Mendelssohns | |
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Established | June 2022 |
Owner(s) | Lisa Lipton |
Street address | 3955 North Mississippi Avenue |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97227 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°33′06″N 122°40′33″W / 45.5517°N 122.6758°W |
Website |
mendelssohnspdx |
Mendelssohns (also known as MendelssohnsPDX, [1] or Mendelssohn's) is a bar in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2022, the classical music-themed business was named one of the best bars in the U.S. by Esquire in 2023.
The classical music-themed bar Mendelssohns operates on Mississippi Avenue, in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. [2] Willamette Week has described Mendelssohns as a "narrow, industrial space". [3] The bar hosts Operaoke (opera karaoke). [1] [4] Among drinks are: the Red Mendelssohn, which is a blood-orange manhattan named after the 1720 Stradivarius violin that belonged to members of the Mendelssohn family in the early 20th century [5] and inspired the 1998 film The Red Violin; [6] the Bach Talk (Dirty martini); and the I Play the Fifth ( tequila sunrise). [3]
Lisa Lipton opened the bar in June 2022. [2] It has been described as the city's first classical music-themed bar. [7] Mendelssohns was named one of the best bars in the U.S. by Esquire in 2023. [2] [8]