We go to suffer clubs every opportunity that we possibly can.

I kind of grew up with them.

I think a suffer club is best defined as one that ideally has an organ in the bar, but

that's very rare nowadays.

The atmosphere is one that you just can't beat and Wisconsin has a lot of suffer clubs

left, fortunately.

So get out and have a birthday old fashioned tonight.

That was Mark in Oregon, Wisconsin.

Suffer clubs burst onto the scene in America in the 1930s.

Back then, they were places where you could go get a meal and dance.

They were also places you could drink.

The end of prohibition made a lot of these clubs very popular.

And as we heard from Mark, there's still a good night out.

One fictional venue set in Northern Minnesota sets the stage for a new and terrific read.

I'm Jen White.

You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

The book is called Saturday Night at the Lakeside Separate Club.

And it's best selling author, Jay Ryan Strattell, joined us to talk about suffer clubs right

after this.

What without further ado, let's welcome Jay Ryan Strattell.

He joined us from his home in Los Angeles County.

Jay, welcome to the program.

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