Woodlark

Portland may be better known in the popular imagination for its hip eccentricity, but it can also do urban elegance with the best of them. Woodlark is a perfect illustration, a pair of historic buildings (one the 1920s-vintage Hotel Cornelius) combined into a single hotel, one that effortlessly embodies Portland’s stylish, cosmopolitan side. The location, between downtown and Burnside, could hardly be more auspicious, close to much of Portland’s best dining and shopping (including the one-of-a-kind Powell’s City of Books).

Woodlark has attractions of its own, of course: Bullard, a Texas-meets-Oregon restaurant, and Abigail Hall, a remarkably cozy craft cocktail bar. Good Coffee is good indeed, a worthy entry in a city whose coffee game is strong, and its breakfast menu features kolaches, a Texan specialty courtesy of Bullard chef Doug Adams.

And that’s saying nothing of the rooms, which cut an elegant figure in near-monochrome, livened by emerald-hued headboards and sapphire-toned upholstery. The beautiful subway-tiled bathrooms come stocked with MiN bath products, and the room-service menu features ice creams by Salt & Straw, a Northwest favorite. And it wouldn’t be the West Coast without some impressive health and fitness options — Woodlark offers in-room online workouts by barre3, and the fitness center features Peloton bikes.