The Oldest Strip Clubs
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USA
There's not really database of this stuff, nobody has done dissertation on it I don't think, so it's seems if this community doesn't know then well nobody knows. If we brainstorm together what could we come up with? When you go to some of these places, it's not always immediately obvious that these places have been there for decades, sometimes people on here make mention of it though.
Some ones I know
The Penthouse in Vancouver. This probably the oldest one in NA because it was a burlesque joint going way back to the 40's. 1947 to be exact. Not many clubs can say they had Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Duke Ellington hanging out in the old days.
Condor Club in San Francisco. The first fully topless bar famously. '64.
Clermont Lounge in Atlanta. '65
Shotgun Willie's in Denver. '82.
Tennyson Lodge in Bethel Park, PA. '68.
Penn's Port Pub in Philadelphia since '78. Same owner still works there every night.
Lou Turks in Essington, PA. I know since the 60's it's been there.
Mary's Club in Portland since '54
Golden Bannana in Peabody, MA. '75
Astro Lounge in Rock Springs, WY. '69
Crazy Horse in Cleveland. '78
Les Girls in San Diego. '69
Hip Hugger Kokomo, IN. '68
The Ritz in Houston. '85
Brass Rail in Toronto. '48. Normal restaurant switched to strip club in late 60's.
Zanzibar in Toronto. '59
Playing with google and what I know that's what I got so far. Can any y'all add to that? I think it'd be cool to sort of have something to refer back to on this stuff.
Some ones I know
The Penthouse in Vancouver. This probably the oldest one in NA because it was a burlesque joint going way back to the 40's. 1947 to be exact. Not many clubs can say they had Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Duke Ellington hanging out in the old days.
Condor Club in San Francisco. The first fully topless bar famously. '64.
Clermont Lounge in Atlanta. '65
Shotgun Willie's in Denver. '82.
Tennyson Lodge in Bethel Park, PA. '68.
Penn's Port Pub in Philadelphia since '78. Same owner still works there every night.
Lou Turks in Essington, PA. I know since the 60's it's been there.
Mary's Club in Portland since '54
Golden Bannana in Peabody, MA. '75
Astro Lounge in Rock Springs, WY. '69
Crazy Horse in Cleveland. '78
Les Girls in San Diego. '69
Hip Hugger Kokomo, IN. '68
The Ritz in Houston. '85
Brass Rail in Toronto. '48. Normal restaurant switched to strip club in late 60's.
Zanzibar in Toronto. '59
Playing with google and what I know that's what I got so far. Can any y'all add to that? I think it'd be cool to sort of have something to refer back to on this stuff.
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Body Shop, West Hollywood, is also 1950s, but COVID might have closed it for good.
It was during the time that Larry Flynt owned it under the Brass Ass name in the late 60s that it officially became a strip club and his sale of the Brass Ass and some other clubs in Dayton that help fund his first Hustler Club and eventually Hustler Magazine.
Cheetah in Atlanta 1977
The location where Allure is today in Atlanta has been a strip club of some name pretty much continuously since the mid 70's. It started as the 24 Karat club, or the 24K.
I'll take an old west saloon any day of the week.
Never went there as the review were, and are, awful.
They had a big 50th Anniversary Party in 2015, but I couldn't make it...:(
Only 1200 years (approx) before COLUMBUS discovered AMERICA!!
awesome, way before England was formed, they were STRIPPING IT RAW in TAMPA!!