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Last week, The Castle Cocktail Lounge enjoyed an elegant evening at the Brass Bell in Chesaning. After partaking in some Showboat entertainment, we took the back roads back north by the Prairie Saloon and Price Nature Center…finding ourselves in Bridgeport. While we thought about swinging through the Cass River Yacht Club for another drink, our stomachs instead pulled us in the other direction…welcome to Bridgeport… Big Boy*, More than a Chain Closing Day-January 2023. Fo

Last week, The Castle Cocktail Lounge made its way all the way out to St. Charles for a dance at the Golden Glow, so we kept right on driving, heading south along M-52 until we came to a crossroad, a town with a Showboat, and a tasty bar/restaurant too…welcome to Chesaning… A Village with a Showboat... 1972 Showboat program As the Great Depression lingered across the country, the Chesaning Showboat Festival materialized in 1937 as a way to bring crowds and an economic boost

Welcome back to the Castle Cocktail Lounge! This summer we’ve packed our bags and are ready to head out of the city on an epic road trip–and out to some of our more rural watering holes and venues in celebration of our millage partnership with the local museums in Bridgeport, Chesaning, Frankenmuth and St. Charles. First stop…The Golden Glow Ballroom, circa 1971… Friends, Arlene Wegner, Dolores Gary and Marion Spindler, are all gussied up to see Nick and His Cornhuskers at T

“Mrs. Farwell and her family moved to Saginaw in 1943. She owned and operated the A&W Restaurant on Gratiot for many years. She loved her business and her customers, and it was her life. After her husband passed, she bought the franchise from her brother-in-law Howard Farwell and had a new A&W drive in built. She later sold that in 1975.” -From the obituary of Irene B. Farwell, The Saginaw News, January 8, 2004. The Saginaw News, March 5, 1958. By World War II, Saginaw had