Opening date 1916 Owner Dennis Sammut Phone +1 650-589-8812 | Casino type card club Website Official website | |
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Address 659 Huntington Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hours Similar Palace Poker Casino, San Pablo Lytton Casino, Parkwest Casino 580, Casino M8trix, Bay 101 | ||
Artichoke joe s casino trying to steal people s money
Artichoke Joe's Casino is a card club in San Bruno, California. The club is owned by Dennis Sammut and managed, in part, by Ron Cox, a former Foster City councilman.
Contents
- Artichoke joe s casino trying to steal people s money
- San bruno city council meeting april 14 2009 10f artichoke joes
- History
- BART controversy
- References
San bruno city council meeting april 14 2009 10f artichoke joes
History
The establishment was a family founded and family owned business since 1916. The one-room Joe's Pool Parlor switched names to Artichoke Joe's in 1921, becoming a permanent fixture in San Bruno sporting life. Joseph Sammut opened his pool parlor and phone exchange in Al LoReaux's former plumbing shop. Most calls concerned horse races. Joe accepted any wager, no matter how large. Asked how he would pay off if he lost a big bet, he replied, "In artichoke leaves," hence the name. Still owned by the Sammut family, Artichoke Joe's is one of the city's oldest businesses.
BART controversy
The casino came to fame in the 1990s during construction of the SFO BART extension because the owner spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to both derail the extension entirely and to profit from it.