VOL. XXIV · NO. 8
June 5, 2026 — LATE EDITION
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Sixth Ave & 24th · Chelsea · N.Y.C.
LATE EDITION
“No Cover · No Hustle · Free Buffet”
Section B · Letters to the Editor

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Francesca Fortunato
New York · posted May 30, 2025
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I was a dancer there in the early 1980s. The stuff about "repectful to the dancers" was not entirely accurate. I was still under 21 back then (18 was legal) and working as a go-go dancer to survive after my mother threw me out.
I was actually a "real" dancer (many years of training in ballet, jazz and contemporary) just trying to hang on and survive until I could launch a real performing career (which I eventually did thought I wasn't ever a star.)
What I remember is that, after a few months, they stopped booking me because I wasn't "friendly." ("Friendly" was code for letting the customers molest you.)

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T.A.I.M. T.A.I.M. from LBC wrote on May 13, 2026 at 12:48 am
I went in the late 90's a couple of times, it's been stuck in my mind.
Francesca Fortunato Francesca Fortunato from New York wrote on May 30, 2025 at 4:39 am
I was a dancer there in the early 1980s. The stuff about "repectful to the dancers" was not entirely accurate. I was still under 21 back then (18 was legal) and working as a go-go dancer to survive after my mother threw me out. I was actually a "real" dancer (many years of training in ballet, jazz and contemporary) just trying to hang on and survive until I could launch a real performing career (which I eventually did thought I wasn't ever a star.) What I remember is that, after a few months, they stopped booking me because I wasn't "friendly." ("Friendly" was code for letting the customers molest you.)
X X from Wilmington, NC wrote on January 11, 2025 at 3:06 am
Great dive. Spent many an hour there in the mid 90s.
Anonymous Anonymous wrote on September 8, 2024 at 6:40 am
I was there!
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