[Mpls] Cafe Dinapoli Can we keep it open for just a few months, to get one last go around?

[Dorie Rae Gallagher]

My first job was at Great Northern Depot as a waitress the summer '62 before 
going to MCAD. Great life lessons
were learned from Red Caps, a boss that pinched, and getting up at 3am to 
walk from 22nd & 1st to the Depot
 at 17.

Second job that year was doing the Christmas windows at Woolworths and the 
third started at Bridgemans on 7th/Henn.
during the basketball season. Wages were .94 cents plus tips...hamburgers 20 
cents, w/cheese 25 and a hot
fudge banana sundae .40. The cops tipped well, sometimes .50 cents for a .50 
cent item. Little ladies gave us
gave us Jesus Saves cards tucked under their coffee cups, which contributed 
no monetary value to the $575 tuition at
the art school...now $22,000.00.

Every Friday night, after working to one, we would go to Cafe DiNapoli with 
tip money to have the treat of
the week...never on Sat. night since that was date night. It always looked 
worn, the tall booths, the lighting,
but the same people and the food was great. Downtown was exciting 
then....the 620 club where all
the sport figures would hang out, the Great Northern Market, where you 
walked around bushels of food on
the wood chip floor, watching the windows above the 620 club for activities 
from the cone station at Bridgemans!!
The Forum, Powers, there was so much to see and do...there was a shooting 
right on 7th and Hennepin one
Sunday morning when I was opening up the store...he laided there for a long 
time before anyone came. That leaves
an impression....Cafe DiNapoli is of the last..hate to see it go, but 
then....I would rather experience a fish market
 than Block e... Oh well...It's sunday morning meaning it's Mel o Glaze 
time!

dorie gallagher/nokomis




> I'm willing to bet that most of our listers have been to Cafe Dinap at 
> least once.  Tell us your memory.  I took my first girlfriend to Cafe 
> Dinap.  I remember it was Halloween night
Craig

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