Tough Luck

Situated in the Woodlawn neighborhood and housed in a mid-century building (formerly the 18th St. Market) that is still to this day owned by the family of famed African-American developer Arthur Palmer. Tough Luck was slowly rebuilt while maintaining the integrity of the ’60s-era structure. But long before shovel hit dirt, Tough Luck’s local lineage was already established: Co-owner and bar manager Andrew Finkelman is the grandson of Portland natives, and his home sits on the very tree-lined block where his mother was born, a few blocks away from where Tough Luck sits today.