Big Al's
Not to be confused with Big Al Brewing.
The Condor Club, Big Al's, Roaring 20's, and the Hungry I Club on Broadway
Big Al's was one of the first topless bars in San Francisco and the United States since the mid-1960s. It was the first bottomless bar in San Francisco.[1] It is next to the Condor Club, where the strip-club phenomenon first started, and since 1991 claims to be one of the largest porn stores in San Francisco.[2]
Big Al's as an adult book store closed its doors in 2009, it was later replaced by a sandwich store and currently a cigar shop, both kept the venue's name and iconic neon sign. It still stands as a San Francisco landmark featured in several films and TV shows as well as postcards and touristic brochures.
Big Al's in film
- Mondo Topless - by Russ Meyer, 1966
- Dirty Harry - by Don Siegel, 1971[3]
- Condor Club – a club in North Beach district, San Francisco
- Lusty Lady – a former chain of peep show establishments with two locations, one in the North Beach district of San Francisco and one in downtown Seattle
- Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre – A San Francisco striptease club
- Regal Show World – A former adult business in San Francisco
References
- ↑ Shteir, Rachel (2004), Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show, Oxford University Press, p. 322, ISBN 978-0-19-512750-8
- ↑ Corporate website, archived from the original on 11 May 2008, retrieved 2008-05-14
- ↑ Dirty Harry (1971), filmsite.org, archived from the original on 15 May 2008, retrieved 2008-05-09
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