628 Selby Ave. was a series of Taverns and cafes serving the neighborhood. GALLIVAN’S BAR In September 1943, Proprietor Robert Benning was robbed of about 1,000. In 1952, Proprietor Richard Skok was faced with the revocation of his license for … Continue reading →
This legendary roadhouse, located at 1691 Rice Street at Wheelock Parkway, was just beyond the St. Paul city limits. It had at least three interesting iterations. The last two in the list below were either in the building or nearby. … Continue reading →
For the bar next to the Gay ’90s on Hennepin Ave., see the Gay ’90s. For the Happy Hour Cafe, located at 1523 Nicollet Ave., see the Flame Cafe.
Continue reading →Cedar Ave., Seven Corners, West Bank. House band in the ’60s was the Houle Brothers, a country and rockabilly band made up of Bobby, Mike, Jim, and Cal Houle, of Cree and French descent. The bar catered to Chippewa Indians, … Continue reading →
The Harlem Breakfast Club was a “Black and Tan” jazz club or “resort” in the terminology of the newspapers of the day. It had two locations, both on Highland Ave. on the North Side of Minneapolis. Thanks to the map … Continue reading →
1311 Washington Ave. So. In November 1939, Jessie Scott, Entertainer-DeLuxe Appeared Nightly.
Continue reading →According to an early history of Minneapolis theaters, Harmonia Hall was our second theater, “and the one that better suited the ideas of the Minneapolis theater-going public” than Woodman’s Hall. (Minneapolis Tribune, January 1, 1882) HARMONIA HALL I The … Continue reading →
Please See Lyceum Theater
Continue reading →According to a history of local theaters written in 1892, Harrison’s Hall was the third theater in Minneapolis, erected in 1864 at Washington and Nicollet. The article called it “a Thespian temple of great pretensions.” The theater was located on … Continue reading →
74 S. 11th Street, Minneapolis. In 1939 it was described in the Spokesman as “swank.” It burned down sometime in the 1970s – it was in the winter and folks remember it encased in ice. … Continue reading →