Post #800208 by Cavemoai on Wed, Jan 22, 2020 3:53 PM

On 2018-07-07 14:52, tikicoma wrote:
Another photo, with a neon sign, posted this year on the West Nevada Historical site ID'd as Dug's West Indies, Carson...

I'm guessing this predates the photos on the postcards one of which is dated 1975. The bones of the buildings are similar even though the roof isn't.

I found this today:

This photo is actually from The West Indies Club in Reno. From the Western Nevada Historical Photo Collection:

"The address was 5560 South Virginia Street. The book "The Rise of the Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming" goes into more detail.

"The West Indies Club opened on July 27, 1944, as a restaurant featuring Chinese and American food. It wasn't until 1945 that a 21 game was licensed there."

"The West Indies was closed in 1954 when Raymond I. Smith of Harold Club purchased the two parcels of land where the West Indies was located. The business later reopened, and over the years several restaurants and bars operated there. The building was razed in 1998. The empty lot is about twenty yards north of the northeast corner of Meadowood Mall Way and South Virginia Street."

Later Captain Dug Picking would open Dug's West Indies in Carson City."