Manhattan Strip Clubs: Cheetahs get stripped bare
Two hot spots, China Club and Cheetahs Gentlemen’s Club & Restaurant, are seeking bankruptcy protection and filed for Chapter 11.
China Club’s filing blamed the fall of Lehman Brothers for its financial troubles. Located on West 47th Street, just a few blocks from Lehman’s former headquarters, the investment bankers were regular patrons. The club also said in the filing that business began declining in 2007.
The club, a New York City institution since 1986 when it first opened on the Upper West Side, listed both assets and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million.
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Trend-spotting newsletter Urban Daddy described the experience as the ancient Japanese art of nyotaimori, or “female body presentation.” Web site The G Manifesto described Cheetahs as one of the Top 10 strip clubs in New York.