Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 07:58:52 PM

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This pub is housed in an historic multi-story building (used to house minor-league baseball players!) in old-town Wenatchee. The street presence is narrow but the space extends back from the entrance quite a distance. Inside, the side walls are exposed brick, the front is all windows, and the back is a mostly open kitchen with a prominent wood-fired pizza oven. In the front is a raised section with several light wood pedestal tables and straight-back wooden chairs and a short bar section with tall chairs. The main length of the copper-topped bar runs back from here on the left side of the space and has more tall chairs flanking it. Quite a few more tables run throughout the right side of the space. The floor is old worn diagonal wooden boards and the tall ceiling has exposed floor joists, ceiling fans, and attractive colored blown glass hanging light fixtures. The bar back consists of attractive old oak cabinets with glass fronts, outlined on top with yellow neon. An old toboggan and old skis also decorate the space above the cabinets. Historic photos of baseball and old Wenatchee, period paintings, the occasional mural and a couple neon signs are the remaining decorations.

Overall, it feels more like a restaurant than a pub, but the beer selection is quite good - 14 taps, all craft beers on our visit, except Guiness. Several custom-made beers are on the list from Pyramid, Roslyn, and Boundary Bay, as well as some reasonably local options.

Good wood-fired pizza plus burgers, salads, and some intriguing sounding appetizers constitute the menu.

Tuesday 7th of July 2009 07:55:18 PM

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So here we are on a North Eastern Central Washington trip with the family. Our first day and we found this wonderful place called McGlinn’s Public House here in wonderfully very warm Wenatchee WA. We where hungry we hear this is the place so we stopped on in. An old hotel turned into a restaurant and wow they did a great job. This had the old brick house pizza pub feel. Old original pictures and items of when this place was a hotel housing baseball players during there minor league A ball stint. I was told they had a good beer selection and correct the person was. They had a wonderful selection of 25 taps with great local micro breweries. I was really impressed with the 3 extra taps that where there own brews they had made for them by some of the regions micro brewers. They had Mountain ale (Amber) by Pyramid, Saddle Rock Red (Blend) by Roslyn Brewing and last a Squilchuck Creek (IPA) by Boundary Bay Brewing. I have emailed each brewer to find out more details so I am sure they are what they are. This was a truly awesome find. I am glad I was told to stop by. If you find yourself lost and in the middle of Washington State and in need of a beer or some great food and atmosphere this is the place. Kids are welcome here.