It was/is the place JUST for Carnival workers to go and relax after the show closed. Most had cigarettes , sandwiches/chips , you could buy beer/drinks and almost all had a poker table and/or roulette wheel and a slot machine or two. It was EXCLUSIVELY for the carnies, no general public allowed.
No, it was quite distinct from the cookhouses that we don't have anymore either lol.
Link had a nice one, Murphy Bros had a huge one (Pancho ran it when I was there lol , he sold the AB's too and ran the tip board) Stine had one.
Most had their own tent but some were in trailers.
It kept us out of town and away from the marks. It was OUR place and I'm truly sad that they seem to have fallen out of favor.
An end, even with terror, is better than terror without end. F.Neitzsche