Meeting Place - "The Curse"
Through the years, our club has had some difficulty in finding a good dependable meeting place; it seems that a "curse" went with us to each new location. A review of some of our meeting places is as follows:
60's Orangevale
Cafe, Greenback Lane, near Black Stallion
60's Golden Dragon, Greenback
Lane, next to the Pink Pussycat (raided by the sheriff)
60's Italian Restaurant,
Madison Mall, near Raley's
60's Wild Rose Cafe, Folsom
(went bankrupt)
60's Tony's Greasy Spoon,
Greenback (went belly-up)
60's Orangevale Youth
Center (catered lunch)
70's Shakey's Pizza, Greenback
Lane (now Ragan 's Irish Pub)
70's Hacienda Cafe, Folsom
(just one meeting and out of business)
70's Jo & Dodie's, Folsom
(We all went to the noon meeting, only to find the doors locked,
with an "Out of Business" sign.)
70's Whispering Pines, Auburn
Folsom Rd. (lasted six or seven years)
70's Mexican Jo's, Greenback
Lane
70's Liberty House, Birdcage
(what was Macy's upstairs)
70's Golden Tee, Sunrise
north of Greenback
80's Black Angus, Greenback
Lane
80's White House Inn, Greenback
Lane (now Country Table)
80's L.W. Calder's, Greenback
Lane (formerly White House)
80's Garry's Family Grill,
Greenback Lane across from Cable Shopping (They stopped serving
breakfast and later went out of business.)
80's Roundtable Pizza, Madison
Ave.
80's Carrow's, Greenback
Lane (lasted five or six years)
90' s Shoney's, Greenback Lane
(two years before they folded)
90' s La Placita, Greenback Lane
(present location, over 10 years)
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