Barbary Coast
Please See Stagecoach
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Barn – Eden Prairie
See Purple Barn.
Continue reading →Barn – Plymouth
This music venue called the Barn, not to be confused with the Purple Barn, was located on Highway 18 (now 169) and 42nd Ave. North/Rockford Road. This is now a major cloverleaf. According to the ad below, it opened on … Continue reading →
Bartenders’ Club
32 South 6th Street, upstairs. After hours jazz and gambling hangout.
Continue reading →Bashland
St. Paul dancehall (barn) owned by WLOL DJ Throck Morton. House band the String Kings.
Continue reading →Bastille
This site at 313 Oak Street SE near Washington Avenue on the U of M Campus was the site of two cool coffee houses: The Bastille The Coffee Break BUILDING HISTORY The permit cards say that a house was … Continue reading →
Beanery
Although no address was given in this ad for the Beanery from the St. Louis Park Sun, one of my readers says it was a part of Lord Fletcher’s in Spring Park. Thanks, Perry!
Continue reading →Bear’s Den
Please see Addison’s Bar and Lounge.
Continue reading →Beek’s Pizza
Beek’s Pizza in St. Louis Park had a live combo on Friday and Saturday nights, at least in 1958. There were several other Beek’s Pizzas.
Continue reading →Bel Rae Ballroom
The Bel Rae Ballroom was located at 5394 Edgewood Drive NW (Highway 10) in Mounds View (one mile west of the New Brighton Arsenal). It was sometimes described as being located in Spring Lake Park, and sometimes in New Brighton. … Continue reading →