Hox ton Portland,
Oregon
H
olding all but a monopoly on the hipster-luxe
hotel concept, the uber-cool folk at Hoxton are
sweeping across America’s coolest cities. The
recent opening in millennial Mecca Portland sits
alongside properties in Chicago and Williamsburg,
and a soon-to-be new location in downtown LA The brand’s signature
mid-century look has been executed with particular success at the
Oregon outpost, with public areas including a snug, a jewel-toned
lobby, a white-tiled rooftop taqueria and La Neta, the hotel’s Mexican
restaurant. These spaces are punctuated with Danish chairs, indoor
plants and curated art. Check out the nameless basement bar for
American cocktails and Chinese bites – pork belly buns anyone?IN THE KNOW
Discover the Old Town Chinatown neighbourhood, right on the
hotel’s doorstep, home to the exquisite Lan Su Chinese Garden.
Eat a Maple Bacon Bar at Voodoo Doughnut, a sweet-toothed
Portland institution.
Book it Double rooms from £160 a night (thehoxton.com).Head to La Neta
on the ground floor
for all-day dining,
while the discreet
basement bar – so
discreet it doesn’t
have a name – serves
inventive cocktails
and late-night bites