LOCATION & CONTACT
HOURS
Hours: Open Tuesday–Saturday 4-10pm.
Happy Hour: Tuesday–Friday 4-6pm
Valet: Valet with Hotel Indigo $18. Parking available in Murdock building garage. Street parking available.
Hours: Open Tuesday–Saturday 4-10pm.
Happy Hour: Tuesday–Friday 4-6pm
Valet: Valet with Hotel Indigo $18. Parking available in Murdock building garage. Street parking available.
Walk-ins welcome, reservations available for parties of 6 or more
Reservations are extremely limited on: August 22nd and December 22nd. Please call for availability.
Located at the top of Hotel Indigo on the Vancouver, WA waterfront, Witness Tree lounge offers an elevated experience with indoor and outdoor balcony seating with sweeping views of the Columbia River and Portland skyline. Enjoy hand-crafted and tableside cocktails, locally sourced food, and a stunning décor. From the first hello to your final sip, your experience is designed with intention and a wholehearted passion for reveling and celebrating life.
HOSPITALITY
From the first hello to your final sip, your experience is designed with intention and a wholehearted passion for reveling and celebrating life. Part of the Revelers Club collection of properties, Witness Tree offers the legendary hospitality for which the El Gaucho and Revelers Club brands are known.
General Manager
As El Gaucho guests and the team can attest, Kate Carr has never met a stranger. This hospitality industry veteran joined the company in 2015 after a career spent at well-known restaurants including Ringside Steakhouse, Adriatic Grill, Forza Coffee Company and E. R. Roger’s Restaurant. Kate was a frequent guest at El Gaucho Tacoma and was inspired by the hospitality and the professionalism shown by the team, and when she started at El Gaucho Portland, she quickly became a guest favorite with her sparkly personality, welcoming smile, and extensive wine knowledge. She has deep connections with many top winemakers earned her Wine and Spirits Education Trust Level 3 with distinction in 2020. She will bring her wealth of wine and spirits experience to bear in her new role as general manager of Witness Tree lounge.
Kate grew up in a large family in Orem, Utah and moved to the south sound area in Washington State when she was 11. She is married to El Gaucho Vancouver executive chef, Beau Carr and they enjoy traveling, spending time near the water and playing with their dog, Juliet. Kate truly believes that “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life,” and looks forward to reveling and celebrating life with guests at Witness Tree.
Executive Chef
Chef Beau Carr is a Portland legend after his 21 years as executive chef at the RingSide Steakhouse. He joined the El Gaucho Portland team in 2019 before opening El Gaucho Vancouver and Witness Tree Lounge in 2022. Chef Beau was born in North Carolina and grew up in the Columbia Gorge town of White Salmon, WA, where he began cooking in high school for cafes in White Salmon and Stevenson WA.
After high school he worked his way up the ranks in a few major hotel kitchens in Portland. He decided to pursue a career as an executive chef and attended Western Culinary Institute (now known as Le Cordon Bleu) and graduated in 1990. Joining the El Gaucho family came naturally to Beau, especially after marrying El Gaucho Wine Captain, and now Witness Tree General Manager, Kate Lasley Carr. He is the father of three daughters and grandfather to two young boys. He enjoys spending time with his family, especially while boating on the Columbia River.
History of the Witness Tree
The lounge is named for the original Vancouver Witness Tree, an historic cottonwood tree on the bank of the Columbia River. The tree stood as a witness to a meeting of local Native American chiefs in the early 1800’s and is known to be the landing point of the Hudson’s Bay Company fur traders around 1824. The trunk eventually grew to be five feet in diameter and the crown spread 50 feet at 75 feet high before it was washed away in the early 1900’s.