Laughter, Falling Water and Time
It’s no wonder that the Casablanca, 408 Hennepin Ave. plays to a full house every night of the week, when we take into consideration the fact that they provide guests with more individual entertainers than any club in the northwest, on an average.The Casablanca, now under the management of William ‘Bill’ Donnelly, will continue to … Read more
The New Charlie’s Cafe Exceptionale is a superb adaptation of the origina French Provincial architecture charming in 1949 as it was at its height in France between 1710 and 1795. Its rustic simplicity was typical of the homes of prosperous farmers, and later, well-to-do landowners and nobility. The fine contrasts of warm honey toned oak … Read more
Mr. S. E. Hoopes, proprietor of the New National Hotel, Minneapolis, has found that his Dutch is entirely inadequate of accommodating his patrons and has decided to enlarge it to three times its present capacity. He has already let the contract for building the additional room and other improvements to cost $22 000. The new … Read more
Camelot is a recreation of a 15th-century English castle. The restaurant’s interior is as authentic-looking as its exterior: dark. heavy chestnut and oak furniture and paneling, red and black upholstery, and window coverings, medieval armor and weaponry, English pewter and silver, stone walls. candlelight merge to considerable effect. Unlike establishments where clever decorating overshadows the … Read more
This cafeteria, a landmark in downtown Minneapolis, has a national reputation for good food. If has been recognized by AAA, True Confessions, numerous trade magazines and in a good food poll in the Saturday Evening Post. “Quantify Cookery”by Richards & Treat, a compilation of their popular recipes, serves also as a text for college students … Read more
The Northstar Inn and the Marquette Inn. luxury hotels in the heart of a vibrant downtown.Linked by two second-level enclosed sk»yays. the Northstar and the Marquette combine to meet every need of the individual traveler or the full-blown convention. with indoor parking. the latest in room design and service, restaurants. bars. meeting rooms, retail shops … Read more
Carling’s UpTown Cafe compares with Rector’s or Sherry’s, the leading cafes of New York City. in size and appointments, but it is incomparably richer in its decorations. The style of the main dining room is very elaborate Louis XV It is a glory of bronze, old gold, crystal, velvet hangings and rich furniture. Gargantuan pillars … Read more
In the almost total decline of the nightclub business—meaning national name acts appearing cross.country in saloons and supper many establishments have wondered what to do with entertainment rooms. There still are some traveling acts, Of course. The Golliwog Lounge brings them in on a regular basis and some other clubs do so sporadically. Mostly, however, … Read more
Smoky Point began somewhere in up in old Nordeast, probably on East Hennepin. The owner, Aleck “Smoky” Ellis immigrated to Minnesota from Greece in 1915. I suspect another branch of the family opened a restaurant near Robbinsdale called the Log Cabin. Eventually Ellis moved his operations away to the south where he built the iconic … Read more