Diamond Jim’s
Diamond Jim’s was at 801 Sibley Memorial Highway in St. Paul – also described as on Highway 13 east of the 35E bridge.
Bob Huwe was a Charter Member. Card courtesy Jan Huwe
Bill Conlan on Lyfmap:
Back around May 1963, my bandmate, Pat Gallivan, and I drove down to upper Lilydale where a new private club named Diamond Jim’s was being finished. We met the manager, Kelly Turgeon, and I picked up a membership application. The dues were $35 annually and, being a charter member, they were to remain at that amount forever. I kept up my membership until at least 1980. The original membership card was a goldenrod color. I can’t find my original but am posting a copy of my second year’s card.
Courtesy Bill Conlan via Lyfmap
Bill’s card from 1965
One of the most memorable aspects of Diamond Jim’s was the Girl on the Swing. Facebookers remember that one of the women on the swing was Kim Fransen of Mendota Heights.
Photo courtesy Jan Huwe
People seem to have a lot of mementos of Diamond Jim’s.
Ashtray from the collection of Mark Youngblood
In about December 1981 Diamond Jim’s became Cassidy’s on the Bluff.
In 2020 it was the Joke Joint.
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