed in Damron Address Book 1997 under Bars – (GF, D-Dancing, BW, WC)

  • listed in Damron Address Book 1998 under Bars – (GF, D-Dancing, BW, WC)

  • Cited in The Yellow Pages – through Nov 1999 page 1195 under Night Clubs

  • listed in Damron Address Book 1999 under Bars – (GF, D-Dancing, BW, WC)

  • · listed in Ferrari Guides Men’s Travel 1999 Under Dance Clubs

  • listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2000 Under Nightclubs

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