Shuffletown was a local youth center located in the Citizens Aid Building, 404 So. 8th Street, Minneapolis. The building was built in 1928 and later housed the Greater Twin Cities United Way. In the 1940s, kids from Minneapolis high schools … Continue reading →
The Silver Bar was in Hopkins, one of thousands of joints that opened up once beer was deemed “non-intoxicating” on April 7, 1933, before the outright repeal of Prohibition, and before the requirement that taverns had to have permits. The … Continue reading →
The Silver Bridle Bar was located at 929 West Broadway, according to the photo below from the Minnesota Historical Society. The band name is unknown.
Continue reading →200 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis. LUNCHROOM: 200 1/2 EAST LAKE Not sure where in the building this would be, but probably on the ground floor, since it was a lunch counter and bar. License information printed in the paper shows … Continue reading →
North St. Paul
Continue reading →Dale Street, St. Paul
Continue reading →It started when I found this ad in the Minneapolis papers from April 18, 1965. Some notes on the map: Anoka County Road 14 is Main Street. Highway 100 is 694. At one time a bunch of roads … Continue reading →
See Moby Dick’s.
Continue reading →Skip’s Barbeque was located at 1729 Lyndale Ave. N., as early as 1971. Ads for help can be found to May 1973. Curtis J. Metcalf wrote to say that he remembers a basement venue below Skip’s where Flyte Time was … Continue reading →
The Skyway 12 Club was a tavern located at 15017 Wayzata Blvd., just past the intersection of I-394 and 494 on the south side. The Skyway was there from at least 1961. In 1967 it was run … Continue reading →