(8-21-24) Portland Mayor Jeff Westlake has told the Portland Police officers that they can no longer eat at The Greazy Pickle during their shifts.

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Westlake, during the Portland City Council meeting on Monday said that his intention with not allowing officers to patronize The Greazy Pickle during work hours is to preserve an image. He said he’d prefer not to see police vehicles parked in front of the establishment.

Katrina (Myers) Ranly addressed the Portland City Council at the meeting.

Myers said she heard that the ban on eating at The Greazy Pickle came after the Mayor was involved in a recent argument with an officer.

“Is that how you want to be remembered, by your emotions dictating how you’re going to handle things?”

At this point the ban is only for the police officers and not other Portland city employees.