You've heard all about the Ace Hotel New York, we're sure, but what about the other three Ace properties scattered on the west side of the the country? There's just as many people strolling through the lobby thinking they're cooler or more influential than they really are, and there's still rooms chock-full of commissioned art and irreverent items like turntables or vintage furniture.

Thus, while recently in Portland, we hunkered down for two nights in a single room with shared bathroom at the Ace Hotel PDX. The damage? Only $95 per night, which bought us lots of surprising quiet, a desirable location, a hopping restaurant scene and...um, communal workspace.]]> JetSetCD 2011-06-29T11:35:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/23/161257/343 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PDXAcebottleoo.jpg" class="top"> <P>Okay, it's official; we are totally on the look-out for hotel rooms that feature the little extra amenity of a wall-mounted bottle opener. First, we spotted in the business traveler-oriented, $300+ rooms of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/5/6196/33560/hotels/What_s_the_Little_Metal_Thingie_in_the_Bathrooms_at_Heathrow_Airport_s_Sofitel_">Sofitel Heathrow Airport</a>, and now one has made an appearance in the hipster-centric $95 rooms of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+Portland/local/821">Ace Hotel Portland</a></b>. Beer&#151;it transcends all economics and demographics. <P>Truly, having a bottle opener fixed to the wall (and therefore not so easily stealable) makes total sense in a hotel room. No need to call room service at 2am when you've cut your teeth trying to open a bottle you thought was screw-top. And, if you have a special guest up to your room JetSetCD 2011-06-23T16:14:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/15/153416/319 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i <P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/AcePDXnonview_1.jpg" class="top"> <P>This is a classic case of "you get what you pay JetSetCD 2011-06-15T16:35:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/5/17332/20601 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/IMG_1774.JPG" class="top"><p> For the past month now, guests at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+Portland/local/821"><strong>Ace Portland</strong></a> have taken a particular liking to room 215, often making daily pilgrimages there in the mornings between 7am and 11am.<p> It might (just might) have something to do with the following: the ever-innovative Ace has converted a previous Junior Deluxe room into a fully-fledged breakfast nook, whose adorable kitchenette offers yummy, fresh nibbles like yogurt, dried cherries, and hard-boiled eggs. <p>Without any official announcement or heavy promotional push, the room, which offers a family-style dining table as well as bar seating, opened in early March, and is one of the healthiest hotel breakfasts we've ever had. <p>A single barista/waitress greets guests as they arrive, offering a ASchechter 2011-04-06T13:01:53-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/