CC Tap
The CC Tap was at 2600 Lyndale Ave. So. in Minneapolis.
ANCIENT HISTORY
Permit cards show that the building was built in 1884 as “stores and flats” at a cost of $12,000. In 1895 a dressmaker advertised at this address.
By 1900 it was the location of Waldron & Co. Grocers; Henry Waldron was arrested in a crackdown of grocers selling unlabeled baking powder at his store.
By May 1925 the grocery store was the Consumers Groceries Wholesale Supply Co. (a chain with many stores in Minneapolis and St. Paul)
Minneapolis Daily Star, October 22, 1926
National Tea purchased 11 Consumers Groceries stores, including the one at 2600 Lyndale. The announcement was made in the Minneapolis Tribune on November 12, 1927. It was a National Tea in January 1928.
By June 1928, A. Rudoy had a grocery permit, and was probably running the independent Daylight Market, which we see advertised from December 1928 to at least 1930.
From at least May 1933 to May 1934 it was part of the huge Red Owl chain of grocery stores.
CC TAVERN
The beginnings of the CC Tavern seem to be in April 1935, when E.C. Hall received a license to run a “confectionary.” In July 1935, Clarence Campbell received his 3.2 beer license and the CC Tavern was off and running. Campbell was also a real estate agent.
The tavern was advertised for sale in July 1942.
In August 1949, manager Frank Kuffel was fined $100 for violating the pinball ordinance by awarding free beer and cigars for chips earned on the machines instead of free plays. Kuffel was manager from at least July 1948 until at least January 1955. When he died in 1964 at age 74, he was described as a retired truck driver.
Permit records show an extensive remodel in August 1955.
CC TAP
The name changed to the CC Tap sometime between October 1956 and April 1957, according to wantads for staff. The name kind of went back and forth for a long time, though.
In March 1959 the owner was identified as Raymond Abel. In August 1952, a Raymond Abel was the proprietor of Ray’s Sixth Avenue Tavern, at 813 Portland Ave. in Minneapolis.
December 28, 1961 photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
Abel retired in 1966 because of arthritis according to an article about how he grew mass quantities of tomatoes and gave them to senior citizens in a highrise (Minneapolis Tribune, October 22, 1977) Abel died in 1982 at the age of 64.
CC Tap in 1967. Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
The bar was remodeled in June 1968.
In 1969 bands included the Vacant Lot and Matinee.
$4,000 in remodeling was done in 1970.
Another $4,000 in repairs were done in January 1972 after a fire.
In March 1972 it was listed for sale.
In July 1974, the owner was listed as Richard Skilbeck, who was seeking a liquor license for the otherwise 3.2 bar.
CC CLUB
On May 30, 1975, a notice included a lot of information:
- The CC Tap was now the CC Club
- It was closed for remodeling and would reopen soon
- It was for sale
- There were four apartments on the upper floor
- A liquor license application was pending
A liquor license was approved in 1975 with the promise that the CC Club would install a kitchen.
