{{short description|Oregon company}}{{For|a list of locations|List of McMenamins properties}}{{Infobox company | name = McMenamins | logo = McMenamins logo.png | image = McMenamins Chapel Pub - central section of west facade (2017).jpg | image_caption = McMenamins headquarters in [[Portland, Oregon]] | former_name = | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | location = 430 N. Killingsworth Street, [[Portland, Oregon]] | location_country = United States | locations = 56<ref name="About McMenamins">{{cite news |url=http://invest.mcmenamins.com/about-mcmenamins.html |title=About McMenamins |date= |publisher=McMenamins}}</ref> | key_people = | owner = {{ubl|Mike McMenamin (Co-majority owner)|[[Brian McMenamin]] (Co-majority owner)}} | revenue = [[United States dollar|US $]]200 million annually<ref name="About McMenamins">{{cite news |url=http://invest.mcmenamins.com/about-mcmenamins.html |title=About McMenamins |date= |publisher=McMenamins}}</ref> | industry = {{ubl|Hospitality|Restaurants|Bars}} | founded = {{start date and age|1983|7|7}} in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], U.S. | founder = {{ubl|[[Mike McMenamin]]|[[Brian McMenamin]]}} | area_served = {{ubl|[[Oregon]]|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]}} | num_employees = 2,700<ref name="McMenamins ransomware attack">{{cite news |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/01/mcmenamins-ransomware-attack-breached-employee-records-going-back-23-years.htmll |title=McMenamins ransomware attack breached employee records going back 23 years |date=January 3, 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian}}</ref> | products = [[Hotel|Hotels]], [[Restaurant|restaurants]], [[Pub|pubs]], [[Brewery|breweries]], [[Movie theater|movie theaters]], [[Music venue|music venues]], [[Golf course|golf courses]]. | website = {{URL|http://www.mcmenamins.com/}} | footnotes = }}
'''McMenamins''' is an American chain of [[Pub|pubs]], restaurants, hotels, breweries, and other entertainment venues in [[Oregon]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pubs, Breweries and Historic Hotels in Oregon and Washington - McMenamins |url=https://www.mcmenamins.com/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.mcmenamins.com |language=en}}</ref> McMenamins is notable for rehabilitating historic properties for many of their establishments, and several are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Garrett |date=2024-08-12 |title=McMenamins Buys Taft Home for $1.5M |url=https://oregonbusiness.com/mcmenamins-buys-taft-home-for-1-5m/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Oregon Business |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=McMenamins crafts a unique restaurant empire in the Pacific Northwest |url=https://www.nrn.com/independent-restaurants/mcmenamins-crafts-a-unique-restaurant-empire-in-the-pacific-northwest |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.nrn.com |language=en}}</ref>
In addition to [[Pub|pubs]], restaurants, hotels, and breweries, McMenamins also operates movie theaters, music venues, spas, and golf courses, including the [[Gearhart Golf Links]], the oldest golf course west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gearhart Golf Links |url=https://www.mcmenamins.com/gearhart-hotel/gearhart-golf-links |website=McMenamins Gearhart Hotel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} The Oldest Golf Course on the Oregon Coast |url=https://gearhartgolflinks.com/about-us/#:~:text=With%20this%20history,%20Gearhart%20Golf,Monte%20Golf%20Club%20(1897). |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Gearhart Golf Links |language=en-US}}</ref> McMenamins is credited by some for helping with the popularization of [[tater tots]] as bar food, which were invented in Oregon and are offered at every McMenamin's location in either regular or 'Cajun' style.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Ben Waterhouse {{!}} For The |date=2015-09-07 |title=The secret history of totchos |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/09/the_secret_history_of_totchos.html |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref>
==History==
=== Foundation and early years === McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and [[Brian McMenamin]], who were raised in [[Northeast Portland, Oregon|northeast Portland]].<ref name="wweek98">[http://www.wweek.com/html/covera051398.html Over One Million Served] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031227095553/http://www.wweek.com/html/covera051398.html |date=2003-12-27 }}, a May 13, 1998 article in ''[[Willamette Week]]''</ref> They trace the beginning of McMenamins to the 1974 opening of [[Produce Row Café]].<ref name="wweek98" /> In 1983, the brothers opened their first brewpub on SE Hawthorne. The Barley Mill featured a very heavy barley mill (originally used as a kitty litter grinder) rescued from Oregon’s first microbrewery, the Cartwright Brewery (1980-1982). Then in 1985, McMenamins opened Oregon's first brewpub in [[Southwest Portland, Oregon|southwest Portland]]'s [[Hillsdale, Portland, Oregon|Hillsdale]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelportland.com/article/portland-breweries/|title=Portland breweries|date=2013-06-20|website=[[Travel Portland]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Conflicting statements wrt "Oregon's first brewpub"|date=February 2026}} Their first theater pub was the [[Mission Theatre & Pub|Mission Theater & Pub]] (1987).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2014/06/mcmenamins_mission_theater_re-.html|title=First look: McMenamins Mission Theater re-opens after renovations, focuses on second-run movie screenings|last=Mohan|first=Marc|date=2014-06-07|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> By 1997, food accounted for over half of McMenamins' total sales.<ref name="pbj97">[http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1997/02/03/story2.html Crystal ball forecasts McMenamins' future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020714143850/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1997/02/03/story2.html |date=2002-07-14 }}, a January 1997 article from the ''Portland Business Journal''</ref>
=== 2020-present === Approximately 3,000 staff were laid off upon the arrival of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-03-17 |title=McMenamins lays off 3000, closes Oregon and Wash. locations due to coronavirus |url=https://katu.com/news/local/mcmenamins-lays-off-3000-closes-oregon-and-wash-locations-due-to-coronavirus |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=KATU |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202171032/https://katu.com/news/local/mcmenamins-lays-off-3000-closes-oregon-and-wash-locations-due-to-coronavirus |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2020-03-17 |title=Pacific Northwestern Hotel and Restaurant Chain McMenamins Lays Off Thousands of Employees in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/3/17/21184527/mcmenamins-closure-covid-19 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002145253/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/3/17/21184527/mcmenamins-closure-covid-19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2020-03-17 |title=McMenamins will lay off 'almost everyone' amid coronavirus outbreak |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/03/mcmenamins-will-lay-off-almost-everyone-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001171911/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/03/mcmenamins-will-lay-off-almost-everyone-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While still primarily family-owned, in May 2020 McMenamins began raising $20 million from private investors in a Preferred Stock Offering to retire short-term debt as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns, to fund "secret projects" and to enable future expansion. This was the first time the company had opened direct investment in McMenamins, Inc. to those outside the McMenamin family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-music-portland-f59c69e0d8474c2eab7ba8c8237761c5|title=McMenamins Seeks $20 Million from Private Investors to Help Keep the Music Playing, Beer Flowing and "Secret Projects" Coming for Years to Come|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2020-05-19|website=apnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2023-06-05|archive-date=2023-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605165908/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-music-portland-f59c69e0d8474c2eab7ba8c8237761c5|url-status=live}}</ref> The private equity offering conferred preferred shares at $100,000 each in private placements to 150 to 200 high-income individuals. The shares do not carry voting rights for their holders but McMenamins indicated that investors could expect a 3 percent annual cumulative dividend and a 6.5 percent overall return.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/mcmenamins-looks-20m-equity-infusion|title=McMenamins looks for $20M equity infusion|last=Romeo|first=Peter|date=2020-05-20|website=restaurantbusinessonline.com|language=en-US|access-date=2023-06-05}}</ref> The decision to open McMenamins to outside investors was in-part driven by impacts from COVID-19 with total revenue for McMenamins down 50 percent in the first 5 months of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oregonbusiness.com/19086-mcmenamins-grows-the-family/|title=McMenamins Grows the Family|last=Gusinow|first=Sander|date=2020-06-05|website=oregonbusiness.com|language=en-US|access-date=2023-06-05}}</ref>
McMenamins was the victim of a [[ransomware]] attack in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gusinow |first=Sander |date=2022-02-15 |title=McMenamins Faces Class Action Suit Over Data Breach |url=https://oregonbusiness.com/19490-former-mcmenamin-s-employee-files-class-action-suit-over-data-breach/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Oregon Business |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002044510/https://oregonbusiness.com/19490-former-mcmenamin-s-employee-files-class-action-suit-over-data-breach/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, McMenamins had 62 hotels, theaters, and eateries in Oregon and Washington, as well as approximately 2,700 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2022-01-04 |title=McMenamins ransomware attack breached employee records going back 23 years |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/01/mcmenamins-ransomware-attack-breached-employee-records-going-back-23-years.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623215005/https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/01/mcmenamins-ransomware-attack-breached-employee-records-going-back-23-years.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The business was valued at approximately $180 million in 2024.<ref name ="DOL Report">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=U.S. Department of Labor Says McMenamins Unlawfully Required Servers to Give Managers Portion of Tips |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2024/01/29/us-department-of-labor-says-mcmenamins-unlawfully-required-servers-to-give-managers-portion-of-tips/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2025-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131135813/https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2024/01/29/us-department-of-labor-says-mcmenamins-unlawfully-required-servers-to-give-managers-portion-of-tips/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In January 2024, the [[United States Department of Labor]] accused McMenamins of unlawfully requiring servers at its Edgefield and Cedar Hills locations to share tips with assistant managers, totaling over $800,000 over a three-year period from 2019 to 2022.<ref name="DOL Report" /> McMenamins disputed the findings, stating that the assistant managers were hourly, non-exempt employees entitled to participate in the tip pool.<ref name="DOL Report" /> The Department of Labor requested repayment but McMenamins refused; denying wrongdoing. The department subsequently determined the case was not suitable for litigation, and the fine is not enforceable without going through the courts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tip theft at Pizzicato and McMenamins |url=https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/02/tip-theft-at-pizzicato-and-mcmenamins/ |newspaper=NW Labor Press |date=February 2024 |access-date=May 11, 2026}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title=McMenamins withheld $800,000 in tips unlawfully, U.S. Department of Labor says |url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/ap/mcmenamins-withheld-800-000-in-tips-unlawfully-u-s-department-of-labor-says/ |newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|Bend Bulletin]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=May 11, 2026}}</ref>
== Notable establishments and properties == {{Main|List of McMenamins properties}}
=== Oregon === {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | header = | header_align = left | header_background = | footer = | footer_align = left | footer_background = | width = | image1 = Crystal_Hotel_from_NE_-_Portland,_Oregon_(2017).jpg | width1 = 250 | alt1 = | caption1 = [[Crystal Hotel (Portland, Oregon)|Crystal Hotel]] | image2 = Multnomah_County_Poor_Farm_-_Troutdale_Oregon.jpg | alt2 = | width2 = 250 | caption2 = [[Multnomah County Poor Farm|Edgefield]] }} McMenamins establishments in Portland include [[Back Stage Bar]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Lyndsey |date=2017-10-23 |title=McMENAMINS ARTIFACTS TAP INTO HISTORY |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/lifestyle/features/mcmenamins-artifacts-tap-into-history/article_6f75f382-fe8a-59ce-a19b-b92109853f02.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=PortlandTribune.com |language=en}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Bagdad Theatre]], [[Crystal Ballroom (Portland, Oregon)|Crystal Ballroom]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=McMenamins Buys Long-Vacant Taft Home in Portland's West End |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/08/02/mcmenamins-buys-long-vacant-taft-home-in-portlands-west-end/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919044110/https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/08/02/mcmenamins-buys-long-vacant-taft-home-in-portlands-west-end/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Crystal Hotel (Portland, Oregon)|Crystal Hotel]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=McMenamins Zeus Café Has a New Name to Honor a Beloved Employee |url=https://www.wweek.com/food/2023/06/22/mcmenamins-zeus-cafe-has-a-new-name-to-honor-a-beloved-employee/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909180903/https://www.wweek.com/food/2023/06/22/mcmenamins-zeus-cafe-has-a-new-name-to-honor-a-beloved-employee/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kennedy School]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Cynthia |date=2016-10-26 |title=This Portland Elementary School-Turned-Restaurant Is Haunted By an Undead Boy |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-portland-elementary-school-turned-restaurant-is-haunted-by-an-undead-boy/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Lola's Room]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every McMenamins in Portland, Oregon, and Its Suburbs Ranked |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2023/09/mcmenamins-portland-oregon-locations-ranked-restaurants-bars-hotels |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217005852/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2023/09/mcmenamins-portland-oregon-locations-ranked-restaurants-bars-hotels |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mission Theater and Pub]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=McMenamins Mission Theater Has Become a Staple in the All-Ages Rock Scene |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2024/07/23/mcmenamins-mission-theater-has-become-a-staple-in-the-all-ages-rock-scene/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2025-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222041511/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2024/07/23/mcmenamins-mission-theater-has-become-a-staple-in-the-all-ages-rock-scene/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Rams Head Pub]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bicchieri |first=Paolo |date=2025-02-18 |title=A Truly Iconic McMenamins Portland Pub and Restaurant Is Closing |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2025/2/18/24367996/mcmenamins-rams-head-closing-pub-nw-portland |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}</ref> The business also operates in the [[National Cash Register Building]] in the [[St. Johns, Portland, Oregon|St. Johns]] neighborhood.
McMenamins operates at [[Imbrie Farm]] in [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] and in the [[Boon Brick Store]] in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]. [[The Grand Lodge Hotel]] and [[Hotel Oregon (McMinnville)|Hotel Oregon]] operate in [[Forest Grove, Oregon|Forest Grove]] and [[McMinnville, Oregon|McMinnville]], respectively. Edgefield operates at the [[Multnomah County Poor Farm]] in [[Troutdale, Oregon|Troutdale]]. McMenamins also operates the [[Old St. Francis School]] in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ABERNATHY |first=JON |date=2024-11-04 |title=Cheers to 20 years of McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend |url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/cheers-to-20-years-of-mcmenamins-old-st-francis-school-in-bend/article_969388da-9820-11ef-a2f9-33866c4e1b93.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Bulletin |language=en}}</ref>
=== Washington === In Washington, McMenamins operates in the [[Anderson School (Bothell, Washington)|Anderson School]] in [[Bothell, Washington|Bothell]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-12 |title=McMenamins Anderson School grand opening is Thursday |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/mcmenamins-anderson-school-opens-thursday-in-bothell/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126000257/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/mcmenamins-anderson-school-opens-thursday-in-bothell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Olympic Club Hotel]] in [[Centralia, Washington|Centralia]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=House |first=Kelly |date=2012-06-08 |title=Rediscovering McMenamins: Olympic Club |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2012/06/rediscovering_mcmenamins_olymp.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Elks Temple (Tacoma, Washington)|Elks Temple]] in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=Malia Karlinsky & Elizabeth |date=2019-04-23 |title=Inside Tacoma's historic Elks Lodge, now a McMenamins complex |url=https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/photos-tacomas-historic-elks-temple-reopens-as-mcmenamins |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Seattle Refined |language=en |archive-date=2019-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003020400/http://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/photos-tacomas-historic-elks-temple-reopens-as-mcmenamins |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Passport program == McMenamins has a passport program where visitors get stamps from each McMenamins property. Once all the stamps in a general area are collected, visitors can redeem a prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Passport - McMenamins |url=https://www.mcmenamins.com/about-passport |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.mcmenamins.com |language=en}}</ref> People who visit all McMenamins properties are called "Cosmic Tripsters," (or "Tripsters,") and are entitled to certain benefits, discounts, and special parties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripster Parties - McMenamins |url=https://www.mcmenamins.com/about-passport/tripster-parties |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.mcmenamins.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|McMenamins}} * {{official website|http://www.mcmenamins.com/}} * [http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=177&q=McMenamins+Brewery+Collection McMenamins Brewery Collection, 1985-2013]
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