Hey those Red Barn steak dinner and dances were HUGE in the 1970s and 80s. But I sure wasn't gussied up, LOL. And it wasn't just Saturdays when it was popular.
The one 33 miles from here was called Lily Lake, with a campground and log hotel as part of the complex. Steak dinners and C+W music mostly. The Emerald's were the big thing and the Irish Rovers songs. My brother loved them. We had a family get together or 2 around when my sisters were getting married, a month apart in 1975.
The last few years I've done some bike rides up there. The whole place has been near dead for years. The lake was just a slough really.
Actually, tavern life died in the 1982 economic crash. Haven't seen a bar brawl since. LOL.
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I just found out it got a new owner in 2017, who fixed up the campground and was doing OK until covid crashed things again. They did lots of weddings over the years.