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Hi Lo Club Battle Creek Mi 1940sThe Hi Lo Club opened in 1933, after the repeal of Prohibition. Part of the La Salle Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan (opened in 1927), it quickly became a favored venue for live music. The ultra modern nightclub (for its time) was run by Milt Magel, who also created this remarkable menu cover. It shows a scantily dressed woman presumably the Hi in Hi Lo dancing with a pipe smoking hillbilly presumably the Lo. In 1954, the name was changed to the

Johnny's wasn't a fancy place

was once told by a guest that New York City was like a circus – so he arranged to have a circus – complete with elephants – perform in the grand ballroom

and leased from The New York State Realty and Terminal Company

Advertisements boasted that the establishment was ‘scientifically air conditioned for your comfort’ and the telephone number was listed as National 2655

the popularity of the service declined thanks to the effects of the Depression and the emergence of other transportation options such as the airplane

who sold it to the Freemasons in 1859

There are claims that it was concocted by a barman during the California Gold Rush and a "martinez" was listed in Jerry Thomas's 1887 bartending manual

Wan called his shows "the Chinese 'Folies-Bergere' of the Americas" and claimed that he spent more than two thousand dollars a week on the entertainment alone

who worked in a nearby carpet store and who wrote parts of the song during breaks

but was actually standard Cantonese fare

The Stork Club was a famous and fabled nightclub in New York City from 1929 to 1965 that was owned and operated by Sherman Billingsley (1896–1966)

*Courtesy Steve Rosenberg

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