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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Queenie" data-source="post: 4039555" data-attributes="member: 8058">Saloons and RestaurantsThe town of Promise City has 15 different places where food or beverages can be obtained, a few of which also offer lodgings.   Most long-term visitors to the town tend to stay at one of the many boarding houses in town. Entering the town from the main road from Tombstone and entering Main Street from the east the first saloon reached would be the Comique Variety Hall and Saloon which is a 25x30 single-story brick building.  The owners are Alfred Brower, Pierre Jaquet and piano player Warren Watson.  It has three gambling tables with both poker and faro and has a reputation for having the most honest gaming in town.   Singer and dancer Flossie McKenna provide entertainment.   There are no prostitutes or hotel rooms at this establishment.  Continuing westward, on the south side of Main Street between Freemont and Allen Streets is the Alhambra Saloon which is a 15x25 foot single-story brick building.  The owner and bartender is a man named Steve Lord.  This establishment only offers food and drink with no gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes.  Continuing westward, there are three establishments at the intersection of Main and Allen Streets.  At the northeast corner is the Lone Star Dance Hall and Saloon which is a 25x30 two-story brick building.  Tom and Maggie Whipple own it.  It has two gambling tables with poker.  Singer and dancer Ruby West provide entertainment.  They have one room on the second floor which can be rented out and there are no prostitutes at this establishment.  In the northwest corner of the intersection is the Gay Lady Variety Hall and Saloon which is a 25x45 foot two-story wood-frame building.  Burton Lumley owns it.  It has three gambling tables with both poker and faro.  It is best known for its New Orleans style entertainment with singer Madge Duprey and pianist Pepe Diderot.  Two other dance hall girls also sing and dance there.   They do not rent rooms although the female entertainers are permitted to supplement their income through prostitution.  In the southwest corner of the intersection is the Rio Grande Hotel and Café which is a 25x30 foot single story brick building.  Peter Lovelace owns it.   They no longer rent out rooms and only offer food and drink with no gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes.  On the south side of Main Street between Allen and Front streets is the Long Branch Saloon which was the very first saloon in town.   It is owned by Kate Higgins.  This 30x30 foot three-story brick building is rather luxurious, with all-brass bar fixtures and a crystal chandelier.   It has four gambling tables featuring both poker and faro and has a reputation for high-stakes games that are sometimes less than honest.   A piano player provides entertainment and there are four prostitutes who work there, otherwise they do not rent out hotel rooms.   This establishment requires all patrons to check their guns at the bar.  The Long Branch does not bar non-humans and though it is generally considered an unsafe place for other races to go. The other saloon along Main Street is on the north side between Allen and Front Streets is Peacock’s Saloon, which is a 15x30 foot single-story wood-framed building.   Darla Peacock and Michael George own it.  It has two rooms, a bar in the front and a gambling room in the back where Darla deals faro.    There is no entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes at this establishment. Along Front Street, between Main and Sierra Streets is The Drover’s Hotel which is a 30x40 foot single-story clapboard building.   Austin and Vera Blake own it.   Despite the name, this establishment only offers food and drink (no gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes).  They have plans to expand the building with one or two upper stories.  Their business has picked up since O’Reilley’s Café across the street burned down in December (from a fire accidentally started by newspaperman Parker Baxter). Along Sierra Street at the southwestern corner of the intersection with Allen Street is the Silver Dollar Saloon.  Haywood and Alice Smith own this 20x30 foot single-story brick building.  This establishment only offers food and drink with no gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes.  Further east on Sierra Street, at the southwestern corner of the intersection with Freemont Street is the Palace Saloon.   This 30x40 foot brick building is the fanciest establishment in town.  It is owned by gambler Evan Adair and has six gambling tables offering poker, faro and roulette.  Eight prostitutes work at the establishment and they also provide bawdy and rather unprofessional entertainment, although few patrons complain.   All patrons are required to check their guns at the door.  Rooms are generally not rented out, although Adair does have a few extra rooms available and will occasionally make exceptions to that rule.  The Palace Saloon will not permit non-humans to enter their establishment. People arriving in town along the south road would first encounter along the southeastern corner with South Street the El Parador Cantina and Hotel which is a 50x30 three-story stone, adobe and timber structure with an adjacent 20x25 foot barn.   It is owned by wood elves Pedro and Dorita Figueres.  There is one gambling table which offers poker.  Entertainment is provided by the owner’s daughter Sanoma and a musican Estaban Fuente.  Three prostitutes also work at the establishment.  It is the only hotel in town that will rent rooms to non-humans (although most other places will allow non-humans to eat and drink at their locations). .  Further west on South Street there are two establishments at the intersection with Allen Street.  At the northeast corner is the Promise City Hotel and Café.   Eric Lee and Melissa Smith own this 20x25 foot two-story clapboard building.  It is the only restaurant in town where alcoholic beverages are not served.   Hotel rooms on the second floor are rented out.   The building has a piano but no regular piano player and no other entertainment.  There is no gambling or prostitution at this establishment.  At the northwest corner of this intersection is the Trail Dust Saloon which is a 15x20 foot single-story timber and adobe structure.   Dudley and Pamela Yeats own it.  This establishment only offers food and drink (no gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitutes).  Immediately west of the Trial Dust is Hoover’s Wholesale Liquor and Saloon which is a 25x25 foot one-story wood-framed building.  It is owned by Niles Hoover.  It is primarily a retail store but also has a bar with ten barstools.   He does not serve any food at the establishment, nor is there any gambling, entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitution. Further west along South Street is the Indian Head Saloon which is a 15x20 foot single-story clapboard home.  It is owned by Porter Norris and has a single gambling table offering faro.   They offer no entertainment, hotel rooms or prostitution.</blockquote>

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