"For those wanting an historic feel, McMenamins Edgefield has a bit of everything. Edgefield is home to nine indoor and outdoor spaces of various sizes on the property to get hitched, from groups of 12 to 225-person weddings. Guests can enjoy exploring the grounds on the wedding day, or even staying in one of the onsite hotel rooms, golfing, and getting spa treatments. Food-and-beverage minimums include service staff, and the hotel doesn’t charge a room rental fee once the food-and-beverage minimum is reached. Learn more here." - Jenni Moore
"Employees who worked at the Edgefield McMenamins location between May 16, 2019, and “at least” October 26, 2022, may have lost a significant portion of their tips after the U.S. Department of Labor found the location’s tip pool included assistant managers and “assistant assistant managers,” which the DOL says denied lower-level staff tips that should have been theirs. The agency says McMenamins tipped out about $800,000 to those roles and requested reimbursement, but the company refused and the DOL decided the matter was not suitable for litigation, so employees may need to pursue civil action to recover owed tips. McMenamins responded that it was “baffled” by the probe but maintains those assistant roles are hourly, front-of-house positions legally entitled to a share of the tip pool under Oregon law; experts caution, however, that federal and state rules focus on whether the workers’ primary duties are managerial and warn managers and supervisors generally should be excluded from tip pools." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Portlanders have confronted Wheeler multiple times at Portland restaurants this year: Outside a McMenamins, Wheeler pepper-sprayed a member of the public who said he was violating social distancing rules." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"McMenamins will begin reopening pubs for takeout Friday. The company’s popular tots, family meals, and beer and wine will be on the menu, appearing on delivery apps, as well." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"McMenamins had more than a dozen parties planned across the state, with no plans to cancel any of them." - Alex Frane