Tom’s Burned Down Café Fire

Cory Fechner May 19, 2011 11 Comments
tom's burnt down bar

Fire at Tom’s Burned Down Cafe, May 19, 1992.

Recommended Links:


History, Restaurants ,

11 Comments

Paul Lundgren

about 13 years ago 

The Tom's Burned Down website has a note indicating the place is for sale.

Man, owning that place could absolutely destroy my life.

Cory Fechner

about 13 years ago 

Funny thing is that homepage hasn't been updated in at least a couple years - maybe longer..

Barrett Chase

about 13 years ago 

Maybe they mean it's for sale in Secondlife.

Curly Endive

about 13 years ago 

A few years back I met this Canadian in Mexico who claimed to have had way too much fun at Tom's when he was 18 one summer, many moons ago.  He said it used to be in a semi trailer or something, it must've burned not long after that.  Why the fuck wasn't I living at Tom's when I was 18? If life is short, but it keeps on going, then maybe it's really long.

Cory Fechner

about 13 years ago 

I too have had 'way too much fun' at Tom's and in not so many moon ago.  Last summer for a matter of fact, and the summer before that and the summer before that..  well you get the gist. Tom's is generally 'too much fun' ... Be warned!

This is a Tom's state of mind a few years back.

dbrewing

about 13 years ago 

We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you.

jay

about 13 years ago 

I asked Tom how much he wanted to for the place last summer.  $400,000 plus inventory at cost.  Sale does not include the bartenders.

Paul Lundgren

about 13 years ago 

Sounds like a good deal. I'd estimate the property to be worth $100,000, the structure to be worth $0 and the Tom's Burned Down brand to be worth $17 million.

adam

about 13 years ago 

I think you get all the animosity of the La Pointe city council for free, too.

Barrett Chase

about 13 years ago 

La Pointe has a city council?

Brent Eagleburger

about 13 years ago 

We went to see Joe Price a weekend before last at Tom's and wish to affirm hezza badly-ass dirty blues guitarist, highly underrated/requested in these parts, Iowa is a long way though.  I think I'll try canoeing over there from now on, doesn't look that far.  Maybe a raft made from coconuts tied off to the ferry?  Is Tom's lack of schedule all part of the shtick? Credit given thence to the Transistor. 

"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"

Leave a Comment

Only registered members can post a comment , Login / Register Here

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!
Read previous post:
Got “scuzzy??”

Does anyone out there have (or know where I could get) an external SCSI cd rom drive? I've been to...

Close