Crystal Hotel
Now Open!!
303 S.W. 12th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
Local: (503) 972-2670
Elsewhere: (855) 205-3930
crystalhotel@mcmenamins.com
Friday, June 7
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Crystal Progressive Dinner7 p.m.21 and over |
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Enjoy a custom menu and cocktails from Zeus Café, featuring Northwest salmon with habanero passionfruit glaze, seared steak lettuce cups and shrimp beignets. Sample McMenamins beer at the source, bounce on the Crystal Ballroom’s legendary floor, hang out in the Green Room, and peek inside a Crystal hotel room.
Give it up for St. Arnold, the patron saint of brewers! His miracle was a tankard of ale that never ran dry… Put him on the invite list. What’s the name of the Kennedy brewery? The Concordia Brewery, named for the surrounding neighborhood. Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, was said to be able to drink any man under the table. You show ‘em, Betsy! “Wine is bottled poetry.” -- Robert Louis Stevenson McMenamins has a full-time historian on staff. He collects stories, photos, anecdotes and more about McMenamins spots, past and present. How many McMenamins are there in the Seattle area? Three – Mill Creek, Six Arms and Queen Anne. Does each McMenamins pub brew beer? Nope – only our brewpubs and breweries do. They supply our other spots. “Wine is bottled poetry.” -- Robert Louis Stevenson At the Grand Lodge, the mosaics in the basement hallways were inspired by the work of Spanish artist Antonio Gaudi. “Give me a woman who truly loves beer and I will conquer the world.” – Kaiser Wilhelm II What was the very first McMenamins pub, opened by Mike and Brian McMenamin? The Barley Mill on SE Hawthorne in Portland. “We borrowed golf from Scotland as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good.” -- Horace Hutchinson Which beer is our best-selling ale? Hammerhead, of course. Have a pint or two today! The Centzon-Totochtin (“Infinite Rabbits”) was an Aztec group that represented the ways humans are affected by intoxication.
