Crystal Hotel from NE - Portland, Oregon (2017)

Multnomah County Poor Farm - Troutdale Oregon

McMenamins is a family-owned chain of

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s, historic hotels, and theater pubs in Oregon and Washington. Many of their locations are in rehabilitated historical properties; at least nine are on the

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. According to the

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, McMenamins is one of the top 50 largest

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in the United States.

History

McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and

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, who grew up in northeast

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.Over One Million Served
, a May 13, 1998 article in ''

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'' They trace the beginning of McMenamins to the 1974 opening of Produce Row Café. In 1985, McMenamins opened Oregon's first brewpub in the Southwest Portland neighborhood of Hillsdale. Their first theater pub, and the first in Oregon, was the Mission Theater & Pub (1987). The company then entered the broader hospitality business starting in 1990, when they converted a 74-acre site (that at one time served as the

Multnomah County Poor Farm The Multnomah County Poor Farm is a former poor farm located in Troutdale, Oregon, United States. Established in 1911, the building and its surrounding grounds operated as a poor farm housing the ill and indigent populations in the Portland metrop ...

) into McMenamins Edgefield. By 1997, food accounted for over half of McMenamins' total sales.Crystal ball forecasts McMenamins' future
a January 1997 article from the ''Portland Business Journal'' The company opened its 55th location in April 2018.

References

External links

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McMenamins Brewery Collection, 1985-2013
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