Urban Restaurant Group and chef Daniel Mondok opened the bar and restaurant in 2014. In 2017, Butler described the uniforms worn by staff as 'lumbersexual chic'. Clark (Old Forester 1870), and the Flu Shot ( Dewar's and beet syrup). Drinks include the Lion's Tail (Henry McKenna bourbon and lime), G.R. Ned Lannamann of the Portland Mercury wrote, 'The vibe is an interesting combo of Old West primitive-chic and Scandinavian/Lutheran austerity, but there's more form than function going on here, right down to the fake whiskey still propped behind the bar.' The menu includes pigs in a blanket, short ribs, fried chicken sliders, crab wontons, collard greens, and bacon cheesecake. Swine is a Prohibition-themed moonshine and whiskey bar.

The lunch menu included sandwiches, pastas, and Shrimp Louie and duck confit. The menu included calamari, hamachi collar and squid ink noodle dish ('pho'), lamb tartare with feta, sweetbreads and æbleskiver, foie gras with gravy, apricots, and buttermilk biscuit, rutabaga apple soup, and mushroom stroganoff. Swank was an 84-seat restaurant serving New American cuisine. Chad Walsh of Eater Portland has said Swank and Swine has 'southern-inspired' flavors. The Oregonian's Grant Butler said the two establishments have a 'pork-centric take on Southern cooking'.

Swank and Swine are housed in the Paramount Hotel in downtown Portland, across from Director Park.

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