Hotel Pattee

06/04/2026

Congratulations to Mrs. And Mr. Cregeen! Our very own Karelly married the love of her life at the Hotel Pattee last night!

Congratulations to the wonderful and happy couple!

06/03/2026

Chef Nick has a special item on the menu for tonight! Enjoy muscles with a white wine butter sauce, caramelized fennel, and linguine noodles for $18.

Call (515)465-3511 to order to go!

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

Tonight’s Chef Special is Poor Man’s Surf’n’Turf with chicken and shrimp, white wine mushrooms, brussel sprouts and cream filled pasta for $23.

Need an order to go? Give us a call at (515)465-3511.

06/01/2026

Chef Nick has created a Parmesan Crusted Chicken Carbonara for tonight’s special! Enjoy one of our favorite pasta dishes for $23.

Need an order to go? Call (515)465-3511.

05/29/2026

We enjoyed the conversation over David Kreitzer’s piece titled “Red Buick,” so this Friday we’d like to give you another opportunity to interpret the story first!

Art is about interpretation, memory, perspective, and storytelling. Sometimes what a piece means to the viewer becomes just as important as the artist’s original intent.

What would you call this piece?
Why do you think this moment was captured?
What’s happening here?

Take a closer look and let us know your interpretation in the comments.

05/25/2026

In observance of Memorial Day, Courtyard will be closed on Monday. We wish everyone a safe and meaningful holiday.

05/25/2026

In observance of Memorial Day, Pattee Cafe will be closing at 10 AM on Monday. We wish everyone a safe and meaningful holiday.

05/22/2026

Today’s artist takes us first to the Green Suite, a room home to several pieces of art often seen only by overnight guests. But it’s the one above the fireplace that best captures why art matters here: it connects place, memory, and the people who pass through.

Steven Kozar’s paintings at the Hotel Pattee often stop visitors in their tracks. His skill is so refined, his realism so striking, that many find themselves asking, “Is that a photograph?” The answer, of course, is no. It’s the careful work of an artist devoted to seeing the extraordinary in the everyday.

Kozar’s precise depictions of Perry and the Hotel Pattee capture the area’s history and rhythm of life. Long before the Hotel came under the Ahmansons’ care, Roberta Ahmanson had been collecting Kozar’s art. In the early 1990s, she commissioned him to create a series of local scenes specifically for the hotel, a project that deepened both his artistry and his connection to Perry.

Reflecting on that experience, Kozar shared, “I used to be such a purist. Let me paint what I want to paint! But as time went by, I realized there’s something to be said about working within someone else’s vision. So I took my camera, walked around Perry, and recorded the scenes Roberta wanted me to paint.”

He sent her a collection of detailed sketches with azaleas, old houses, familiar corners of town, along with a note about sizes and costs. Her reply was brief but heartfelt: “I like all of them. They made me cry. Do them all.”

One of those finished works now hangs proudly in the Earl and Virginia Green Suite, a room dedicated to Mrs. Ahmanson’s parents. Titled "House on Evelyn Street" (1996), the watercolor measures just over six by ten inches. It depicts a home at 1921 Evelyn Street in Perry with its porch light glowing softly through the early evening, an American flag stirring in the evening breeze, and the quiet warmth of life unfolding inside.

Up close, the detail is stunning. But what lingers is something deeper, the feeling that Kozar’s paintings preserve not just the look of a place, but its heart.

05/19/2026

A huge congratulations to our very own Lily Naranjo on her graduation! 🎓

Lily graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Criminal Justice, and we could not be more proud of all of her hard work and dedication.

If you happen to see her working at the Pattee Cafe this summer, tell her congratulations!

Congratulations, Lily! ❤️💛