The Poland Spring Inn actually encompasses three inns, three restaurants, a golf-course, and a great deal of history and local legend. The bar has a $2 happy hour for golfers and guests, and frequent live ...
Lemp Mansion – St. Louis, Missouri
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When Johann Adam Lemp, moved to St. Louis in 1838, he found that the biggest sellers in the small store he opened were vinegar and beer. He started making both himself, and as his new, lighter, and very un-European style of ...
White Eagle Saloon and Rock & Roll Hotel – Portland, Oregon
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Founded in 1905, the White Eagle Saloon was nicknamed "Bucket of Blood" for the frequent brawls that erupted among its patrons, mainly post-shift workers from the nearby docks, rail yards, and factories. Legends say the bar ...
McMenamins Edgefield – Troutdale, Oregon
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Built in 1911 to function as the Multnomah County Poor Farm on 74 sweeping acres in the Columbia River Gorge, Edgefield lay abandoned until purchased and remodeled by Mike and Brian McMenamin. The McMenamin brothers are ...
Old Talbott Tavern – Bardstown, Kentucky
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The Old Talbott Tavern was built in 1779 as the western-most (at the time) stagecoach stop in the frontier wilderness of a new nation. The town of Salem (later renamed to Bardstown) grew up around it. Originally called the ...
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