Many times I'd stop at the Fish Keg, pick up a pound of shrimp, perch or some other totally delicious fresh fried fish, 1/2 order of French fries and go into Frankenstein's, sit down at a table and order a beer with dinner. YUMMY!
They had a nice-sized dance floor, a couple of pinball games, and good music.
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Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.
Had a tremendous amount of fun in 1975-1976. Disco was in and I made my way to Frankenstein's Wednesday - Saturday first as a patron then as an employee till I was given an ultimatum...shave the beard or else. I chose "or else" and went back to being a patron. The night would end with the playing of Edgar Winters' Frankenstein
ReplyDeleteFound my first love. She was a nursing student at St. Francis in Evanston. I remember buying her the large body of Jean Nate. She probably still has some left...it was a big bottle. I have fond memories of her.
I did make many a stop at the Fish Keg as well as IHOP
Does anyone have any more specific information about what kinds of music were regularly played at Frankenstein ? I found out about the place from an ad , dating 1974. Did they start out Rock and go Disco , later, or did they play both Rock and Disco , and / or Soul , Funk , etc. , after Disco hit ? Was there a Horror theme with the interior ? Did it resemble a castle or a mad laboratory in a Universal feature , inside? Were there pictures of Karloff as The Monster? OK , now , I'm going to BE of some information , The Fish Keg has a beautiful original wooden sign from Frankenstein on display , to this day.
ReplyDeleteI went to Frankenstein in the mid 70's and the music was strictly disco dance music as I recall. Oddly enough,even though I've loved the Fish Keg next door for many years,I don't think I ever ate there when I went to Frankenstein.
DeleteThe owner, Bill Glynn, was a fan if blues and rock, but in the '70s, disco was what brought in the ladies (and the male customers who followed), so disco and classic ('60s-'70s) rock dance music dominated on the busy nights, Th-F-Sa-Su.
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