Shades was a nightclub located at Kirkwood Mall. It opened in 1986, replacing W.W. Noodles, which shuttered two years earlier.
The nightclub closed in 1994 when its owner, Fargo’s Randy Thorson, opened Bismarck’s Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse… the third Roadhouse (after Fargo and Sioux Falls). Bucks announced its closure in January 2023 following the retirement of its long-time manager and partner, the last remaining Bucks location to close, following Grand Forks in 2016, Sioux Falls in 2017, and the original Fargo location in June 2022. Only one week prior, Bucks announced it would operate under greatly reduce hours due to staffing shortages.
Scheels expanded into the former Shades space in 1995.
