Eagles Ball Room
574 Wabasha at Summit, St. Paul, 1926-35.
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Eaton’s Dude Ranch
Cedar Ave., 4 miles south of the Minnesota River in Rosemount. Arthur J. Eaton was the owner of the Roller Garden in St. Louis Park from 1939 to 1957.
Continue reading →Ebony Lounge
The Ebony Lounge was actually the second floor of Road Buddy’s Bar-B-Q at 799 University Ave. in St. Paul. Please click that link to read its history.
Continue reading →Eddie and Freddie’s Place
Eddie and Freddie’s Place was a tavern located at 4230 Wayzata Blvd., next to Bill’s Place in 1939. It was there until at least March 1947, at the Dan Patch Crossing. It’s not certain whether it had music, but Bill’s … Continue reading →
Eddie Webster’s
Eddie Webster’s was a formal, white tablecloth restaurant located at 1501 E. 78th Street in Bloomington. It was one of the first restaurants on the 494 Strip, and endured in a quickly-changing market for 28 years. EDDIE WEBSTER THE MAN … Continue reading →
Edgewater Inn
The Edgewater Inn was located at 2420 NE Marshall Street in Minneapolis. It was almost always advertised as “on the Mississippi River at Lowry and Marshall NE.” THE SITE Minneapolis permit cards indicate that there were frame structures on … Continue reading →
El Morocco
The El Morocco and adjoining Kin Chu Cafe were located at 723-725 Hennepin Avenue. With a name like that, there had to be music! There were thousands of hits on the Strib database, mostly for Gotham city, natch. But the … Continue reading →
El Patio to Bunny’s
Much of the following information on El Patio and the Cotton Club is from Kent Hazen, and the book Joined at the Hip, A History of Jazz in the Twin Cities, by Jay Goetting (Minnesota Historical Society Press: 2011). I … Continue reading →
El-J’s
Please see Cascade 9.
Continue reading →Elk’s Lodge
Ames Lodge, Number 106 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, was formed in 1906 and incorporated on August 1, 1907. This was a black organization based on but completely separate from the IBPOE. … Continue reading →