The Queen's Head (Portland, Oregon)

Described as an inclusive drag bar and gay club, The Queen's Head hosted burlesque and talent shows, karaoke, poetry slams, trivia competitions, and other events.

The Queen's Head had a British-inspired menu with comfort food and bar snacks such as coronation chicken sandwiches, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, and shepherd's pie.

[3][4] Conner Reed and Thom Hilton of Eater Portland described The Queen's Head as a queer bar and English pub inspired by the owner's time in London.

[6] According to Reed and Hilton, The Queen's Head offered the city's "most extensive" menu of non-alcoholic cocktails, which used ingredients such as peach turmeric tea and rose five-spice simple syrup.

The event featured 40 works by Asa Metrik which "[explored] the sexuality and divinity of the self, and [were] made from portraits submitted by a nonbinary model".

[10] In mid-2022, Eater Portland's Brooke Jackson-Glidden said The Queen's Head's "blend of drag shows and British pub fare is unique in the city".

[9] According to Jankowski, the cooperative opposed gentrification, oppression, and racism, and Pinq intended to fill a void left by The Roxy, an LGBT-friendly diner which operated during 1994–2022.

The business suffered a series of hardships, including a delayed opening, a refrigerator failure, a break-in, and event cancellations, before closing in November 2022.

Photograph of the exterior of a building
Exterior of Pinq, September 2022