| Posh night club and illegal casino located three miles south of Palo Alto, and originally owned by Frank "Dingo" Mendoza. Raided in 1936 with arrests and equipment seized, again in 1937 with Mendoza arrested and more table games seized, and a last time in 1939 with slot machines seized. Previously called the "Casa Manana", and the "Junction Inn", which were also both well known for illegal gambling (see "Archive").
Attribution of the ZigZag & Rectl mold chips traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
Advertisement from 1/5/1940 (The Times). |
