Town Crier

About the offering

When Tacee Webb moved to Portland in the late 90s, she did so with few ties to the area. She found home quickly however, thanks in no small part to her favorite restaurant. Then called Grandma's, the restaurant had previously been home to Ye Olde Towne Crier, once a local landmark eatery. Upon its closing, Tacee set out to restore the space and return it to its glory as a hub for locals and visitors alike. That space will open now as Towne Crier, a multi-level ode to Portland’s past and its current residents, a place to chat and dine among one another and enjoy the city’s brightest talent. In the heart of the Woodstock neighborhood, Towne Crier will become a community gathering and destination spot as well as a local hang out for students of the Reed College neighborhood and locals from the Creston-Kenilworth community. The attached Treasury Cafe and Lounge will provide morning-evening service to a neighborhood in much need of a coffee shop. Nighttime entertainment will include live music and whisky tastings featuring local musicians and artisans. Preeminent spirits expert Stuart Ramsay, named by Willamette Week as “The best person to drink with in Portland,” will oversee curation of Towne Crier's bar program. Stuart MacLean Ramsay managed the first brewpub in the America’s and was the creator of the BridgePort brewpub in Oregon’s first craft brewery, an institution that influenced much of the brewpub culture across the United States and now the world. He was the original curator of the Multnomah Whiskey Library in Portland, rated one of the top whisky bars in the country. Ramsay’s Dram Academy of Whisky, founded and hosted by Ramsay, is the oldest whisky education program in the USA.

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