+dasein Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 burned to the ground last night. Very shocked to see that on kgw.com's news this morning. It was a wonderful place. Sorry especially to fractal if this is the McMenamin's that I'm thinking of. --laurak of dasein Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Actually.. It's not the same one that used to belong to my high school history teacher... But it is kind of a bummer. We've had a couple of gatherings there... I enjoyed dinner and drinks with a few folks there on the day of my 1 year geo-anniversary. Also, the very first Portland area get-together hosted by Makaio was there. I know some folks hate McMenamins, some folks love them, and some do both.... Myself.. I enjoy them a lot. And I think it's sad what happened to this historic building. -fractal http://www.mcmenamins.com/Pubs/Rock/index.html http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_0930_news_mcmenamins_fire.71f2713a.html Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 All McMenamin's and I have shared a love-hate relationship ever since i learned how to print out a fake ID, including Rock Creek. I'll never forget the look on the relatively attractive blonde waitresses face after i asked for a Mirror Pond. 'Uh, this is a McMENAMIN'S,' she said, codescendingly. We all loved her after that. As a reverend, i think i should say something, so here goes: Everything decays Forest tumbles down to make the soil Planets fall apart Just to feed the stars and stuff their larders And everything decays Pyramids and palaces to dust Empires crumble in Wedding cake begins to must and moulder Maypole, round goes the wheel Maypole, round goes the wheel if the pot won't hold our love We'll build one bigger all around. -XTC all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 All McMenamin's and I have shared a love-hate relationship ever since i learned how to print out a fake ID, including Rock Creek. I'll never forget the look on the relatively attractive blonde waitresses face after i asked for a Mirror Pond. 'Uh, this is a McMENAMIN'S,' she said, codescendingly. We all loved her after that. As a reverend, i think i should say something, so here goes: Everything decays Forest tumbles down to make the soil Planets fall apart Just to feed the stars and stuff their larders And everything decays Pyramids and palaces to dust Empires crumble in Wedding cake begins to must and moulder Maypole, round goes the wheel Maypole, round goes the wheel if the pot won't hold our love We'll build one bigger all around. -XTC all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Wow! Last weekend a house in my neighborhood burned up due to a natural gas leak. Then a coin collector store owned by a friend's father burns up on Cornell/Murray and now the McMennamins with possibly the best location goes down. dadgum! Quote Link to comment
+bubble_luscious Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 That is too bad.. Slinger will be soo bummed to hear that. Rock Creek was his fav. All I can say is thank goodness for the rain. Quote Link to comment
+bubble_luscious Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 That is too bad.. Slinger will be soo bummed to hear that. Rock Creek was his fav. All I can say is thank goodness for the rain. Quote Link to comment
+manuelcasi Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Can someone please tell the rest of us that have never been there, what was or is so speacial about this place. Someone said that you love it or hate it. why ? Justwondering. Thanks www.ManuelCasillas.com Quote Link to comment
+manuelcasi Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Can someone please tell the rest of us that have never been there, what was or is so special about this place. Someone said that you love it or hate it. why ? Just-wondering. Thanks www.ManuelCasillas.com Quote Link to comment
+slinger91 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 i think this speaks for every beer drinker out there. -I think I feel a cold one coming on. Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by manuelcasi:Can someone please tell the rest of us that have never been there, what was or is so special about this place. Someone said that you love it or hate it. why ? Here in the Pacific Northwest, we don't really drink a lot of coors and budweiser. Instead, we drink beer from microbreweries and brewpubs. I think there are 8 brewpubs and 1 microbrewery within 15 blocks of my apartment, for example. In 1983 or thereabouts, Mike McMenamin and his brother started brewing beer and purchasing dilapidated historic properties in the portland area, then converting them to relatively charming and somewhat jerry-meets-merriweatheresque restaurant/pubs. Nowadays, i'd say there's probably 75 McMenamin's pubs between roseburg, OR and seattle, WA--ranging from converted train stations to turn of the century poor farms to little pubs in strip malls wedged between the payless shoesource and the home depot. One of the more interesting buildings from long ago that was converted to a brewpub was the rock creek tavern, seen in the link above in fractal's post. Popular with everyone from aging hippies to new-age hippies, from bikers to beamers, from loggers to, um, hippies, and from aliens to geocachers, the rock creek made up for its lack of good service and quality food with its historical value, unique rural location, and sharp-tongued waitresses. As for your second question: everyone i know loved that place, including me. i love almost everything about their pubs and breweries, including the one across the street from me. i also hate all of them. but it's not the kind of hate like you'd have for something like taxes or people that post unnecessarily long responses in the forums. It's more like the hate reserved for your family, a significant other, or perhaps your pet kitten. You hate them for the same reasons you love them. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+makaio Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Wow. I just heard about it this evening. I'd only been to the place once and that was the first PDX get together last year. it was the first time I'd met many of the more active cachers at the time, all of whom had as much character as the tavern itself. That was also the beginning of the Golden Spike era. I'll always have fond memories of that place, especially because of the folks I shared them with. On a brighter note, an interview with on of the McMennamin brothers revealed they've already instructed local architects to locate and review historic blueprints of the building as they plan to rebuild. Granted they can't replace the history the building had, but they can replace a great spot for meeting friends and enjoying each others company. - Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Glad to hear that they will rebuild it! We should have an event cache there after it re-opens... On another note... I've heard rumor that McMenamin's might open up a spot at the Hillsboro airport. Since it's pretty close to the Max line, that could be a future gathering point for the various week-night/day crews. -fractal Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Glad to hear that they will rebuild it! We should have an event cache there after it re-opens... On another note... I've heard rumor that McMenamin's might open up a spot at the Hillsboro airport. Since it's pretty close to the Max line, that could be a future gathering point for the various week-night/day crews. -fractal Quote Link to comment
+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Also Hammerhead may have to be cahnged. The Rock Creek Tavern was on of the places to find during this wonderful adventure/history finding cache. Can't complain, no one listens anyway. Quote Link to comment
+makaio Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 The cache is long archived, but I thought I'd post a link to the pics Wit Camp posted from the event for everyone to enjoy... Eureka! - Quote Link to comment
+manuelcasi Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Thanks Oregon. I get it now. Sounds like a real loss. Hope it does return. Maybe one day I will drink something other than Bud. or coors? www.ManuelCasillas.com Quote Link to comment
+LaurenCat Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by manuelcasi: or coors? actually, that is one of the brews that was served up at rock creek. their non-mc minnamins beers were limited to coors lite and raineer. however, despite their lack of pbr, rock creek was my favorite mc minnamin's i've visited. i loved their porch and the moss on the roof. i sure do hope they'll replace that when they rebuild. I chose LaurenCat because LaurenKittenPoniesFlowersPinkSunshineFairyMeowMeowRainbowHeartLoveBunnyKissKiss was just too F-ing long. Quote Link to comment
+Boojum Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I will miss Rock Creek Tavern. But what is with this obsession that many local cachers seem to have with PBR? I've always known it as the beer that you buy just to get drunk and you don't have the money for a real beer. Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Boojum:But what is with this obsession that many local cachers seem to have with PBR? Three words: Portland's Best Refreshment all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Snazz Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 She wore blue velvet But in my heart there'll always be Precious and warm, a memory Through the years And I still can see blue velvet Through my tears Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Snazz Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 She wore blue velvet But in my heart there'll always be Precious and warm, a memory Through the years And I still can see blue velvet Through my tears Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 The candy colored clown they call the sandman... all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
my sister Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 I'd been there twice, and you know what? I didn't have any beer either time... weird. I truely know of no better place to get white wine with your corn dog. Free cases of Heineken, too. However, that may have been a fluke. Now I'll need to find a new, off the beaten path, favorite McMennamins, where I won't drink the beer. Quote Link to comment
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