RLee

Yes, I remember this place very well. It was a sure thing to get served beer when we were underage (you don't forget those). I want to say it was on Wayside, not too far from the gulf freeway.

Yep. There was a big section on Jimmie Menutis in Burton Chapman's Telephone Road book. Menutis had a quiet hand in Houston's de-segregation at a time when theatres and dance halls were almost entirely segregated. Apparently, if questioned about the mixed-race audiences at his club he would say that the people in question (usually black) were "friends of the performers."