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From the start Khabouth envisioned Ultra as an upscale restaurant and club that attracts Toronto's moneyed crowd (real estate barons, Bay Street moguls and leveraged-buyout specialists), much like his successful Stilife club at the corner of Richmond and Duncan Street did back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [10]
Witkin reported in the Toronto Star that “They pooled their savings, rented the building for about $750 a month and charged $1 club memberships and entrance fees of $1.50 to $3. [1] ” In keeping with the strict liquor laws of the day the venue did not have a liquor license and no alcoholic beverages could be served.
The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, [1] and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.
Cactus Club Cafe was founded in 1988 by two former Earls waiters, Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison. [1] [2] The partners started with a restaurant named "Café Cucamongas", which they sold in 1988 to fund the establishment of the Cactus Club. [1] [2] In 1996, the company expanded into Alberta during a financially challenging time period.
The site of the Guvernment was first converted into a nightclub in 1984 as Fresh Restaurant and Nightclub by Tony and Albert Assoon, two of the four Assoon brothers who had simultaneously been running the successful and influential Twilight Zone after-hours club at 185 Richmond Street West in Toronto's Entertainment District. [2]
The Toronto House of Lancaster strip club is located at 1215 Bloor Street [10] in Bloordale, Toronto [1] and club opened in 1983. [1] It closed during start of COVID-19 pandemic , but opened in August 2020 to customers who make phone reservations and wore face masks.
The club was in this period a venue to all genres of music, from rock and roll and orchestra to heavy metal, reggae, hip hop and jazz. Jahangiri became a missionary and used the club to host numerous charity events, with fundraisers for War Child, Amnesty International, Free the Children, World Vision, Blank-Fest and others. In 2012, he sold El ...
In 1984, Khabouth, then 22 years old, purchased a defunct gay club, The Manatee, at 11A St. Joseph Street in the Yonge & Wellesley area. After refurbishment, the venue was launched as Club Z. [10] The financing for the venture was approximately C$30,000, accrued from personal savings, a bank loan secured against his Audi car, [2] [9] and a loan from his stepfather. [2]