Nye’s, at 112 E. Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis, began as a bar called Hefron’s. Al Nye bought the bar in the late 1940s, and in 1964 he bought the place next door and opened the Polonaise Room Restaurant. Nye’s featured polka music in the bar and a piano bar in the front of the restaurant. 1969: The Nightcaps with go-go girls.