McMenamins Pub

Specialties

The name «McMenamin» is well known throughout the Pacific Northwest, signifying a great place to enjoy handcrafted ales, wine, spirits and pub fare with family and friends. The dream began more than 30 years ago in the hearts of brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin and continues to spiral upward. With 57 properties (and counting!), the siblings are considered to be pioneers of the Pacific Northwest microbrew, historic hotels and music venue industries. Go to mcme​namins​.com for additional information, photos and more.

History

Established in 1999.

On McMinnville’s charming, old main street, Hotel Oregon strikes an inviting pose — as it has since 1905. With over a century of history under its belt, the Hotel has plenty of stories to tell. When built in 1905, it was just two stories and bore the name, Hotel Elberton. The third and fourth floors were added in 1910, though only the third was finished at the time. The elevator and name change to «Hotel Oregon» came in 1932. The guest register was used with less and less regularity, until 1967, when the rooms and the three upper stories were closed to the public. Businesses on the first floor, though, continued to thrive until the start of McMenamins’ renovation in 1998. Opposite the Paragon Room and fronting on Third Street is the hotel’s spacious pub. It is of entirely new construction, although its design closely follows that of the hotel’s original restaurant, the Elberton Grill, which operated from about 1920 to 1932, in the east end of the present pub.

Meet the Business Owner

Mike and Brian M.

Business Owner

The creative force behind McMenamins is brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin. At first glance, these down-​to-​earth men seem an unlikely pair to head the hotels, pubs and breweries company that began when older brother Mike and a couple friends opened Portland’s Produce Row Café in 1974. They just don’t fit the typical corporate make-​up — and perhaps that’s why it’s all worked out as well as it has? The McMenamins are of Irish descent and Portland birth — Mike was born in 1951, Brian in ’57 — and both fully absorbed the culture and quirks of their upbringing in Oregon’s City of Roses. From great bartenders to the razing of the classic Portland Hotel to the launch of Oregon’s first craft brewery and beyond left indelible imprints upon their psyches and cultivated their appreciation for local character and characters. Mike and Brian expanded their educations at Oregon State University in Corvallis, both graduating with degrees in political science during the 1970s.

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