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 showcase of the Mystics, six of seven members of which lived in St. Paul.

According to the ad below, it attracted all the best bands to perform.

Insider, October 10, 1970

Insider, June-July 1971

Photo by Kevin Dunne, 2005, via Flickr

In 2008 the aging facility was purchased by the St. Paul Port Authority. The demise of the Lanes was ascribed to the smoking ban, which took place a year before the statewide ban, and a failed previous purchase that made leagues wary of signing up.

Was there another Tom Tom Room at 528 So. Concord, in St. Paul, 1969-74?