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REVIEWS
USA Today
'On the one hand it's an excellent dining spot with a killer single-malt whiskey menu. But Kells also has a terrific 40-foot-long bar with cast iron pillars, offers real darts and shows Irish soccer and rugby on the television. Kells is also home to the largest Irish festival on the West Coast.''
Pub Sweet Pub
Kells has a happy-hour bar menu that's well worth sampling. The same goes for all its food, in fact, especially the fish and chips--some of the best in town. Guinness and Harp are staples in this spacious bar and restaurant, but the attraction for many is the huge selection of single-malt Scotch. On cold, rainy evenings, there are worse things than sitting in front of the fire and listening to Cul An Ti while sipping away at a Glenlivet...
By Jonathan Morrow
The Oregonian 'Top 100' Diner
A true establishment, from its warm bar and booths to the live music and telecasts of European football matches on the pub side. The smaller restaurant side boasts friendly, attentive service, a comfortable Celtic feel (you might be dining beneath a portrait of Samuel Beckett) and solid traditional Irish cooking with contemporary twists.
Irish Bus Company's Dublin Double Decker Bus is ready and waiting to get you to Blazers' Home Games!
Meet the bus at Kells on Game Days (departs 6:30 pm from Kells).
Click here to find out more about the Irish Double Decker, available for private parties, tours and special events!
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Irish President Mary McAleese
dedicates the Oregon Irish Famine Memorial, December 2008
On a snowy December day, President of Ireland, Mary McAleese dedicated Oregon's Irish Famine Memorial, followed with a luncheon at Kells hosted by Gerard & Lucille McAleese.
The Oregon Irish Potato Famine Memorial was commissioned by Portland’s Ancient Order of Hibernians to promote awareness and understanding of the Irish Potato Famine, An Gorta Mor, a devastating catastrophe that struck Ireland from 1845-1851. The Memorial is located at the Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetary in Portland, Oregon. Click here for more information...