Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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
During the last five months, sales of Gluek’s Beer in Minneapolis have increased a great deal more rapidly than sales of any other beer! An impartial census of grocery stores, drug restaurants, cafes—everywhere that beer is sold—shows that Minneapolis has made up mind about beer. THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN IS SAYING “GLUEK’S”. For two or … Read more
Murray’s Restaurant in Minneapolis! I’ve never seen such a place! Why that hall was so jammed with people waiting for tables you couldn’t get in or out. You got to have good meals to do that and they got them and service with them. They know how to run a restaurant that is an awful … Read more
My dear friend: You are a guest in our home and it is our desire to extend you every personal courtesy that will lend to your comfort and enjoyment. So, please do not think of the Nankin as “just a restaurant”, but as a sort of a “cafe club” to which you belong. Your personal … Read more