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Thursday, February 10, 2011

History / Homo Flossie

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM

If you're looking for someone interesting to talk to about weird Portland histories, that person is Tim Hills, McMenamin's in-house historian. Hills surprised me this week when I called him to talk about whether McMenamin's is going to incorporate the history of infamous gay bathhouse Club Portland into its new boutique hotel that took over the building on SW Stark. Hills exclaimed: Of course! McMenamin's even saved the Army Jeep and dungeon gates that occupied the bathhouse basement AND went to the trouble of digging up old photos of its owner during the 1980s, a "big-hearted gay man named Flossie."

Here's Flossie:

Flossie at Flossies
  • Flossie at Flossie's

Read the whole story this week.

 

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Holy crap, it's Mike from American Movie!
Posted by cat & beard on February 10, 2011 at 2:37 PM · Report
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Just before taking over this building, Flossie ran a small bar next to The Bitter End on 20th & W Burnside. (The space has since been absorbed by Bitter End.) It was a gay bar sandwiched between old men's bars and The Matador. Flossie's had ten-cent beer nights where you could order a tray of ten for a buck. Flossie and Tree moved their operation to the Stark/Burnside triangle after a year or so.
Posted by Cosmic Charlie on February 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM · Report
3
That's EXACTLY what I thought!
Posted by Chuck Garabedian on February 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM · Report
4
Cat & beard said what we were all thinking, and therefore deserves accolades.
Posted by The Right Reverend Rocktimus Prime on February 10, 2011 at 4:45 PM · Report
5
Best come-hither look I've seen in ages!
Posted by Todd Mecklem on February 10, 2011 at 10:26 PM · Report
6
You're all wrong, that's Pig Champion from Poison Idea!
Posted by TageSavage on February 11, 2011 at 4:13 AM · Report
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Just to say it for the ten thousandth time: I hope someone somewhere has a photo of the old Flossie's sign promising you a "10 Ounce Bone Dinner."
Posted by rich bachelor on February 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM · Report

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