Condor Club

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Historical marker at the original site. Full text: "The Condor; Where it all began; The birthplace of the world's first topless & bottomless entertainment; Topless - June 19, 1964 Bottomless - September 3, 1969 Starring Ms. Carol Doda; San Francisco, California"
Historical marker at the original site. Full text: "The Condor; Where it all began; The birthplace of the world's first topless & bottomless entertainment; Topless - June 19, 1964 Bottomless - September 3, 1969 Starring Ms. Carol Doda; San Francisco, California"

The Condor Night Club is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco.[1] The club opened in 1964.[2][3]

The club is located at the corner of Broadway and Columbus.[4] The large lit sign in front of the club featured a picture of Carol Doda. The sign had red lights on the image of her breasts. She was the first topless entertainer there and the most famous. Her première topless dance occurred on the evening of June 19, 1964.[2]

The club went bottomless (i.e. the dancers began performing fully nude) on September 3, 1969.[5] In 1972, bottomless nude dancing became illegal in California, but Carol Doda continued dancing there topless until 1986.

The club closed for a while in 2000 but reopened as a sports bar/bistro.[6] From 2005 to 2007 it was called Jaeger's Sea Food Restaurant. In August 2007, it again became the Condor and once more started featuring go-go dancers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nudity, Noise Pay Off in Bay Area Night Clubs, Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1965, Page G5.
  2. ^ a b California Solons May Bring End To Go-Go-Girl Shows In State, Panama City News, September 15, 1969, Page 12A.
  3. ^ NAKED PROFITS.. The New Yorker (2004-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
  4. ^ Silicon made topless dancing blossom, Chicago Daily Herald, April 28, 1982, Page 21.
  5. ^ 1964. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
  6. ^ North Beach, San Francisco: The Beat Goes On. OffbeatTravel. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
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