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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Drunk The Guild Public House to Close

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM

File this under "sads": The Guild Public House, a bar started on East Burnside last year by former city council candidate Jesse Cornett, is closing down. And its closing party is on Cornett's 36th birthday.

Their press release about the closure is all upbeat, but I think it's depressing. Blarg. A

fter nearly a year in business, we’ve realized that we’re unable to continue the business if we’re going to have the lives we value.

I’ve joked many times that the MPA I earned in grad school doesn’t stand for Master of Pub Administration. I miss the ability to work to support causes that help the public good and look forward to returning to my passion, regardless of whether I remain in the private sector or return to the public realm.

The birthday/closing celebration/funeral is next Saturday, October 29th from "4 to late."

 

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1
Wow! What a shocker! (Although it sucks for the folks working there).
Posted by jake on October 21, 2011 at 12:22 AM · Report
2
Not really a shocker. This is what...the 3rd bar in about 4 or 5 years to burn through that location? With the connections Cornett had and the type of visibility he provided by simply owning the place it's pretty clear no bar is going to last there at whatever rent level they're charging. It's not really all that difficult to make a bar work in Portland. That location is cursed.
Posted by BlackedOut on October 21, 2011 at 1:04 AM · Report
3
Wow that went a well as his run for city council.
Posted by Rosy on October 21, 2011 at 2:08 AM · Report
4
What BlackedOut said. It seems like it'd be a good location, but clearly it's not.
Posted by Broseph Goebbels on October 21, 2011 at 5:51 AM · Report
5
Unsurprising really, he's to far from bar row and surrounded by Transition Projects.... which are dry and can't afford the fucking prices anyway. There's a reason bars don't survive when nobody but twelve steppers live nearby. (Sizzle Pie can fucking die too. Please. Please. Please.)
Posted by tcraighenry on October 21, 2011 at 9:29 AM · Report
6
Whoa, you seriously have a problem with Sizzle Pie? Go back to fucking Troutdale, Uncle Jerry.
Posted by ($8239f8h248cerfehjf23@&*@ebdjhb23f237OCDBO#BD*(# on October 21, 2011 at 9:45 AM · Report
7
Sizzle Pie is ok if you like eating pine nuts off a stale tortilla.
Posted by tcraighenry on October 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM · Report
8
are you shitting me tcraighenry? Their aardvark pizza sauce is amazeballs.

Posted by mars on October 21, 2011 at 10:37 AM · Report
9
I won't eat anything described with "balls" as a suffix.
Posted by tcraighenry on October 21, 2011 at 10:45 AM · Report
10
@tcraighenry. you're just wrong. I wanted to hate Sizzle Pie for many reasons, but their pizzas are strait up tasty.
Posted by * on October 21, 2011 at 11:53 AM · Report
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As a neighbor to The Guild, I'm pretty bummed they're closing. To quote someone that knows about whey there have been 3 closed bars there, so far : "It's been 3 bars, each owned by someone that had never owned a bar before." The rent did not sound terribly expensive.

Also- there is zero foot traffic there. People have to intend to go to your business if they're even near there.
Posted by Ophelia on October 21, 2011 at 11:56 AM · Report

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