Travelers slow to return to downtown Portland hotels amid pandemic; concerns linger over city’s reputation OregonLive.com 1 day ago Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com Tessa Peterson has become accustomed to working at the front desk at The Hoxton over the last year, balancing that role with her job as the Portland hotel’s general manager. Its restaurant manager has similarly stepped in to wait tables at Tope, the only restaurant at the Old Town hotel currently open. They’ve had to fill in ever since the hotel laid off more than 70% of its staff as restaurants closed and tourism plummeted early in the coronavirus pandemic.