Lamplighter Lounge
The Lamplighter Lounge is located at 160 W. Larpenteur Ave. at Rice Street in St. Paul. It is located in a small strip mall.
Its original owner was Gary Landreville, and I’m told that it was a neighborhood, middle-class bar, with a sign above the door that said “Pink Champagne on Ice.” Guys stopped there after work, and sat around a 15-ft., oval bar. There was a small dance floor and a juke box. My correspondent, who lived in the neighborhood, says it was well kept, clean, and there were no problems or fights.
In 1980, a folk-rock singer named J.D. Elias performed
Then Gary sold it, and it became a topless place. A space that had been a barber shop and then a pizza place became a glassed-in space where the girls do their show. They are totally nude, but the reviews say the glass gets kind of smeared…
