Yes I remember this. There was a bowling alley downstairs on the 6th street
side. Shinders was on the corner with their huge magazine and newspaper
stand. I was going to De La Salle at the time and we used to stop at Brady's
to get a drink. The bartender never questioned us at all. The bar had two
entrances - one on Hennepin and the other on 6th street. I stoped at Shinders
once and asked the guy for a good saterical magazine. He pulled out a magazine
of nudes.
D Empanger
1st ward - the great one!!
David Brauer wrote:
> D. Klein remembers:
>
> >We had cocktails at Moby Dick's and dinner at the Flame
> >Room. It was one of the best nights I ever had downtown, and I will
> >never forget it.
>
> While I enjoyed many a sociological experience at Moby's, my most indelible
> memory came courtesy of a saloon just a couple doors down - I believe the
> place was called Brady's. Some friends and I had been out celebrating New
> Year's Eve all night, and come dawn, wound up there, a classic dive with a
> big curved block-glass wall. It was the first place I'd ever seen people
> drinking with luggage by their feet. As my friends and I were about to
> settle into a booth, a rather large gentleman noticed my, um, presence, and
> stalked over to stick his finger in my chest. "Hey," he bellowed, peppering
> my sternum, "you a Jew? You sure look like a Jew!"
>
> Fortunately, my alcoholically experienced friends knew how to defuse a
> drunk. But there it was - my first and so far only Minneapolis experience
> with overt anti-Semitism. It wasn't the most pleasant of moments, but it
> sure didn't scare me away from downtown. I happened to notice the other
> night that several parking spots across the street from the police
> sub-station by 5th & Hennepin had been commandeered from Thursday night to
> Sunday morning - no doubt for the extra patrols now needed to police the
> Warehouse District. I sure am glad we have a higher-spending class of
> miscreant in our downtown these days.
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
