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Ride4MS:
Mettlers!!  That got both Denise and I laughing.  Now the real questions is, did she just visit, or work there??  We lived in Mankato for about 10 years, and know Mettlers.  To let everyone in on the the funny, in the 70-80's all of the waitresses took their turns as strippers all night long on a stage in the middle of the place.

Then at noon, they had the best noon lunches, but no dancing waitresses.  Just a smoke filled room, and beer smelling air.

No, Denise did not have the opportunity to work there.

stevegrab:

--- Quote from: Ride4MS on May 04, 2021, 10:42:08 PM ---Those locations were both before I was a member.  But, we have been to both of those places.  We spent 5 days in Houghton, MI, about 100 miles north of Wakefield, MI in August, 2018.  We watched the weather report for the week before, and when they said 4 out 5 days rain, we took Denise's Mustang GT instead of a bike.

A few miles north of Houghton on the Peninsula, as they call it the 'UP', there is a sign showing the snow level per year.  It shows 25 feet of snow for 2018 snow season.  I wonder what month it is all melted??

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When were there after STAR18 in LaCrosse Jim & Diane Parks from FL were also in Houghton, and their hotel (downtown area) got flooded so bad they had to relocate to a different room. My brother and I waited until about noon to leave the hotel and head out to Copper Harbor, had some lunch then boogied on to Marquette for the night skipping some of the planned sight seeing in between since time and daylight were limited. Yes I can imagine they get a lot of snow there.

brider:

--- Quote from: Ride4MS on May 05, 2021, 11:46:55 AM ---Mettlers!!  That got both Denise and I laughing.  Now the real questions is, did she just visit, or work there??  We lived in Mankato for about 10 years, and know Mettlers.  To let everyone in on the the funny, in the 70-80's all of the waitresses took their turns as strippers all night long on a stage in the middle of the place.

Then at noon, they had the best noon lunches, but no dancing waitresses.  Just a smoke filled room, and beer smelling air.

No, Denise did not have the opportunity to work there.


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Before it was a strip club my ex wife's grandparents owned it.  I guess back in the day it was a big Mankato State hangout.   never knew the granddad but I understand he passed away at the bar late one night with a heart attack.  That was many many moons ago.  I remember how it just killed my X's grandmother when it became a strip club with her last name on it. 

stevegrab:

--- Quote from: brider on May 06, 2021, 08:51:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: Ride4MS on May 05, 2021, 11:46:55 AM ---Mettlers!!  That got both Denise and I laughing.  Now the real questions is, did she just visit, or work there??  We lived in Mankato for about 10 years, and know Mettlers.  To let everyone in on the the funny, in the 70-80's all of the waitresses took their turns as strippers all night long on a stage in the middle of the place.

Then at noon, they had the best noon lunches, but no dancing waitresses.  Just a smoke filled room, and beer smelling air.

No, Denise did not have the opportunity to work there.


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Before it was a strip club my ex wife's grandparents owned it.  I guess back in the day it was a big Mankato State hangout.   never knew the granddad but I understand he passed away at the bar late one night with a heart attack.  That was many many moons ago.  I remember how it just killed my X's grandmother when it became a strip club with her last name on it. 



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Was looking at their web site and it has a page with history, appears they started down this path with Go-Go dancers (before my time but believe they were fully clothed) back in the mid 60s. But its pretty clear that the strippers are a big part of their current package including one plastered across the home page and links to submit your inquiry to join the team, complete with request for a photo, measurements and other details. Sex still sells.

HawkGTRider:

--- Quote from: brider on May 05, 2021, 10:43:39 AM ---Geoffery, ask your wife if she spent any time in mettler's bar in Mankato.


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Cindy says she recognized the town name of Mankato, but hadn't been there. It's nearly 270 miles from Bemidji and is SSW of Minneapolis.

That's a pretty amazing connection with Bill's ex wife's grandparents owning the place. And yeah, I'll bet the grandmother WAS mortified to see what the place became.

So...who's up for a trip to Sparta later this month?

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