It’s Pink!
CENTURY MOTEL “IT’S PINK” On Hwy. 494 (Penn Ave. Exit) 2631 W. 78 st., Minneapolis, Minn. 55431 PHONE: 869-7595 20 Deluxe Units — Individual Heat — Color TV Room Phones — Air Cond. Units
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Toward the Boulevard
BOULEVARD CONGRESS MOTEL 5637 Lyndale Ave so., Minneapolis, Minn. 55419 on Hiways 65 & 35W, 3 miles north of Hiway 494 Restaurant, Beauty Salon, Meeting Facilities, honoring American Express, Diners, Carte Blanche, Air Travel credit cards. Heated Pool, Thermostatically controlled heating, air conditioning. Just minutes from airport & Metropolitan Stadium, home Of Minnesota Twins and … Read more
Come to Camelot!
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
Smoky Point
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
Welcome to Wong’s
EXCELLENCE ORIENTAL STYLE An evening at Howard Wong’s is an occasion for excellence. Choose from such Chinese delicacies as Hung Shew Guy (Cantonese Bar-B-Qued Chicken) or specially prepare& Wor Shew Opp (Mandarin Pressed Duck) or sample from a lavish hors d’oeuvres tray featuring fried Won Tons and Howard Wong’s nationally famous egg rolls. Wong’s complete … Read more
The Southtown
Southtown Shopping Center opened at 79th and Penn with Monkey Wards as an anchor back in 1960. The Southtown Theatre was built in 1964 and that created one of the first shopping center theater combinations in the area. The modern style theater’s auditorium sat over 1100. When it opened the marquee was one of the … Read more