Bonzo Dog Records was a record store on South University next to Steve's Lunch.

Sources

• Steve Boorstein, National Clothesline

“I moved up there and scrounged up some money with a friend and we bought it,” he recalled. Bonzo Dog Records was a tricky venture for Steve, who fell victim to bad timing. It was bad enough that 8-tracks and cassettes were just entering the field of music commerce, but chain stores like Tower Records and the like were also starting to pop up everywhere. The store closed in 1978. “The independent record stores really had to be extremely capable and very high volume because the market was just pathetic,” Steve said.