The Superior Inn was on Superior Blvd. near Wayzata in 1927. Superior Blvd. became Wayzata Blvd. in the 1930s.

The Inn was “the rendezvous for a gay set of men and women;” perhaps a little too gay, as Sheriff Earle Brown and his goons saw fit to raid the place on June 25 of that year.

From the Hennepin County Enterprise, June 30, 1927:

Boulevard Inn is Raided; Men and Women Trapped

The Superior Inn, on Superior boulevard near Wayzata, and the rendezvous for a gay set of men and women, was pounced upon last Saturday night [June 25] by Sheriff Earle Brown, Captain Ray Goetze, and a squad of deputies.

An orchestra was playing and merriment reigned as the Sheriff and his men entered the place.  Then confusion reigned.  Men and women scurried for places of hiding, nearly all of them escorting a bottle of liquor.  Several of the men attempted resistance and bottles ‘were aflying in the air’ for a while, resulting in a few broken heads.  The beligerents were soon squelched.  Earl Thompson was fined $100 as keeper of the place, and Arnold Frank, who played the role of Sousa to the orchestra, and E.W. Hicks were held on the charge of selling liquor.