OT 25 years ago, Portlanders packed nightclubs, embraced protests: 1997 in pictures

You guys must not be talking about the original Refrectory next to Fred Meyer in Raleigh Hills.

 

Pardon me. I don't mean to interrupt this conversation you are having with yourself, but…

 

Refectory off 122nd. Was there until about 10 years ago

 

Well then there was another one that moved about 35 years ago.

 

I know Charlie Musslewhite really well...he's a legend....I'll check out the other two guys....

 

I saw Charlie Musselwhite twice early 70's at Springers ballroom in Portland.

 

Im a big John Mayall fan too.

 

I think he's touring with Jimmy Vaughn now ...heard them interviewed not long ago.

 

They were street cars connected to overhead power wire and I remember riding them with my mother when we came to town when I was a tiny tot. Coming to town meant my father wore his best shoes and suit with a dress hat. My mother would wear a beautiful dress with a woman's dress hat and white gloves. Sometimes we would go to Olds and Kings department store taking time out to eat at Manning's buffet restaurant with fabulous food and the best smelling Boyd's coffee. I remember one of their specialties was a half of a cantaloupe with a scoop of vanilla in the middle. We also had Civil Defense shelters in those days in case of a sneak nuclear attack.