Danny Salmas and The Chuck Wagon, San Diego - Beyond Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Thu, Feb 22, 2007 9:28 PM It has been 5 years since the passing of local San Diego celebrity and 60s/70s lounge singer, Danny Salmas. Long ago, I created a webpage tribute to Mr. Salmas, containing his obituary as published in the San Diego Union-Tribune. That obit discussed Mr. Salmas' heyday as a lounge singer at the Gaslight and Longbranch rooms of the long gone Chuck Wagon restaurant and supper club. Mr. Salmas even had a couple of albums: "Have you Heard?" and "Gassers at the Gaslight". Try as I might, I could find almost nothing about the Chuck Wagon, which existed at the corners of Rosecrans and Midway, in San Diego. However, I recently stumbled across a jumbo-sized postcard that has excellent pictures of the Chuck Wagon, as well as of the Gaslight Room and the Longbranch Room (the other rooms being the Main Dining Room, the Calico Room, and the Fireside Room). For you supper club and lounge singer afficianados, I hope you enjoy. And please take a moment to remember Mr. Salmas. The postcard Text of the postcard: Midway Chuck Wagon Midway Drive at Rosecrans San Diego 6, Calif. Delcious choice of prime ribs -- all you can eat for $2.29 is the slogan of the Midway Chuck Wagon. Customers are invited to dine "Chuck Wagon Style" in a quaint Western atmosphere. Enjoy your favorite cocktails in the unique Gaslight Bar or the Longbranch Saloon where top names in the entertainment world will entertain you. The policy of giving the people what they want in quality... price... and service... has made the Midway Chuck Wagon the outstanding eating and entertainment attraction of the West.

It has been 5 years since the passing of local San Diego celebrity and 60s/70s lounge singer, Danny Salmas.

Long ago, I created a webpage tribute to Mr. Salmas, containing his obituary as published in the San Diego Union-Tribune. That obit discussed Mr. Salmas' heyday as a lounge singer at the Gaslight and Longbranch rooms of the long gone Chuck Wagon restaurant and supper club. Mr. Salmas even had a couple of albums: "Have you Heard?" and "Gassers at the Gaslight".

Try as I might, I could find almost nothing about the Chuck Wagon, which existed at the corners of Rosecrans and Midway, in San Diego. However, I recently stumbled across a jumbo-sized postcard that has excellent pictures of the Chuck Wagon, as well as of the Gaslight Room and the Longbranch Room (the other rooms being the Main Dining Room, the Calico Room, and the Fireside Room).

For you supper club and lounge singer afficianados, I hope you enjoy. And please take a moment to remember Mr. Salmas.

The postcard

Text of the postcard:

Midway Chuck Wagon
Midway Drive at Rosecrans
San Diego 6, Calif.

Delcious choice of prime ribs -- all you can eat for $2.29 is the slogan of the Midway Chuck Wagon. Customers are invited to dine "Chuck Wagon Style" in a quaint Western atmosphere. Enjoy your favorite cocktails in the unique Gaslight Bar or the Longbranch Saloon where top names in the entertainment world will entertain you. The policy of giving the people what they want in quality... price... and service... has made the Midway Chuck Wagon the outstanding eating and entertainment attraction of the West.

Post #287594 by tikipedia on Thu, Feb 22, 2007 9:28 PM