Showboat Saloon (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)

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Also known as: Ghost Molly's Showboat Saloon

Your Favorite Place for Cocktails, Food & Entertainment. Cheers to You and Yours! Stop In and Make History!

The building that currently houses the Showboat Saloon was built in 1907 by William and Minnie Stanton. The building was designed to be a tavern with office space on the upper level for the Milwaukee Railroad Company (later became the Milwaukee Road or Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad). For thirteen years, spirits were poured and conversation filtered through the walls of Stanton’s Palm Garden. However, when Prohibition began on January 16, 1920 with the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment, the building was forced to take a hiatus from serving alcoholic beverages. Federal law forced the Stantons to alter their family business from a local watering hole to a candy shop. Therefore, from 1920 through the Eighteenth Amendment repeal in 1933, this building became home to Stanton’s Sweet Shop. To this day the building’s kin will neither confirm nor deny if the Stantons made their alcoholic drinks available through a speakeasy in the multi-room basement. Such covert underground drinking establishments were quite common during Prohibition, enabling business people such as the Stantons to serve their guests privately.

Thankfully, Prohibition ended. The building intended to be a tavern resumed as the local gathering place for spirits and conversation, with dancing and social events being held in the Palm Garden. In 1965 a new concept emerged as the Showboat Saloon. Banjo players, sing-along entertainment and peanuts all found their home here.

Today, the Showboat Saloon is still run with the same basic principles established by the original owners. Great service, good music, tourism, local loyalty and the rich traditions (as well as the occasional foggy memory) founded by the Stanton family continue on.

Check out our weekly specials and upcoming music and events. We work overtime to find the best musicians and live entertainment so you don’t have to. Happy Hour… HALF PRICE Taps Monday through Friday until 6pm, and all day Sunday. Did we mention we have 24 taps to choose from? Nice. Don’t forget to grab a bite at Tug’s Kitchen, our menu is a local favorite. Also, our sister bar, Mama’s Garage, is the perfect place to enjoy a summer night, drink specials and outdoor patio with a live music stage.

24 Broadway
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 253-2628
Web: www.showboatsaloon.com/

Hours
Sun: 11am-2am
Mon-Thurs: 3pm-2am
Fri & Sat: 11am-2:30am

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