“The theme we were joking around about is ‘depressed Palm Springs cowboy,’” says Ezra Caraeff, one of the co-owners of the Last Rodeo, a new bar in Sellwood. “We didn’t want the macho kind, you know? F-250 cowboy. We wanted the cowboy contemplating the decisions he’s made.” The Palm Springs comparison matches the airy, casually elegant space awash in teals and blonde wood. The “depressed cowboy” part can be found in the impeccably curated playlist of mournful honky-tonk, while the paintings on the walls, most by Fort Worth artist Kevin Chupik, evoke the disappearing West from films like Lonely Are the Brave and No Country for Old Men.
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