Bagdad, Movie theater and American restaurant in Hawthorne District, Portland, United States
Bagdad is a combined movie theater and restaurant in Portland's Hawthorne District, where guests can eat and drink at their seats while watching a film. The kitchen turns out house-made pizzas, and the bar pours beers from local breweries, all available from the same seat in the theater.
The building opened in 1927 as a venue for silent films and vaudeville shows, built in a Middle Eastern-inspired architectural style. McMenamins took it over in 1991 and turned it into the combined dining and movie theater it remains today.
The Bagdad sits in the Hawthorne District, a part of Portland known for its independent shops and relaxed street life, and the venue fits naturally into that setting. Guests tend to linger over food and locally brewed beer while watching a film, turning a regular movie night into something more social.
The Bagdad sits on Hawthorne Boulevard and is easy to reach on foot or by bus, with street parking available nearby. Food and drinks are ordered from your seat, so it is worth arriving a few minutes before the film starts to settle in.
The Bagdad offers assistive listening devices and closed captioning for guests with hearing or vision impairments, which is rarely found in a combined dining and theater setting. The Middle Eastern-inspired decorative details on the facade are original to the 1927 construction and have not been replaced.
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