Welcome to the "Mohawk Restaurant & Lounge"
Family owned and operated since 1984
Family owned and operated since 1984
The Mohawk Restaurant & Lounge has been a historical landmark in Central Oregon since the 1930's. It's known not only for fine home style cooking, but also for its unique informal dining atmosphere. The dining room is filled with an amazing variety of taxidermy mounts. Many are of such rare quality that they are illegal to possess today & therefore can never be replaced. Twenty on baby fawns (unborn road kills) mounted in natural posses are always a favorite. Golden eagles spread their wings as if to take flight, and a pair of black bear cubs happily climb a tree in the corner. Freaks of nature: a two headed calf and lamb stand guard from a high shelf, a fierce wolverine, a ring tailed cat, beaver, elk, deer amd antelope all local inhabitants grace the walls for all to admire. An armadillo from Texas,a turtle, alligators, & an iguana from Mexico ass variety. A puffer fish from Japan & a white artic wolf from Alaska enhance the "Mohawks" charm.
Enclosed in glass cases are an enormous assortment of bottles. Jim Beam, Ezra Brooks, Lionstone & Avon. Over 1500 bottles line every wall in the dind room. The collection has been collected since the late 1950's. It gives diners pleasure from every angle as they sit in winter, bathed in the warm glow of the fireplace, or cooled in the summer by the fresh mountain air.
The original "Mohawk Cafe" was first built in the late 1930's, a small building which at that time sat about center line on what is now US HWY 97. A grange hall was built behind the "Mohawk". For many years it served the various functions of the small communities of Crescent and Gilchrist. At one time the grange hall was a theater. Other times it was a skating rink and always a dance hall for Saturday night socials. During the logging boom it became a boarding house for Chinese immirgrants who came to Central Oregon to work in the woods.
Sometime in the 1950's, HWY 97 was widened. This forced the "mohawk" to be moved back connecting it to the grange hall (which today is the main dining room). In the late 1950's and throughout the 1960's most of the taxidermy and bottles were collected. Many came from local donations, either from legal kills or fromanimals found dead on the highway. Local people, forest service employees and logging crew members would bring in dead animals they found in the woods. They knew the interest to preserve these treasures for others to enjoy belonged to the "Mohawk".
Today, as always the "Mohawk" is a popular place for locals, hunters, snowmobilers, skiers and summer tourists. We hope you will enjoy your visit as many others have. We look forward to serving you.
Enclosed in glass cases are an enormous assortment of bottles. Jim Beam, Ezra Brooks, Lionstone & Avon. Over 1500 bottles line every wall in the dind room. The collection has been collected since the late 1950's. It gives diners pleasure from every angle as they sit in winter, bathed in the warm glow of the fireplace, or cooled in the summer by the fresh mountain air.
The original "Mohawk Cafe" was first built in the late 1930's, a small building which at that time sat about center line on what is now US HWY 97. A grange hall was built behind the "Mohawk". For many years it served the various functions of the small communities of Crescent and Gilchrist. At one time the grange hall was a theater. Other times it was a skating rink and always a dance hall for Saturday night socials. During the logging boom it became a boarding house for Chinese immirgrants who came to Central Oregon to work in the woods.
Sometime in the 1950's, HWY 97 was widened. This forced the "mohawk" to be moved back connecting it to the grange hall (which today is the main dining room). In the late 1950's and throughout the 1960's most of the taxidermy and bottles were collected. Many came from local donations, either from legal kills or fromanimals found dead on the highway. Local people, forest service employees and logging crew members would bring in dead animals they found in the woods. They knew the interest to preserve these treasures for others to enjoy belonged to the "Mohawk".
Today, as always the "Mohawk" is a popular place for locals, hunters, snowmobilers, skiers and summer tourists. We hope you will enjoy your visit as many others have. We look forward to serving you.
Compliments to our customers! You are the ones who keep us popular
Thank You, The Koch's
Thank You, The Koch's