Jazz is back at The Renaissance Hotel Savery Hotel in Des Moines!

401 Locust
Des Moines, IA  50309
515.244.2151

Patrick J. Monian
Circa - 1927


HOURS:
Monday - Saturday
4 p.m. to  ??

Located on the first floor of the Renaissance Savery Hotel in Des Moines
401 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA  50309
515.244.2151
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THE LEGEND OF PATRICK J. MONIHAN

Monihan's was founded in the late '20's, when prohibition was still the law of the land.  But like everywhere else in the country, convincing Iowans toobey that law was no easy task.  They wanted booze and they wanted to gamble, and Patrick J. Monihan was ready and able to provide both.

Tucked away on the third floor of the now historic Savery Hotel in Des Moines, Monihan's soon became known as the place to be.  It was the only place in town that had big name entertainment, drinking and gambling. 

When police raided the hotel for the last time in 1932, they found a 75-gallon still, 100 gallons of whiskey and corn mash, and the now famous bath tub Monihan used for distilling his gin.  But they never found Monihan.  As a matter of fact, no one ever saw Patrict J. Monihan again.

Over the years, hotel employees have reported hearing jazz music and people talking on the third floor that housed the speakeasy. 

Legend has it that Monihan never left.

Local Jazz Piano Player and Singer Janey Hooper and the "Janey Hooper Trio" perform every Saturday from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Live performance every Thursday by Maxx G Show Band every Thursday night, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
(Music from the '70s, '80s, '90s)