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McMenamins Spar Café Frommer's Highly Recommended

114 E. Fourth Ave, Olympia, WA

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Cuisine American
Hours Sun-Thurs 7am-midnight; Fri-Sat 7am-1am
Location Around Town
Phone 360/357-6444
Web site www.mcmenamins.com
Prices Main courses $5.50-$22
Credit Cards AE, DISC, MC, V

McMenamins Spar Café Review

In business since 1935, this downtown diner is a Northwest classic and is part of the Portland-based McMenamins brewpub empire. On the walls are old black-and-white photos of period logging activities (the cafe's name refers to the spar trees used for rigging cables and pulleys) and numerous colorful murals added when the spar became a McMenamins establishment. Breakfasts are some of the best in town (try the Fourth Avenue Mess). If it's genuine Olympia atmosphere you're looking for, this is the place.

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