BOWSER'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE
This 1965 picture reveals a Twilight Zone Club Soda! Bowser's at 340 E. Michigan Ave. was eventually transformed from a lounge to a ragtime sing-a-long joint.  It became Club Soda in 1983.  The building dates from the turn of the century; it was the Arlington Hotel and then the Columbia Hotel; the painted ad on the side of the building is still visible today.
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Click to see original Bowser's tiles exposed when the facade was renovated.
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Click on image to see how the Arlington Hotel looked in 1910
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Click to see the Columbia Hotel ad still visible on wall

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