| Pool hall and licensed card room owned by Tony Ciraulo. Originally at 998 North 13th Street, it moved to 585 East Taylor Street in the 1960s, and later to 31 Post Street. From the late 1960s to the 1990s, the card room was reduced to just one licensed table. The pool hall and bar remain open (as of 2020). Beginning in 1984, it was also known as "Ciraulo's Lucky Palace".
The large crown chips used at the club had previously been used at the "31 Club", a downtown cardroom that closed in 1956. From San Jose Gambling (2020) Ted Ramos.
Listing from the 1954 San Jose Yellow Pages, under "Billiards and Pool" (Library of Congress). Photograph from the 1950s, courtesy of Ted Ramos. |
