This place in Columbia, MO:
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I owned the Road Apple. I started it with a partner in 1978 and closed in 1985. Ed Tibbs owned the building. Ed was in his 70's when we started doing business together and he use to tell stories of his running crap games. He was a wise investor and probably no black man at that time owned as much property as he did in Columbia. He told me that he paid Ike and Tina Turner and their 8 piece band $125.00 a night. After the Paradise Club it became The Lighthouse. When we found the building it was not being used. We leased the building and bought all the old long tables from a closing Shakies Pizza. Once the Frats and Dorms realized they could charge a cover the building was always booked on the weekends. I had a great private office out there and had way to much fun. A good friend Walter Anderson aka The Sugarman use to throw Return to Paradise Parties. The buiding is down the road from Patricia's up on a hill on the left. It is now a church. By the way, The Ranch House was were McDonalds is on Clark Lane. I worked there in college. It was started by a little cigar smoking Greek guy named George Patrakus. At the time it was the only building out there. All of a sudden I am feeling old.
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http://board.columbiatribune.com/ind...89&#entry51589
Basically an concrete block building with short pile carpet that stuck to your feet due to all the beer that was spilled on it. I think all the tables were picnic style. As mentioned above, frats and dorms rented it out, bought a bunch of kegs, hired a DJ, then charged $2 or $3 a head to underage HS and college kids. In '79 it was mostly college kids and by'81 is was mostly HS.
The DJ played "Riding the Storm Out". I wanted to dance to it, so I asked this girl who I knew would say yes, since she'd given me the eye every time I'd walked by her. Life is really weird.