Once upon a time in the 20th century, there were only a few reasons to book a motel room: to pinch pennies and move fast on a road trip, for instance, or to sleep with somebody inappropriate.

This is where a car-loving Pasadena architect ... But when Alex and Phyllis Madonna opened in late 1958, the inn was a 12-room experiment. The timing must have seemed right. Motels had been ...

But none are as quintessentially pink — or recognizable — as the long, hand-peeled ribbons of custom-dyed white chocolate atop the pink Champagne cake at the Madonna Inn. The Central Coast’s ...

Picture-perfect and pink, Madonna Inn’s signature cocktail matches the famous San Luis Obispo hotel in every regard. The Pink Cloud is the most ordered drink at the inn’s Silver Bar ...