Gleason’s Inn was located on Central Ave. NE (Highway 5) near New Brighton.  It was there since at least August 20, 1926.

In 1932 Ed Gates was the proprietor and their ad in Twin City Brevities invited us to Dine and Dance!

As time went on, the distance from “the loop” (downtown Minneapolis) seemed to get shorter and shorter as the ads progressed.

In about July 1931 it became the Rainbow Inn, except for maybe a week in November 1934 when it was called Mulligan’s Inn (formerly Gleason’s Inn).