Jim Gunderson wrote on Facebook that it "kind of looks like the bar at Tommy Byrne's." That bar, at 1014 Tower Ave. in Superior, was renamed La Belle in the mid 1980s. It closed in 2013 during Tower Avenue road construction.

Other theories on Facebook include the Dugout in Superior and Northeastern Saloon in Cloquet. All worth looking into.

I can confirm the bar at the Dugout Lounge in Superior is also not the mystery bar. It has similar ornate features, but is clearly not the same one. I didn't even bother shooting a photo; they keep it super dark in there, God bless them.

Not that the Tommy Bryne's / La Belle lead is particularly hot or not, but for the sake of providing new general information ...



The Superior Public Library posted this image on Facebook recently, noting:

The building began its life as a saloon in 1899. It was owned by William LaJoie and featured "wines, liquors and cigars." Joseph Lynch owned it from about 1904 until 1917 and ran both a saloon and restaurant on the premises. After Prohibition became the rule of the day, the saloon was converted into a restaurant in 1920. Opened with an "elaborate dinner" for over one hundred people, the Young China Cafe stayed in business until 1930. It was followed by the New Grand Cafe and later, after the repeal of Prohibition, the Roosevelt Tavern. Thomas Byrne bought the business in the late 1930s and put his name on the place.
 

As noted above, it became La Belle in the 1980s and closed in 2013. The building was demolished in early 2017.