MalibuMike
Banned
Anyone have any stories about Big Mama's in North Hollywood or its owner Cole Lander's aka "Coke"? I just met his son, Brad Lander at my dad's memorial.
Cole Lander aka Coke, owned Big Mamas in North Hollywood years ago he was good friends with Ronnie Allen ,Eddie Gutierrez,Jack Cooney,Ed Kelley. He was a Great Snooker Player! He is alive and 84 now but for a long time lived the Life of A Pool Player. I found this on here and the place sounds very interesting:
"There were some pretty rough rooms, but out here the one you really wanted to hold onto your wallet when you walked through the door was Coke's old place in North Hollywood, Big Mama's, in the 1960's and 1970's. It became Fast Eddie's when Ronnie Allen was a partner. If you walked in to get a straight pool game, you ended up getting robbed in banks. If you wanted 9 ball, you ended up losing your butt to an old guy in golf on a super tight snooker table. Then, of course, there was Ronnie Allen himself, who could only be described as a fast talking, hot headed, sore loser and hustler supreme.
The crowd was kind of like the west coast version of the Sopranos. I miss that place. It was great."
Any stories or info on Cole Lander aka Coke or Big Mama's would be interesting.
Thank you!
Cole Lander aka Coke, owned Big Mamas in North Hollywood years ago he was good friends with Ronnie Allen ,Eddie Gutierrez,Jack Cooney,Ed Kelley. He was a Great Snooker Player! He is alive and 84 now but for a long time lived the Life of A Pool Player. I found this on here and the place sounds very interesting:
"There were some pretty rough rooms, but out here the one you really wanted to hold onto your wallet when you walked through the door was Coke's old place in North Hollywood, Big Mama's, in the 1960's and 1970's. It became Fast Eddie's when Ronnie Allen was a partner. If you walked in to get a straight pool game, you ended up getting robbed in banks. If you wanted 9 ball, you ended up losing your butt to an old guy in golf on a super tight snooker table. Then, of course, there was Ronnie Allen himself, who could only be described as a fast talking, hot headed, sore loser and hustler supreme.
The crowd was kind of like the west coast version of the Sopranos. I miss that place. It was great."
Any stories or info on Cole Lander aka Coke or Big Mama's would be interesting.
Thank you!