In many of New York City’s most upscale spots, the expression “If these walls could talk” is definitely applicable. That’s because the sites of several chi-chi establishments have a way wilder, raunchier past. Here are some fancy places that used to cater to a much seedier, much sexier clientele.
- DOS CAMINOS (675 Hudson Street)
At this Meatpacking joint that now sells swank Mexican food, “meat used to be seriously packed,” as Papermag puts it. “The place used to be the Vault—the hardcore S&M club where CEOs got whipped and waxed until 1997.” Escandaloso! - SUGAR FACTORY (835 Washington St)
This trendy spot used to be the Mineshaft from 1977 to 1985, aka the most notoriously raunchy gay sex hangout of all, “where studs congregated around the communal bathtub to relieve themselves on a willing slave.” It’s like the song says, “Pour some sugar on [slave]!” - LEFT BANK NYC (117 Perry Street)
This fancy spot catering in pork chops and pickles used to have a very different type of sausage in its kitchen in the 1970s. It was the International Stud, where a legendary side room catered to horny gays yanking out their sausages! - SHAKE SHACK (691 8th Avenue)
This touristy Times Square destination was once the all-male porn theater the Adonis. Until finally closing in 1994, it hosted “dirty movies and raunchy real-life blow jobs among the customers, all creating a multimedia skankfest of delight.” - JUE LAN CLUB AT LIMELIGHT SHOPS (47 W. 20th Street)
This swanky Chinese spot was the nightclub the Limelight back in the ’80s and ’90s, “a mecca for raucous clubbies on drugs and occasionally on their knees. The stuff you saw in the stairway alone!”
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