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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

Stain glass in the Presidential Lounge in the Mission Inn

Interior courtyard of the Mission Inn

Interior courtyard of the Mission Inn

Cocktails of the Presidents

Cocktails of the Presidents

Cocktails at the Presidential Lounge

Cocktails at the Presidential Lounge

Jeff is interviewing

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.

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

Inside the Presidential Lounge

Inside the Presidential Lounge

Main Lobby of the Mission Inn

Main Lobby of the Mission Inn

Rotrundra of the Mission Inn

Rotunda of the Mission Inn

What the Presidential Lounge looked like before it was a bar.

What the Presidential Lounge looked like before it was a bar.

Nixon's were married in the lounge

Nixon’s were married in the lounge

Jeff and Theodore

Jeff toasting Theodore Roosevelt