Customers at McMenamins pubs and hotels often look around in wonder at how nothing matches, yet everything goes together. They contemplate unusual, historical objects filling spaces from floor to ceiling and marvel at bars intricately carved. In this episode, host Shannon McMenamin delves into where it all came from. She talks to antiques dealers and a local historian, gets nostalgic about the old Portland Hotel, and learns how a Brunswick backbar from Portland's legendary Lotus Café & Card Room ended up at McMenamins Back Stage Bar.
Check out the transcript & photos here on the BLOG
Produced by McMenamins, Gretchen Kilby and Jess Is Creative
Host: Shannon McMenamin
Sound design & audio editing: Gretchen Kilby
Writing: Jess Lyness of Jess Is Creative
Video production: Kat Nyberg
McMenamins archival audio, video & photos: Kat Nyberg
McMenamins archival photos: Liz Devine
McMenamins production team: Kat Nyberg, Michelle "Jake" Robbins, Renee Rank Ignacio
Art: Lillian Ripley
Get in touch with The Red Shed Tapes: podcast@mcmenamins.com
Website: www.mcmenamins.com/podcast
