Kells Irish Pub

Kells Irish Pub is a pub in Portland, Oregon, United States. The restaurant is housed in the Glisan Building,[1] in the southwest portion of the city's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. 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]

Kells Irish Pub
The restaurant's front entrance in 2010
Restaurant information
Established1990 (1990)
Street address112 Southwest 2nd Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45.5217°N 122.6722°W / 45.5217; -122.6722
Websitekellsportland.com

References
  1. "Historic Glisan Building for sale in downtown Portland". KATU. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. "How Kells Irish Pub feeds people in Wilsonville". KOIN.com. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. Meunier, Andre (2019-08-28). "Kells, once just a famous Irish pub, now a flourishing beer maker: Portland Breweries Series". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. "Annual ceiling sweep at Kells Irish Pub raises money for children in need". KPTV.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  5. "$7,000 in cash scraped from Kells Irish Pub ceiling for a good cause". KATU. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. Russell, Michael (2013-03-15). "Kells Irish Festival builds on a base of history in Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  7. https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/11-features/349244-227633-sláinte-cheers-kells-hosts-first-irish-beer-festival-
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