Over 10 Presidents have visited the Mission Inn in Riverside over the last 111 years. Most enjoying a cocktail at the Presidential Lounge. The lounge now sits where Theodore Roosevelt rooms were. Richard Nixon and wife Pat where married here and the Reagan’s honeymooned here as well. The Presidential Lounge presents a menu “If These Walls Could Talk” highlighting each visiting President.
On this weeks segment we interview Mark Bertolacini, Director of Food and Beverage and Chris Doherty, Manager of Mission Inn Restaurants to find out the rich history of the Presidential Lounge. Listen to the Podcast
Stain glass in the Presidential Lounge in the Mission Inn
Interior courtyard of the Mission Inn
Cocktails of the Presidents
Cocktails at the Presidential Lounge
Jeff is interviewing, Mark Bertolacini, Director of Food and Beverage and Chris Doherty, Manager for Mission Inn Restaurants
Ronald Reagan is one of several Presidents who visited the Mission Inn. Others included: Richard Nixon, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, JFK, Gerald Ford and George Bush.
Inside the Presidential Lounge
Inside the Presidential Lounge
Main Lobby of the Mission Inn
Rotunda of the Mission Inn
What the Presidential Lounge looked like before it was a bar.
Nixon’s were married in the lounge
Jeff toasting Theodore Roosevelt