Desert Palms Inn History

67580 Hwy. 111
(officially 67580 Jones Rd.)

Cathedral City, CA

About 1970 to 2007

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Also called Little Bar, Poolside Bar at the Desert Plams Inn,

Probably THE most colorful bar history in the Desert.  The early days when Peter Boyle had it the place was always packed.  Since then it had a spotty crowd.  The most interesting time for this bar was when Bill, Earl, Larry and Roger owned it.  There was a time when the police raided it and put it in receivership.   Then a couple days later all was back to normal.  Then a couple days later, Closed!  The bank was taking it over and it was closed for a while.  What a mess!

Originally it was the Congress Inn owned by Charleston Heston.  It was made as a movie scene called "Palm Springs Weekend" in 1963.  Then Peter Boyle then took it over and called it the Desert Palms Inn.  Then Richard Solomon, Then Dan and Jon bought it, then 2 young guys named ?, Then Bill, Earl Larry and Roger took it over.  Bill Beck Ran the Restaurant, Earl ran the bar and Larry and Roger ran the Hotel.  They didn't much get along and soon there were problems.   After the bank took it over, Gary Howell, a realestate man, took it over in receivership for the bank.  Bill O'Connell bought it, remodeled and even put solar panels on it.  The bar & restaurant caught on fire and it took a while to get back up.  Pictures on my PS page.  Bill fixed it up again.  Then Bodie (Rene Boudewijn Kohler) bought it on August 10, 2005.   Changed the name to DOK or Dorthy's Other Kansas.  On January 11, 2006 he re-named it Dorthy's Other Kansas (removed an "o" in Dorthy's).  The bar was closed in about a year for the following reason:

Owner of California Supper Club Sentenced to 46 Months for Tax Fraud

On November 21, 2008, in Santa Ana, Calif., Rene Boudewijn Kohler was sentenced to 46 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release.  According to court documents, Kohler was the owner of Ozz Supper Club bar and restaurant in Buena Park, California from 1990 to 2005.  He was convicted in May 2008 by a trial jury on five counts of submitting false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for tax years 1999 through 2003.   Kohler failed to report over $2 million in cash revenues generated by the door fee Ozz Supper Club charged patrons to enter the premises.  According to court documents, Kohler maintained records of the daily revenues generated by Ozz Supper Club that included the door fees.  According to Kohler’s bookkeeper, monthly income ledgers were prepared that contained, among other things, a column that detailed the door income.   At Kohler’s request, monthly profit and loss statements were prepared that also reflected the door income.  In addition to preparing the profit and loss statements that showed the door income, Kohler also asked his bookkeeper to prepare year-end profit and loss statements that left blank the door income figure.  Kohler provided his tax preparer the profit and loss statements that did not include the door income. 

Owned by:              
Charlie & Burr 1976 ? to 1978 ?            
Peter Boyle     Bill Beck, Earl & Larry McGee & Roger March 21, 1994 ? to May 16, 1995 ?      
Richard Alan Solomon
Daniel P Vanetti
John T. Johansen		 May 28, 1996 to April 30, 1999   Gary Howell Managed it for the bank March 21, 2001 to August 1, 2002   William (Bill) Edward O'Connell (OCOBO LLC) September 27, 2002 to July 26, 2005
Bodie  (Rene Boudewijn Kohler) Name change to Ozz July 26, 2005 to About May 2008 when he was put in prison.   Lip Ngin Kuey (DP Hospitality and Investments INC.) July 28, 1999 to March 21 2001      
               
Managers              
Nathon              
               
Bartenders / Barbacks              
Larry Parks     Bill Churchill     Charlie  
John Baker     Glen Fredricks     Clift King  
Lynn 1980's to 1987   Vince     Doug Cutta  
Steve Beedles     Mike Florentino     Uncle Billy  
Steven Stubb (Stubby)     Carlos     Miss Behaven  
Byron Clemmons     Ry Gomez     Vickie  
David (Puppy)     Jose        
               
DJ's              
               
               
               
Cooks              
Cecil Corum              
Blossom 1974 to 2000            
               
               
Cleaning              
Rick 1976 to 1978            
Paula Harris 80's to 1987   Blossom 1980 to 1987   Bryon (Miss B. Havin)  

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