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McMenamins Pubs & Breweries company history timeline

1983

1983: The McMenamin brothers open their first pub, the Barley Mill Pub.

1984

In 1984, Oregon passed a law that allowed small breweries to sell their product onsite and at a second location.

1986

In 1986, they purchased a 125-year-old farmhouse in Hillsboro, Oregon, and turned it into the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse.

In 1986, The Cornelius Pass Roadhouse opened in Hillsboro.

1987

The brothers purchased Edgefield, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1987 for $560,000 and invested another $2.5 million over four years to transform the farm's 80-year-old buildings into a multi-utility complex.

Their first theater pub, and the first in Oregon, was the Mission Theater & Pub, which opened in Portland in 1987.

1990

In 1990, the brothers converted a 74-acre site, which had been a poor farm, into McMenamins Edgefield.

1993

Another outstanding feature of McMenamins was its emphasis on recycling. "There was a lot of impetus within the company to recycle," said Brian McMenamin in a 1993 Oregon Business article.

1995

By 1995, there were 30 McMenamins pubs throughout Oregon and Washington, the two leading states in terms of draft beer consumption.

1998

By 1998, 70 percent of revenues came from food.

By 1998, McMenamins had 40 distinct units, or "destination places," as the company liked to call its establishments, half of which were brewpubs.

By the time the company opened the distillery in 1998, it already had 13 barrels of brandy aging—some of them are still aging today.

1999

More growth came in 1999 when McMenamins opened the doors of McMenamins Hotel Oregon.

2003

2003: McMenamins reopens the Rock Creek Tavern in Hillsboro, Oregon.

2006

In 2006, the Backstage Bar opened, which is an amazing location right behind the Bagdad Theater.

2018

In April of 2018, McMenamins opened their latest project, the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Kalama Washington.

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