tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post3847082646408355529..comments2024-03-22T00:18:22.451-07:00Comments on A Modernist: Bal Tabarin (1943)Nick Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-71603428837816255692014-12-07T17:10:14.728-08:002014-12-07T17:10:14.728-08:00If interested, my email address is Lyngibbs1@aol.c...If interested, my email address is Lyngibbs1@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-28531252823544043432014-12-07T17:09:51.340-08:002014-12-07T17:09:51.340-08:00Yes! Please do. You may contact me via the email l...Yes! Please do. You may contact me via the email link above to the right. I would be more than happy to post any photos that you would like to share.Nick Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-56062437660685822014-12-07T17:08:47.932-08:002014-12-07T17:08:47.932-08:00I was going through my 93 year old mom's house...I was going through my 93 year old mom's house and found a 6 page book from the Bal Tabarin that had a menu and ads and the names of all the girls that were dancers. It is sooo cool. My mom went to her nurses training in San Francisco. I will send pictures if anyone is interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-61305111975390447562013-06-04T11:28:03.373-07:002013-06-04T11:28:03.373-07:00Good knowledge Chris! I did not realize that is wh...Good knowledge Chris! I did not realize that is where Grison's was.Nick Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-74437858324225716132013-06-04T10:07:04.114-07:002013-06-04T10:07:04.114-07:00One of the other partners in the Bal Tabarin was B...One of the other partners in the Bal Tabarin was Bob Grison, who owned Grison's Steak House on Van Ness & Pacific, which is now Harris'. He ran the kitchenChris Ellingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-42498906217889961282013-06-02T08:56:05.673-07:002013-06-02T08:56:05.673-07:00Thanks for the comment and the additional informat...Thanks for the comment and the additional information. It sounds as if the club was another post-war recession casualty. Fortunately, it's transformation to Bimbo's help preserve it in some form for those of us who came much later.Nick Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-58523791762617223182013-06-02T08:25:39.179-07:002013-06-02T08:25:39.179-07:00My wife's mother was one of that line of danci...My wife's mother was one of that line of dancing girls at the club.<br /><br />The Bal Tabarin thrived throughout the war years but by 1947 business had dropped off so badly that owners Tom Gerun and his partner Frank Martinelli closed the club for several weeks while looking for a name attraction that could attract bigger crowds.<br /><br />They gave it one more try including live radio broadcasts from the club but the writing was on the wall so by the end of the 40s Bimbo was wanting to move from 365 Market Street and the deal was done.<br /><br />anoldsoundguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461841046159455895noreply@blogger.com