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Egyptian Room, E-Room | |
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Address | 3701 Southeast Division Street |
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Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Coordinates | 45°30′18″N 122°37′32″W / 45.50489°N 122.62560°W |
Owner | Kim Davis |
Type | Gay bar |
Opened | 1995 |
Closed | 2010 (Egyptian Room) 2011 (Weird Bar) |
The Egyptian Club, also known as Egyptian Room and referred to colloquially as E-Room,[1][2][3] was a lesbian bar in the Richmond neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, United States, operating from 1995 to 2010. Owner Kim Davis re-opened the venue as Weird Bar in October 2010, but the all-inclusive establishment closed within a year.
Description and history
The Egyptian Club was a lesbian bar located at the intersection of Southeast 37th Avenue and Division Street in Portland's Richmond neighborhood.[2] It had a "labyrinthine three-bars-within-a-bar" layout and featured a medium-sized dance floor, pool tables, and video poker.[4][5] Lonely Planet called the Egyptian Club "Portland's main lesbian hangout, where guys are (barely) tolerated and girls are (most) butch dykes. It's hardly fancy, heavy on the hip-hop and full of chain-smokers, with karaoke and pool tables to distract."[6] NewNowNext described the Egyptian Club as a "staple lesbian bar with three rooms: a front lounge perfect for mingling, the other a game room for settling those brawls, and, the last but not least, a dance bar for special events and poker!"[7]
Before Kim Davis purchased the club in 1995 and converted the business into a "dance club for women", the Egyptian Club had operated as a strip club.[2] According to Davis, upon its opening "people threw eggs at the building and assaulted the women bouncers outside the door".[8] In 2001, she purchased the 8,000-square-foot building which housed the club.[2]
Closure and re-opening as Weird Bar
The Egyptian Club operated for fifteen years as Portland's only bar targeted specifically to lesbians, until it began having financial troubles in 2010.[8][9] In August, Davis posted an announcement online that read:
The economy has taken its toll on our community and on our bar. It Is with a heavy heart that we must announce the limited future of the Egyptian Club. Without a miracle, we will be having our closing party on Oct. 9, 2010 ... Reason? We have always struggled to keep our doors open. Keeping an establishment of this type and size open requires an incredible amount of business just to pay the bills. It does not appear as if our community is able to support our efforts at this time, and we are not able to float until this is able to happen ... The miracle we are looking for is either to win the lottery, or an immediate upturn in the economy that would allow for record sales in the near future along with enough residual business to sustain us for however long our community would have us here. With the way we see businesses closing all around us, we think it would be a miracle for that to happen ... We are not looking for fundraisers, or handouts. Those would only help temporarily. We want to sell our product to people who want it. We are a business. We live by different rules than the non-profit organizations we do fundraisers for ... I can’t believe the overwhelming response to this announcement. It is so nice to know that so many of you care about the future of our business ... Unfortunately, because of the huge drop in sales, we have had to lay off some of our staff members. This was incredibly hard and involved tears on both sides. We are like family. I feel like I have failed them. We hope for a miracle so that these layoffs can be temporary ... During these two months prior to our closing, we are committed to bring you the best in entertainment and parties. We want to go out with a bang ... We thank all our loyal patrons that have been with us throughout the years. We love you. You have truly made this bar something special. We all know it is not the bricks and mortar that make a place a home … it’s the people. We are family. You are who we will miss the most.[10]
In late September, Portland Monthly reported that "rumors of the Egyptian Room's demise only half-truths" and confirmed that management would be re-opening a more inclusive establishment called Weird Bar.[4] Davis opened the newly painted bar on October 16, 2010.[8] However, Weird Bar closed one year later.[9][11] The building which housed the bar and an adjacent 8,000-square-foot lot were listed for $1.36 million.[2]
Reception
In 2009, GayCities.com named the Egyptian Club the best lesbian bar in the United States.[2][10]
References
- ^ Egyptian Room:
- "Live Music Listings". The Portland Mercury. Index Publishing. July 6, 2000. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- Burgess, Rachel (Summer 2005). "Feminine Stubble". Hypatia. 20 (3): 230–237. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2005.tb00497.x. JSTOR 3811129. S2CID 201752676.
- ^ a b c d e f Spencer, Aaron (September 26, 2011). "Former lesbian bar for sale in Southeast Portland". Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ Rook, Erin (May 16, 2013). "On the Rocks or Blended: The Future of the Gay Bar". PQ Monthly. Brilliant Media. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Earl, Geoff (September 30, 2010). "Open-Closed: In with the new bars—out with the old". Portland Monthly. ISSN 1546-2765. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Fodor's:
- Portland. Fodor's Travel Publications. July 1, 2008. p. 113. ISBN 9781400007486. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- Portland. Fodor's. 2010. p. 109. ISBN 9781400004546. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ Bao, Sandra (September 15, 2010). Washington, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Lonely Planet. p. 239. ISBN 9781742203676. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian Room (E-room) Portland United States". NewNowNext. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c Hottle, Molly (November 25, 2010). "Southeast Portland's landmark lesbian bar Egyptian Club reopens as all-inclusive Weird Bar". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. ISSN 8750-1317. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ a b McGurran, Brianna (July 16, 2014). "Documenting The Dwindling Number of Lesbian Spaces". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Portland's Egyptian Club, voted best lesbian bar in U.S. in 2009, to close". San Diego Gay and Lesbian News. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Weird Bar". The Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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