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The Refectory in 2003. The once popular nightclub and restaurant will close after 30 years. Owner Mitch Stanley says the nightclub crowd has moved to downtown Portland.

After more than 30 years of operation, the Refectory Restaurant in east Portland is closing its doors at the end of February, according to owner Mitch Stanley.

“It’s going to be very emotional, a tear-your heart out deal. I did everything in the world to stop this. I’m going to do everything I can to keep going.”

Stanley said the landlords, Harsch Investment Properties, will rent the 14,000 square feet restaurant/nightclub banquet space to the Dollar Tree. He is negotiating with Harsch to lease the space across the way in the same shopping center.

“I don’t know if we’ll wind up there, but we’ll wind up someplace,” Stanley said.

If Stanley is successful, the new place will be less than half the size of the Refectory, and will open with a different name — Stanley’s Tap Room.

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