Big Tillie at Fattor’s Tremount Saloon and Bordello

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The original Bent Elbow was built in 1907 and opened asFattor's Tremount Saloon. It was home to a bordello upstairs with 14 beds. It was owned by Celeste and Matilda "Big Tillie" Fattor.

After "Big Tillie's death from pneumonia in 1918, the Saloon changed hands numerous times until it was bought by Fred Bostock in 1956. He opened it as a restaurant and bar, filled it with priceless antiques, and named it the Bent Elbow. He had live music every day and staged melodramas and gunfights to attract and entertain tourists.

In 1968, after the building was bought by Effie and her husband R.M. "Snarky" Andreatta, it was completely destroyed by fire. Effie was a resourceful and enterprising woman, who proceeded to have the building rebuilt before the first train of the following season, all the while making meals in a temporary kitchen at a neighboring merchantile.

Effie Andreatta was known to close the bar late after live music and be there to welcome patrons for breakfast at dawn. When Snarky died in 1972, her son Mike Andreatta joined the business and continued to run it until it was sold to the current owners, Pete and LeAnn Maisel.