Club Bengassi
707 Olson Memorial Highway
Minneapolis
Opened August 1943 by William “Bill” Freeman – “For an evening of fun.” This site had previously been a hardware store, beauty salon, and Bill’s Smoke Shop. In March 1945 Freeman was fined $100 because a pinball machine on the club premises paid off nickels instead of trade tokens. The machine was found by Oscar Eidern, new Minneapolis police morals squad chief.