The Copper Stein was a restaurant located in the Tonka Terrace Shopping Center, at Highway 7 and County Road 9 in Tonka Bay. The shopping center opened on October 1, 1955. The first entry found in the Minneapolis papers was … Continue reading →
Golden Valley. Not sure about this, but I have a picture of the billboard, so here goes!
Continue reading →16 So. Sixth Street, Minneapolis. Swing Lounge, 1970.
Continue reading →The Coronado Cafe was located at 1581 University Ave. (at Snelling) in St. Paul. Many thanks to Bob Jackson for information for this page! THE BUILDING The St. Paul papers are not online, but a search through the Minneapolis database … Continue reading →
Please see Nando’s Hideaway.
Continue reading →This is the story of 718 Sixth Ave. No. and the many night clubs that inhabited the building. EARLY BUILDING HISTORY In 1906, a store formerly located at 701 Sixth Ave. N was moved on the property. It was moved … Continue reading →
Of the many Cotton Clubs in town, this one was perhaps the most obscure and shortest lived. It was in the Kistler Building on Sixth Ave. No. for a very short time – please see the page on the Kistler … Continue reading →
In a 1960 article in Select, Leigh Kamman says that Lester Young “spent many nights blowing in the Cotton Club at White Bear.”
Continue reading →Well, this record surfaced, and so we tried to find the Country Lounge. No success in finding the folks who made the record. One side is on YouTube, and is quite a delight! There is an establishment called … Continue reading →
There were two Covered Wagons, one each in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Minneapolis Covered Wagon was located at 114 So. 4th St. at Marquette. 1933 The Covered Wagon opened in 1933 – the end of Prohibition and a popular … Continue reading →