RADISSON INN During the 1920s the management of the Radisson Hotel downtown received requests from guests for recommendations as to where to stay on Lake Minnetonka. Thinking he might be losing some business and to further accommodate Radisson guests, hotel … Continue reading →
The Radisson South Hotel was built at the northwest corner of Highways 100 and 494. The address is 7800 Normandale Blvd. Curt Carlson’s flagship hotel had 565 rooms in 22 stories. It cost $14 million to build. The first event … Continue reading →
The Rail Inn Tavern was located at 2747 Central Ave. NE in Minneapolis. This building was built in 1922 as an 18 x 22 frame shop. It was listed as a cafe and then a tavern in 1935. The first … Continue reading →
Rainbow was a popular name! Here’s a matchbook from Mark Youngblood’s collection – just in case. There was also a Rainbow Inn on Wayzata Blvd. in October 1937, Frank Jackson, Proprietor. Other than that, I know nothing! … Continue reading →
The Rainbow Bowl was located at 1928 North Second Street in Minneapolis. The property is also known as 125 West Broadway. In 1892, a 22′ by 44′ two-story wooden duplex was built on this large corner lot at a cost … Continue reading →
1500 S. 17th Ave., West Bank. Owned by Steve Kimmel; jazz, “modern and experimental sounds.” Site of after-hours gatherings. Light rail goes through it now.
Continue reading →North shore of McCarron’s Lake, St. Paul (out Rice Street). Site of dances sponsored by the Rainbow Social Club in 1936 -1937
Continue reading →The Rainbow Inn was originally Gleason’s Tavern, located on Highway 5 (Central Ave.) in New Brighton. The first glimpse in the papers is May 1, 1931. There was at least initially a Rainbow Inn Orchestra, which was broadcast over WDGY … Continue reading →
666 Grand Ave. in St. Paul in 1957. That May the Dining Car Employee’s Union Local 516 held their Inaugural Ball there, with music by Percy Hughes.
Continue reading →This page covers various venues located a 1102 Hennepin Ave. in Downtown Minneapolis The Ramona Cafe Harry’s Tap Room Mousey’s THE BUILDING The Minneapolis Permit card shows that the first building on the site was a parsonage, built in … Continue reading →