Kevin Durken is the longtime owner of the Boot Shack along Roosevelt Road behind Shooters. His name was Jim and he bought a former guard shack and turned it into the first Boot Shack in St. The Boot Shack started on August 1, 1980. Kevin and Deb Durken (photo - Deb Durken) Kevin and Deb Durken (photo - Deb Durken)Kevin Meets DebKevin met his wife, Deb at the Delwin ballroom in the early years of the Boot Shack. Kevin recalls Deb working part-time at the Boot Shack as she handled the books.