Kells Irish Pub
| Kells Irish Pub | |
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 The restaurant's front entrance in 2010 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1990 |
| Street address | 112 Southwest 2nd Avenue |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′18″N 122°40′20″W / 45.5217°N 122.6722°W |
| Website | kellsportland |
Kells Irish Pub is a pub in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
The restaurant is housed in the Glisan Building,[1] in the southwest portion of the city's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.
History
Opened in 1990, the restaurant is owned and operated by Gerard and Lucille McAleese.[2] Their son Garrett opened Kells Brew Pub (now Kells Brewery) in northwest Portland in 2012.[3]
Since 1995, money affixed to the ceiling has been donated to charity.[4][5] The restaurant also hosts an annual Kells Irish Festival,[6] and hosted the first Irish Beer Festival in 2017.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Historic Glisan Building for sale in downtown Portland". KATU. 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "How Kells Irish Pub feeds people in Wilsonville". KOIN.com. 2020-04-22. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Meunier, Andre (2019-08-28). "Kells, once just a famous Irish pub, now a flourishing beer maker: Portland Breweries Series". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Annual ceiling sweep at Kells Irish Pub raises money for children in need". KPTV.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "$7,000 in cash scraped from Kells Irish Pub ceiling for a good cause". KATU. 2016-02-23. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2013-03-15). "Kells Irish Festival builds on a base of history in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Anderson, Jennifer (2017-03-08). "Kells hosts first Irish Beer Festival". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
