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819 Houser Way S.
Renton, WA 98057
(425) 254-0759
EMAIL
Mailing Address:
PO BOX 4035
Renton, WA 98057
Office Phone:
(425) 228-4334
OPEN 5:00 DAILY
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| It has been our mission to restore
and refurbish this grand old building. As part of this plan,
we decided to transform the Melrose from a tavern to a neighborhood
steakhouse, while preserving the rustic charm it has held for the
past 100 years.
~ Armondo and Angela Pavone, Tim and Kimberly Searing,
and Charles and Beverly Keeslar ~
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History of Melrose Grill
Established in 1901, the
Melrose is rich in history.
| 1901 |
Englishman Ben Atkinson built a three-story hotel, café and saloon with
the money he made in the gold fields of the Alaskan Yukon. The 60-room hotel
was upstairs with the café and saloon located on the bottom floor. The
saloon was the watering hole of many coal miners and brick factory workers.
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| 1918 |
Prohibition did not diminish the popularity of the Melrose. It
flourished as a pool hall, card room and soda parlor.
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| 1928 |
Fire leveled the top two floors and a portion of the bottom level of the
Melrose. Fortunately the saloon remained intact including the mirrored back
bar which remains today in the Melrose.
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| 1939 |
Robert Dobson purchased the bar from Ben’s son, George Atkinson.
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| 1946 |
Jimy Nattucici and Tim Bertozzi purchased and operated the tavern.
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| 1972 |
Nattucici sold the Melrose to famed local boxer Boone Kirkman. Boone
added a sparring ring as well as his practice bag to the décor of the
tavern. The Melrose overflowed when Boone’s fights were televised.
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| 1997 |
Current owners, Armondo Pavone, Tim and Kimberly Searing, and Charles
and Beverly Keeslar, purchased the building from Louie Barei.
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| 2002 |
The Melrose Grill opened on January 13, 2002. |
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