THE TEMPO BAR AND RESTAURANT The Tempo was located at 2027 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. EARLY HISTORY The building appears to have been built as a store. In October 1935, the store fixtures were put up for sale. Owner Ray … Continue reading →
St. Paul – jazz venue
Continue reading →This building had been built at 219-223 Marquette Ave. CURTIS BUILDING According to Randolph Edgar’s history written in 1928, the stones for the foundation of this building were supposed to have been picked up from the Mississippi River bed. A … Continue reading →
There were two locations for Thumper’s. THUMPER’S SOUTH The original Thumper’s started out at Schlief’s Little City, a polka dance hall in Inver Grove Heights and South Robert Street (7884 Courthouse Blvd.) Thumper’s South opened on December 14, 1978. … Continue reading →
The Thunderbird Motel was located at 2201 E. 78th St. in Bloomington, on the 494 strip. It was built in 1962 and had 255 rooms. Perfectly placed to take advantage of the new highway and the new Met Stadium nearby, … Continue reading →
2051 Ford Parkway, St. Paul. Purchased by the Montpetit family in 1971. Doubled in size in 1973, restaurant added in 1982. Became a Packers Sports Bar in 1986. In 1998 it became the HQ for the Kansas Jayhawks. In 2016 … Continue reading →
See Pla-Mor Ballroom
Continue reading →The Tivoli Beer Gardens and Concert Hall was located at the entrance to the Wabasha Bridge in St. Paul. In the photo below, Russ Hanson colorized the MHS photo above and overlaid it onto a Google Earth view … Continue reading →
The Tom Tom Room/Lounge was at the Minnehaha Lanes Bowling Alley, 955 Seminary Ave., St. Paul. Minnehaha Lanes was founded in 1958 by William Manion, a St. Paul bowling advocate who died in 1997. In 1969 it was a regular … Continue reading →
Toni’s M & M Supper Club was located at 356 Monroe Street NE in Minneapolis. THE BUILDING Structures of one kind or another (ice house, smoke house, etc.) have been on this property going back to at least 1885. The … Continue reading →