TD Lounge, Club Choices and Chubbies will not be shut down
Three city clubs who drew complaints from neighborhood residents over noise, violence and ... various adult-oriented complaints ... will keep their liquor licenses.
TD Lounge, Club Choices and Chubbies Club have reached settlements with concerned community members, according to a source at the Board of Liquor License Commissioners.
I don't have all of the details, and I'm planning on calling these places today. But it's really hard to get a hold of club owners/managers who can speak on the record about this kind of thing. So I'll share what I know from the liquor board source.
According to the source, TD Lounge (1717 Eastern Ave.), formerly Timothy Dean Bistro, will stop having live entertainment ...
Neighbors of the Fells Point spot were upset last year when the upscale restaurant morphed into a lounge with DJs and dancing on weekends.
Club Choices (1815 N. Charles St.), which has a long-standing history of violence, promised to step up its security detail to prevent further altercations and help control the flow of foot traffic at closing time.
The owners of Chubbies, a gentleman's club at 2000 Eastern Ave., agreed to plant shrubbery outside so passersby can't see inside, and stop dancers from taking smoke breaks by the front of the building.
All three clubs pledged to take more input from their relative community associations.
(Sun archive photo)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
Man, why I haven't I driven by this Chubbies before? "Ladies, do you have a light..."
Posted by: GMan | May 12, 2009 11:34 AM
I have never been to Chubbies but I know someone who has and I hear the name is fitting
Posted by: Anonymous | May 12, 2009 11:37 AM
I've always been amused at the name "Chubbies" for the strip club on Eastern. I know the euphemism for a stiffy is intended, but given that the place used to be Boots and employed some of the least attractive strippers in the city it was an odd choice (given the other euphemism for a "plus sized dancer.")
Posted by: Rich B | May 12, 2009 11:42 AM
Chubbies may get LB violations, but it will never be sued for false advertising! Trust me!
Posted by: redman | May 12, 2009 11:47 AM
I didnt even know TD Lounge had live entertainment. Until two weeks ago I didnt know ift had morphed into a lounge.
Posted by: bcplanning | May 12, 2009 4:03 PM
TD Lounge has neighbors? As far as I know, there are very few residences on that block. My annoyance with them stemmed from their habit of valet-parking cars in the neighborhood instead of in a lot.
Posted by: MrDot | May 13, 2009 2:09 PM
Choices is still in business?
Posted by: Danielle | May 13, 2009 4:11 PM
Club Choices is for sale for $20,000,000. No, not a misprint, that's right, $20 million dollars.
I wonder if they'll entertain owner financing.
Posted by: Mark Twain | May 14, 2009 10:48 AM