Melrose Grill in Renton, King County, United States | Grill Restaurant

Welcome to the Melrose Grill, Renton, United States. Established in 1901, the Melrose Grill, Renton 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.
1918  Prohibition did not diminish the popularity of the Melrose. It flourished as a pool hall, card room and soda parlor.
1928 Fire leveled the top two floors and a portion of the bottom level of the Melrose Grill. Fortunately the saloon remained intact including the mirrored back bar which remains today in the Melrose.
1939 Robert Dobson purchased the bar from Ben’s son, George Atkinson.
1946 Jimy Nattucici and Tim Bertozzi purchased and operated the tavern.
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.
1997 Armondo Pavone, Tim and Kimberly Searing, and Charles and Beverly Keeslar, purchased the building from Louie Barei.
2002 The Melrose Grill opened on January 13, 2002.