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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
5
Roseann performs nightly at her Ashland Avenue club except Mondays. The dimple-flashing organ queen plays requests from a mirrored console behind a stylish bar, shaping melodies with her arrangements. The venue is praised for atmosphere and food, including Pick-a-Chick and broiled steaks.
Kick-off week for Crazy Auction nights at Gussie's Kentucky club promises the biggest nightlife event in memory. Auctioneer Benny Dunn sells nylon stockings for pennies and a solid gold watch for little, while the Now-Elites head the comedy show and the Tophats perform for dancing in air conditioned comfort.
Prepared by Chef Jack and served by Norm the waiter in their faultless fashion.
Little Club will present a nightly program of continuous music through the week until four or five in the morning. Owner Annie Essie says the air conditioned venue ensures hot music in cool comfort for guests.
Tony Pastor brings his orchestra to the Martinique outdoor dancing gardens in a limited engagement tonight on the South side. His records have sold in the hundreds of thousands and broadcasts reach coast to coast. Sherman Hayes is set to follow next week, with indoor dancing if weather forces a change.
The Bryn Mawr cocktail lounge in the South Shore district offers continuous musical entertainment nightly until 4 or 5 am. Freddie Wolf, organ swing maestro and recording artist, headlines on the revolving stage with Carl Lind and the Northmen as a rotating feature. Chicken in the Rough is a highlighted dish, and the air conditioned lounge includes adjoining dining rooms. Richard Chan hosts Golden Parrot Chinese restaurant nearby, specializing in chop suey and chow mein on E Tdihst.
The Green Shingle on the South side hosts outdoor dancing with Johnny Waler and his band performing Friday to Sunday. Also featured are Bamboo Inn nights with Frankie and Johnny, Robbie Lane swing sessions Sundays, Italian Fiesta pizza service, and Vogue Lounge nightly piano melodies by Pat Deuel under manager Charlie Szabo.
Eddy Allyn makes a return appearance at Viking Ballroom with Jimmy McShane and his orchestra. The show features a gala welcome back night on Friday and a repeat performance on Sunday hosted by Jimmy Coulas as patrons miss his gold en voiced singing.
Kitchen led by Chef Martie serves barbecued ribs and southern fried chicken with classic trimmings. Pere Marquette cocktail lounge, nightly piano by Paul Fay, boasts curvilinear bar and air conditioned comfort open till 4 or 5 am. Frontier restaurant on West 63rd hosts fried chicken draws patrons from across the South and city, offering full dinners all week. St. Lo Lodge promotes dining in a cool, air conditioned room with satisfying steaks as popularity grows.
Pat Deuel discusses converting lounge space for dining with more on the plan next week. JACK KILTY promotes his air conditioned buffet on W 79th St for convention banquet meetings. Kitty's 1111 club offers private dining without fuss, with a menu of ribs steaks and more. Floyd's Place serves corned beef and cabbage nightly, plus steaks chicken spaghetti and ribs, with a fiesta night planned. Joe Rossi delivers hot pizza by midget truck to your door. Windsor Park on B 75th St offers late nights with music by the Nit Wits and full dinners with pizza delivery. Ziggie's Gridiron on E 83rd St features Atomics and nightly entertainment, fish fry Fridays and fried chicken weekends until 4 or 5 am. The Shutter brothers and Casino Moderne ballroom host midlife dance events, with the five piece band led by Bob Birmingham and Bob Michaelsen. Continued on Following Page.
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