It may be tucked inside the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, but tourists aren't stepping foot inside Melinda’s Alley unless they really know their way around. Head out to the patio adorned by hanging fabric lanterns, floral tablecloths, and trippy black and white murals that will beckon you to enter the vortex as you down your drink.Īnd if you get hungry, small bites like fried chicken and sticky rice from Lom Wong should do the trick.įridays and Saturdays, 9 p.m. The sweet concoction will come to you in a wine glass topped with pastel mochi candies.įor something more spirit-forward and less sweet, try the Khla Martini with perilla tea-infused sherry, vermouth, and eucalyptus bitters.
Order the Manila Vice, a bright purple drink made of Filipino and Jamaican rums, ube, a purple yam that gives the cocktail its color, coconut, calamansi citrus, orange, and pineapple. Venture through a large door into a dark bar speckled with tealight candles and neon lights that illuminate golden lion figurines. Khla means tiger in Khmer, and you don’t have to look hard to find one.įollow the alleyway to a purple-lit sign with the striped orange animal, dead center, and you have arrived. Behind the black bungalow that houses Thai restaurant Lom Wong, across from the Cambria Hotel near Portland and Third Streets, lies Khla, an Asian-style cocktail bar. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, 5 p.m. Allison Young Khla 218 East Portland Street
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